Overtime pay rule on holdDecember 9, 2016Veterinary employers nationwide were shielded from an expanded overtime pay rule when a federal court in Texas issued a preliminary injunction.
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Voyce collar monitor is no moreDecember 9, 2016Intersections Inc. shut down Voyce, its pet health monitoring business, on Dec. 1 after failing to attract a buyer for the subsidiary. The announcement came two days after an investment company, Loeb Holding Corp., withdrew a takeover proposal.
Hartville rolls out Complete Coverage insuranceDecember 8, 2016Everything from behavioral issues to major illnesses is eligible for veterinary care under the new Complete Coverage offering from ASPCA Pet Health Insurance.
Cyberbullied? AVMA provides helpDecember 8, 2016The American Veterinary Medical Association is wielding a larger shield in its attempt to protect practitioners from cyberbullying.
Onsior pain drug approved for dogsDecember 8, 2016The manufacturer, Elanco Animal Health of Greenfield, Ind., announced Tuesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved Onsior (robenacoxib) in both tablet and injectable form for dogs.
CSU to celebrate opening of new Lucy Oncology ClinicDecember 7, 2016This Thursday, Colorado State University is celebrating the opening of the expanded and improved hospital unit in the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital, called the Lucy Oncology Unit​. The teaching hospital is part of the Flint Animal Cancer Center, renowned for its work in providing care for animal patients, with findings that can be used to improve cancer care for both people and pets.
Sentinel Biomedical partners with AKC to promote canine bladder cancer screening testDecember 7, 2016A new test can detect signs of canine bladder cancer (also known as transitional cell carcinoma/urothelial carcinoma, or TCC/UC) long before symptoms show up.
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. …
New online tool helps farmers, owners find veterinariansDecember 6, 2016Are you an animal farmer looking for a veterinarian? A new tool is available to help you called "Find-A-Vet." This online tool was created by GlobalVetLink (GVL), and according to their website, it "allows animal owners to quickly find a veterinarian in their area who offers digital services such as Certificates of Veterinary Inspection (ICVIs/health certificates) and Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA/Coggins) certificates.
Veterinarians remove mass from arm of world's oldest zoo gorillaDecember 5, 2016Colo, a western lowland gorilla, is not only the world's first gorilla born in a zoo, she's also the oldest zoo gorilla in the world. She lives at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powel, Ohio. Going on 60 years now, Colo recently underwent an examination by zoo veterinarians to remove a mass growing under her arm.
