AVMA president will deliver 2016 RUSVM commencement addressMay 20, 2016Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine (RUSVM) has announced that Joseph H. Kinnarney, DVM, MS, president of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), will serve as the 2016 RUSVM commencement speaker.
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Compassion-First family expands to 13May 20, 2016Compassion-First Pet Hospitals, a network formerly known as Veterinary Specialists of North America, has grown to 13 clinics with the opening of Cherry Hill Animal Hospital.
Researchers step up fight against parasitesMay 20, 2016Pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health is teaming up with a Scottish university and another European institution to find better treatments for parasitic diseases.
Lincoln Memorial names successor to deanMay 20, 2016Glen Hoffsis, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, the founding dean of the two-year-old Lincoln Memorial University College of Veterinary Medicine, will step down July 1.
Ohio vet college to receive $6 million to support clinical trials officeMay 20, 2016The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine will be receiving a $6 million gift from Blue Buffalo Company, a pet food company based in Wilton, Conn., to help advance clinical trials at the college.
AgriLabs buys into vaccine manufacturingMay 19, 2016AgriLabs LLC has entered the vaccine business by acquiring the manufacturing operations of Antelope Valley Bios Inc., Benchmark Biolabs Inc. and Benchmark’s ownership interest in VaxLiant, all based in Lincoln, Neb.
Help Choose ‘Hero’ Vet, Vet TechMay 19, 2016Already heroes in many ways, five veterinarians and five veterinary technicians are in the running for national recognition. The American Humane Association today launched public voting on the third annual Hero Veterinarian and Hero Veterinary Technician awards. One winner in each category will be honored Sept. 10 along with several hero dogs at an awards presentation in Los Angeles. The event will be broadcast at a later date on the Hallmark Channel. The veterinary finalists were chosen from among nearly 300 nominees. The public voting runs through July 21 at www.herovetawards.org. “To us, all vets and vet techs are heroes,” said Robin Ganzert, Ph.D., president and CEO of the Washington, D.C.-based American Humane Association. “Behind every hero dog is a hero vet and vet tech.” The finalists, all profiled on the contest website, are: Hero Veterinarian Jennifer Dunlap (Somerville, Tenn.) Natalie Isaza (Gainesville, Fla.) Michelle Mayers (Simpsonville, S.C.) Victoria Smith (Olympia, Wash.) Heather Wilson-Robles (College Station, Texas) Hero Veterinary Technician Megan Brashear (Portland, Ore.) Ellen Carozza (Arlington, Va.) Olivia Faith (Crestview, Fla.) Joan Gorman (Kansas City, Mo.) Kim Knap (Urbana, Ill.)
Army vets have friends in high placesMay 19, 2016What did eight veterinarians do on their spring break? They put on Army uniforms, climbed mountains, tended to horses and mules, and learned about disaster relief.
Morris Animal Foundation gets new CEOMay 19, 2016Veterinary industry veteran John Reddington, DVM, Ph.D., has been named president and CEO of Morris Animal Foundation.
FDA approves Aratana's hunger stimulantMay 18, 2016Good things come to those dogs who wait. Aratana Therapeutics Inc. has quickly earned its second approval of the year from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
