Henry Schein Financial, CareCredit embark on multi-year agreementMarch 30, 2017A new agreement between Henry Schein Financial Services (HSFS) and CareCredit makes it easier for pet owners to pay their veterinary bills.
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UC Davis plans $508 million upgradeMarch 30, 2017The University of California-Davis is embarking on a $508 million overhaul of its Veterinary Medical Center (VMC).
The Idea Competition sparks veterinary student innovationMarch 23, 2017Three teams of veterinary student teams, who competed in the first-ever The Idea innovation competition held during the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Annual Symposium held last week at Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine, discovered that good ideas pay off.
Zoetis, AAVMC announce 315 scholarships to vet StudentsMarch 22, 2017Zoetis and the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) have announced the winners of the 2017 Zoetis Veterinary Student Scholarship Program.
IDEXX initiative seeks to minimize radiation risksMarch 21, 2017To raise awareness among veterinary professionals that every radiation dose of any magnitude may lead to increased health risks, and to promote best practice safety principles, IDEXX Laboratories Inc., with the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America and the American College of Veterinary Radiology, aim to reduce the risks of radiation exposure with a new initiative: Lower the Dose.
Kansas State vets perform cataract surgery on young gibbonMarch 16, 2017Veterinarians at the Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine have performed what might be the first cataract surgery on a young ape patient in the U.S. The lucky ape? Booger, a 2-year-old gibbon.
3 years into Million Cat Challenge, vets, shelters save 750,000 catsMarch 16, 2017It was an ambitious goal: Save one million cats in five years. The coalition of animal shelters, veterinarians and animal welfare leaders only had one thing to say to that. “Challenge accepted.”
Texas colleges bring canine anatomy VR to SXSWMarch 16, 2017A collaboration between the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and the Department of Visualization are hitting the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference to combine virtual reality and canine anatomy.
Antimicrobial resistance is theme for this year's World Veterinary DayMarch 15, 2017Mark your calendars: World Veterinary Day is April 29 this year. The event, according to the World Veterinary Association (WVA), “aims to highlight and promote the different facets of the work performed by veterinarians all over the world, and to raise awareness on their contribution to improve animal health and welfare, as well as public health.”
Study: Universal canine vaccination eliminates human exposure to rabiesMarch 15, 2017MSD Animal Health/Merck Animal Health has announced the publication of a new study in the journal Vaccine, which demonstrates that universal canine vaccination is an effective public health policy for eliminating human rabies exposure.
