#U.S. Department of Agriculture

Veterinary loan repayment bill introduced in House of Representatives

Veterinary loan repayment bill introduced in House of Representatives

May 16, 2019

Rural veterinarians are one step closer to seeing the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) Enhancement Act become law. The act, a companion bill to S.1163, has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and would remove a withholding tax to maximize funding for the veterinary medicine loan repayment program. The VMLRP offers loan repayment assistance to relocate veterinarians to areas deemed by the U.S. department of agriculture to have shortages. In a …
USDA no longer experimenting on cats and kittens

USDA no longer experimenting on cats and kittens

April 3, 2019

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) says it will no longer carry out parasite experiments on cats and kittens, a practice that ultimately resulted in their being euthanized. The announcement comes weeks after U.S. congressmen Brian Mast and Jimmy Panetta introduced the Kittens in Traumatic Testing Ends Now Act of 2019. At the time, Mast said the USDA was breeding kittens for the sole purpose of feeding them raw meat …
U.S. congressmen introduce bill to end deadly experiments on kittens

U.S. congressmen introduce bill to end deadly experiments on kittens

March 11, 2019

A new bill has been introduced to get the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to stop performing harmful experiments on felines. U.S. congressmen Brian Mast and Jimmy Panetta have introduced the Kittens in Traumatic Testing Ends Now Act of 2019. “The fact we need a piece of legislation to tell the federal government to stop killing kittens is ridiculous on its face, but what’s even worse is when you hear the government is actually …
Auburn to strengthen vet medicine in rural Kentucky

Auburn to strengthen vet medicine in rural Kentucky

December 5, 2017

The Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine is directing a program to strengthen veterinary services to underserved rural populations in Kentucky through a grant provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Veterinary Services Grant Program and in partnership with Kentucky veterinarians. The $237,233 grant allows the college to create a program to “develop, implement, and sustain private veterinary services through education, training, recruitment, placement and retention of veterinarians and students of …
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