Children's book series aims to combat rural veterinarian shortageAugust 14, 2017Rebekah Hartfield, DVM, is determined to reverse the trend of young veterinarians eschewing large animal practice by sharing her love of rural life and veterinary care one story at a time.
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U.K. researchers develop immunity-boosting BRSV vaccineMay 30, 2017Viruses can be devastating, especially among domestic herd animals and companion animals like kennel-bound dogs that share close quarters.
Bill would remove tax on Vet Med loan repayment programApril 12, 2017With the rising cost of a veterinary education, new veterinarians naturally seek out ways to help pay off their school debt. One way to do that is through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program.
USDA program to funnel 2.4 Million dollars to bolster rural veterinary servicesApril 7, 2017The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has $2.4 million to dispense through its Veterinary Services Grant Program (VSGP) in 2017.
Oklahoma State vets perform first-ever heart surgery on a sheepDecember 27, 2016A sheep with a congenital heart problem made history this year when veterinarians at the Oklahoma State University performed heart surgery on him to fix him.
Bayer to buy BIVI's Cydectin parasiticidesDecember 13, 2016Bayer Animal Health of Shawnee, Kan., will acquire BIVI’s Cydectin (moxidectin) line, which is formulated to control parasites in cattle and sheep, the companies announced Dec. 7.
What livestock vets need to know about new VFD rulesDecember 7, 2016The Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD), which kicks in January 1, 2017, regulates the use of medically important antibiotics in the feed and drinking water of U.S. livestock.
Ohio State vet team discover CRE in livestockDecember 6, 2016Ohio State University is reporting the first discovery of transmissible carbapenem-resistant enterobactericeae (CRE) in U.S. livestock. Normally, these multidrug-resistant bacteria can produce serious life-threatening disease and are found primarily in hospitalized patients, so they are considered an "urgent" public health threat by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To find the bacteria is livestock presents a serious threat both to animal and human health through fresh meat products. "Finding CRE at a livestock farm in the U.S. is definitely a concern, and represents another escalation of the antibiotic resistance threat", said Thomas Wittum, MS, Ph.D, professor and chair of Veterinary Preventive Medicine at Ohio State University (OSU). He led the research team that discovered the CRE in a swine farrow-to-finish operation. Specifically, the CRE were discovered in the farrowing and nursery barns at a 1,500 sow, farrow-to-finish swine farm. Several species of bacteria with the same resistance gene known as IMP-27 were repeatedly found by researchers during regular visits to the farm. Carbapenems are never used in animals intended for food, but other types of beta-lactam antibiotics, such as ceftiofur, are commonly used on farms to treat sick animals. …
USDA, NIFA award $4.3 million to 48 veterinariansNovember 3, 2016The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced today that they will be awarded $4.3 million to 48 veterinarians. In exchange for serving in areas that lack sufficient veterinary resources, the USDA and NIFA will pay a portion of their school debts.
Researchers discover novel virus associated with polio-like symptoms in pigsOctober 17, 2016A team of veterinary researchers recently discovered a novel virus in the central nervous tissues of young pigs with polio-like weakness in their hind legs.
