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AAHA Announces New Board Of Directors, Officers

AAHA Announces New Board Of Directors, Officers

April 28, 2008

The American Animal Hospital Assn. recently introduced its new 2008-2009 Board of Directors and Officers: President Anna Worth, VMD. purchased West Mountain Animal Hospital in Shaftsbury, Vt., in 1979. She also chairs the Scientific Issues Committee. . President-elect John Tait, DVM, is the managing partner of the Ontario Veterinary Group in Toronto and serves as a part-time assistant professor and externship coordinator for the Ontario Veterinary College Department of Clinical …
ABKA Changes Name To Pet Care Services Assn.

ABKA Changes Name To Pet Care Services Assn.

April 10, 2008

To better reflect its membership and changes within the industry, the ABKA has changed its name to the Pet Care Services Assn., effective immediately. Founded as the American Boarding Kennel Assn. in 1977, the group had dropped the name in favor of the acronym ABKA in recent years to bridge its heritage with its members’ and the industry’s growth into other service areas. That growth has accelerated in the past decade, with the group’s membership …
An Account Of Veterinary Continuing Education In Antarctica

An Account Of Veterinary Continuing Education In Antarctica

April 3, 2008

Thanks to the North American Veterinary Conference’s RACE-approved continuing education conference, I stood on my seventh continent–Antarctica. Our trip started in Ushuia, the southernmost city in the world. Thirty veterinarians and 170 other cruise passengers took a two-day boat  ride on the Explorer II through the Drake Passage. This passage is where the Atlantic and Pacific oceans meet and has some of the roughest water on the planet. Luckily it was more like “Drake Lake” …
Veterinarian Looks To Nematodes For IBD Treatment

Veterinarian Looks To Nematodes For IBD Treatment

March 31, 2008

Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, affects more than 1 million people nationally. Now a Michigan veterinarian has introduced a parasite to help end the plague. Linda Mansfield, VMD, Ph.D., a parasitologist in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University, is leading a team of researchers in a study of immune responses to parasites, specifically using the pig whipworm Trichuris suis in an effort to help ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease patients. Dr. Mansfield …
Animal Behaviorist Lines Up Nationwide Series Of Seminars

Animal Behaviorist Lines Up Nationwide Series Of Seminars

March 6, 2008

Animal behaviorist Sophia Yin, DVM, has joined ContinuEd, a provider of continuing education seminars for the veterinary profession, to offer a series of one-day seminars for veterinarians and other team members on common animal behavior problems. Four areas will be covered: How Animals Learn, Recognizing Brewing Behavior Problems, Correcting and Reversing those Problems and Updated Handling Techniques for Dealing with Problem Pets. “The No. 1 cause of pet loss is bad behavior that forces an …
AAHA, AAFP Plan Feline Health Guidelines

AAHA, AAFP Plan Feline Health Guidelines

February 8, 2008

The American Animal Hospital Assn. and the American Assn. of Feline Practitioners have agreed to jointly develop lifestage-based healthcare guidelines for cats for veterinarians by  next January, pending the approvals of their respective boards. The decision to jointly develop the guidelines was made at and prompted by the CATalyst Summit, a gathering of more than 40 veterinarians and representatives from animal health companies and welfare organizations designed to improve the lives of cats. The summit, jointly sponsored …
AAEP Updates Equine Vaccination Guidelines

AAEP Updates Equine Vaccination Guidelines

January 30, 2008

The American Assn. of Equine Practitioners’ Infectious Disease Committee, which is comprised of researchers, vaccine manufacturers and private practitioners, has updated its equine vaccination guidelines. Recommendations have been made for the use of vaccines based on the age of the horse and its previous vaccination history. The “Guidelines for the Vaccination of Horses” include: The identification of tetanus, Eastern/Western Equine Encephalomyelitis, West Nile virus and rabies as core vaccines. . …
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