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June 24, 2024 —
Clinical practitioners are all too familiar with Dr. Google, the online "expert" who diagnosed your canine patient with cancer, prompting the dog's owner to question your pancreatitis...
June 24, 2024 —
If veterinary teams can effectively recruit and retain neurodivergent employees and highlight their strengths, then the whole workplace will benefit, said Dr. Debra J. Nickelson, founder of Trillium...
May 21, 2024 —
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule on April 23 banning noncompete clauses nationwide. Read the final rule at https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/noncompete-rule.pdf....
April 16, 2024 —
The AVMA Council on Education® (AVMA COE®) has proposed changes to its educational standard governing the curriculum for veterinary medical schools and is accepting comment on the proposal...
December 5, 2023 —
The mean veterinarian income actually saw a slight decline when accounting for inflation, going from $147,787 in 2021 to $146,782 in 2022 (using 2022 dollars). The annual inflation rate for the U.S....
July 18, 2023 —
A new opioid-related training requirement for DEA-registered practitioners does not apply to veterinarians, despite appearing as a required checkbox on the DEA's online registration application,...
July 16, 2023 —
The AVMA House of Delegates (HOD) has requested that the AVMA issue a statement to the profession recognizing the importance of public practice to the entire veterinary community. The National...
July 14, 2023 —
Efforts to allow nonveterinarians to diagnose, prescribe, and perform surgery prompted a new policy approved by the AVMA House of Delegates Broadening nonveterinarians' scope of practice would...
April 7, 2023 —
Xylazine is an important animal sedative used to facilitate the safe handling and treatment of many species. Recently, illicit xylazine is increasingly showing up in street drugs as traffickers have...
March 25, 2023 —
When kids are sick, parents want to do the best they can to help them feel better fast. It's no different when animals are sick. Livestock producers want to do everything they can to help them feel...
February 28, 2023 —
AABP has released a new Have You Herd? podcast episode, Cultural Awareness for Veterinarians Working with LatinX Livestock Caretakers. This episode of Have You Herd? is guest hosted by Dr. Kendra...
January 23, 2023 —
A sweeping proposal by the Federal Trade Commission would block companies from limiting their employees' ability to work for a rival. The F.T.C. said a ban on noncompete clauses could increase wages...
December 22, 2022 —
The FDA is announcing the withdrawal of the guidance document entitled "Enforcement Policy Regarding Federal VCPR Requirements to Facilitate Veterinary Telemedicine During the COVID-19...
December 15, 2022 —
As the official veterinarian of the North Pole, AVMA President Dr. Lori Teller has given Santa's reindeer the green light to fly! You can take a peek at her veterinary inspection of the herd,...
November 9, 2022 —
AVMA is introducing a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiative designed specifically for the veterinary profession. Journey for Teams is a shared experience of learning, discovery, and...
November 9, 2022 —
The mean debt-to-income ratio for new veterinarians is down to 1.4:1, a figure not seen since 2005, as educational debt decreases and starting salaries increase. The mean debt from earning a...
October 26, 2022 —
The American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) and the Academy of Veterinary Consultants (AVC), two organizations representing cattle veterinarians, have jointly developed guidelines to help...
October 12, 2022 —
The Iowa Board of Veterinary Medicine (IBVM) worked with the IVMA and other industry partners to update Iowa's Rule related to veterinarian/client/patient relationships (VCPR) with ARC 6397C. The...
September 21, 2022 —
This episode of Have You Herd? is hosted by Dr. Jen Roberts, chair of the AABP Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force and Professional Services Veterinarian for Boehringer-Ingelheim. Roberts is...
August 19, 2022 —
The AVMA is co-launching a multiyear educational initiative to help veterinary workplaces become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. The upcoming Journey for Teams program is under development by...
August 11, 2022 —
Get resources to educate youth on zoonotic disease prevention. CDC works with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) to promote
August 3, 2022 —
These interactive, online courses that teach youth about zoonotic diseases, "Bring Home the Blue, Not the Flu! Preventing Disease in Animals and People", created by the Center for Food...
August 2, 2022 —
The Coalition for Connected Veterinary Care launched this morning at AVMA Convention 2022 in Philadelphia. The founding members are the AVMA, Veterinary Study Groups, and Merck Animal Health along...
July 20, 2022 —
The Iowa Board of Veterinary Medicine (IBVM) updated Iowa's Rule related to veterinarian/client/patient relationships (VCPR) with ARC 6397C. The rule clarifies two previous rules: ARC 6212C...
June 27, 2022 —
Great businesses require great teams. Great teams require great talent. Great talent is attracted and retained through a variety of mechanisms, with one of the most tried and true methods being the...
May 26, 2022 —
Volunteers are invited to serve on AVMA's Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities (CVTEA). One position is open to fulfill an unexpired term 2022-2025. Representing clinical...
May 19, 2022 —
The American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) recently dedicated an episode of their podcast, Have You Herd? to the rural veterinary shortage. AABP Executive Director Dr. Fred Gingrich is...
April 24, 2022 —
On April 27, 200 veterinary professionals will meet with senators, representatives and their staff to highlight the importance of legislation that will help increase access to veterinary services in...
April 8, 2022 —
The Oklahoma Food Animal Veterinary Grant is an opportunity for rural veterinarians to enhance their operations by receiving one of ten $15,000 grants being offered by ODAFF. These grant dollars...
February 21, 2022 —
The International Council for Veterinary Assessment (ICVA), the world leader in veterinary assessments, is looking for volunteer veterinary practitioners with swine expertise. Nominations must be...
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Category abbreviations: AASV=Membership information, announcements, and other information from the American Association of Swine Veterinarians; Abs.=Abstracts from journal articles of general interest to swine veterinarians.; ALERT=Used to create email alerts; An.H.=Animal Health; Conf.=Conference announcements and other continuing education opportunities; FAD="Foreign" Animal Disease and other news most significant to regions outside of North America.; Food=Food Safety; Gov.=Information about legislation, regulations, and rulemaking that may affect the swine industry or swine veterinarians.; Hum.H.=Human health; Ind.=News from the pork industry, including NPPC and Pork Board activities.; International=Information regarding swine health and production internationally.; Jobs=Position announcements, primarily seeking swine veterinarians.; Meet=Provides a short synopsis of meetings of importance to swine veterinarians.; News=Agriculture related news events.; Nutr.=Swine nutrition; OP-ED=Opinion or editorial articles expressing the thoughts of individual Association members.; Pharm.=Pharmaceuticals and biologicals; PRRS=Articles from the AASV PRRS Task Force; Practice=Information associated with practice management or development.; Research=Research topics of interest to swine veterinarians.; Students=Information of interest to AASV student members.; USDA=US Dept. of Agriculture activities of interest to swine veterinarians.; Welfare=Animal welfare issues