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Publications: One Health: A New Professional Imperative
Posted by: JimEdwards on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 01:56 PM
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The AVMA One Health Initiative Task Force's final report is now available on the AVMA Web site.
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The convergence of people, animals, and our environment has created a new dynamic in which the health of each group is inextricably interconnected. The challenges associated with this dynamic are demanding, profound, and unprecedented. While the demand for animal-based protein is expected to increase by 50% by 2020,2 animal populations are under heightened pressure to survive, and further loss of biodiversity is highly probable.

On top of that, of the 1,461 diseases now recognized in humans, approximately 60% are due to multi-host pathogens characterized by their movement across species lines.3 And, over the last three decades, approximately 75% of new emerging human infectious diseases have been zoonotic. Our increasing interdependence with animals and their products may well be the single most critical risk factor to our health and well-being with regard to infectious diseases.

There is a growing concern that the world’s latest generation could be the first in history to experience a reduction in life expectancy and health in general. Yet, veterinary and human medicines are considered separate entities and the obvious links between them frequently ignored. According to the KPMG study, “The Current and Future Market for Veterinarians and Veterinary Medicine in the United States,”5 published in May of 1999, “our traditional approaches and past requisite skills and levels of knowledge may not be commensurate with the rapid changes and new demands of food-animal industries and the shifting requirements needed for the corporate and public opportunities in the future. These include public health, biomedical research, and the global food system.”
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Publications: The Veterinary Record - 19 July 2008; Vol. 163, No. 3
Posted by: JimEdwards on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 01:49 PM
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Companion animal surveillance

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FAWC assesses the welfare implications of tail docking and castration of lambs

FAWC's annual review

Vets urged to ensure vaccination of rare breeds

RCVS warns employers to check the status of new recruits

New officer team at the RCVS

Source of avian influenza virus in Oxfordshire uncertain

Facing up to the threat of biological warfare

Koi herpesvirus outbreaks

Suspected adverse reactions, 2007
F. Dyer, M. Spagnuolo-Weaver, S. Cooles, and A. Tait

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Publications: OP News - Winter 2008 edition
Posted by: JimEdwards on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 09:04 PM
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The winter edition of OP News (2008) can be downloaded from the following website in PDF format: http://www.library.up.ac.za/vet/opnews/. This site also enables one to access previous editions of OP News.

In a joint initiative the ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute ARC-OVI), Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP), University of Pretoria – Onderstepoort Faculty of Veterinary Science, Department of Agriculture (DoA) and the South African Veterinary Association (SAVA) have organised the Onderstepoort Centenary celebrations to mark 100 years of veterinary excellence. The event will be held from the 6-9th of October 2008 at Onderstepoort.

The heart of the celebrations will be the Onderstepoort 2008 Pan African Veterinary Conference. In 1908 such a Conference formed part of the inauguration ceremony of the Onderstepoort Veterinary Laboratory. It was the first of a series of similar conferences held in different African countries during the first half of the 20th century. It is therefore fitting that the centenary celebrations of the Onderstepoort complex in 2008 should again be accompanied by a Pan-African meeting of those involved in combating animal diseases on the continent.

The event will undoubtedly celebrate accomplishments over the past hundred years but it will lay particular emphasis on future challenges concerning training institutions, the role of technological developments such as the design and production of vaccines and diagnostic methods. Issues around trade and trans-boundary diseases will also be discussed.

The theme for the conference is: “A centenary celebration of the founding of Onderstepoort, focusing on the impact of animal diseases on food security and the economic development of Africa”. This Conference will be enhanced by various social informal and formal activities.

Registration and other information can be found at www.onderstepoort100.co.za or by calling Petrie Vogel at + 27 12 346 1150, e-mail Petrie@sava.co.za or Dr Johan Grobbelaar at +27 12 529 9101, e-mail GrobbelaarJ@arc.agric.za

Publications: World Mycotoxin Journal - Volume 1 Number 2 available
Posted by: JimEdwards on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 09:03 PM
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Wageningen Academic Publishers would like to inform you that number 2 of the 'World Mycotoxin Journal' is available. The content is available in print and online . To have access to the full online content, an institutional subscription is needed. Title, authors, abstract and references are available without a subscription.

For more information about ‘World Mycotoxin Journal’, subscriptions or submitting papers, please visit our website www.wageningenacademic.com/wmj.

Wageningen Academic Publishers
P.O. Box 220
6700 AE Wageningen
The Netherlands
phone: +31 317 476515
fax: +31 317 453417
www.wageningenacademic.com

Publications: New science books and bioscience books for 2009
Posted by: JimEdwards on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 09:03 PM
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The following highly recommended science reference books will be available soon. To be kept informed of publication progress please sign up for our newsletter at http://www.horizonpress.com/newsletter

Clostridia: Molecular Biology in the Post-genomic Era
Microbial Production of Biopolymers and Polymer Precursors: Applications and Perspectives
Real-Time PCR: Current Technology and Applications
Mycobacterium: Genomics and Molecular Biology
Lactobacillus Molecular Biology: From Genomics to Probiotics
Plant Pathogenic Bacteria: Genomics and Molecular Biology

Contact details are at http://www.caister.com
Horizon Scientific Press
Rowan House
Hethersett
Norwich
UK

Publications: The Veterinary Record - 12 July 2008; Vol. 163, No. 2
Posted by: JimEdwards on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 09:03 PM
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Walking away from TB

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Minister rules out badger culling

DEFRA consults on wildlife management...
.. and on changes to the Dangerous Wild Animals Act

Dog makes a beeline for nests

EC adopts regulation on equine ID

New chief executive for Animal Health

Bluetongue protection zone extended

AI restrictions lifted

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Publications: Veterinary World Journal
Posted by: JimEdwards on Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 03:53 PM
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Veterinary World journal is working for the dissemination of scientific knowledge in India and Abroad.

Veterinary World journal is the only self-sponsored monthly veterinary journal in the world. The journal publication is on the basis of not for profit even though self-sponsored because nobody in the world has accept this type of challenge to serve veterinary community in this way.

The journal is indexed and abstracted on CAB Abstract and AGRIS Database of FAO.

Publication Date : Fifth of every month.
Posting Date: Eighth of every month.

Veterinary World journal has 1100 copy circulation throughout India and Abroad.

The journal publication was started in September 2002.

Please visit our journal website www.veterinaryworld.org.

Publications: First Impact Factor 2.914: Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
Posted by: JimEdwards on Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 03:40 PM
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We are delighted to announce that Foodborne Pathogens and Disease has received its first Impact Factor: 2.914! Journal Citation Reports ® 2008, published by Thomson Reuters

We invite you to explore a free sample online issue and become a subscriber to Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. This peer-reviewed journal is published bimonthly and is fully indexed/abstracted in MEDLINE, Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences and all other key services.

Submit your manuscript today!

To learn more about this journal and to subscribe, please visit www.liebertpub.com/fpd ...

Publications: New at the IVIS
Posted by: JimEdwards on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 03:12 PM
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A new chapter has been published in the book Clinical Avian Medicine by Harrison and Lightfoot.
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Integument by T.L. Lightfoot and R. Schmidt. In: Clinical Avian Medicine.

“Skin and feather problems are common disorders in pet avian species. The skin has limited responses to insults. A variety of causes will lead to similar clinical signs and possibly similar gross and histologic changes. The clinician?s challenge is to use available diagnostic methods to determine an etiology and rational therapeutic approach.”

Also on IVIS in the section Journals in Veterinary Medicine:
Exotic DVM veterinary magazine is a full-color, bimonthly, photographic magazine focusing on veterinary care of exotic companion animals such as birds, ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, iguanas, and others, and a practical, fun-to-read, highly visual, magazine with easy-to-follow, step-by-step photographic procedures and tips and tricks. It is written for practitioners and reviewed by experienced exotic animal practitioners.

Clinical Avian Medicine and Exotic DVM Highlights are provided to IVIS readers courtesy of Harrison's family of avian and exotics products and their Zoological Education Network.

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Publications: A new chapter has been published in the Encyclopedia of Canine Clinical Nutrition
Posted by: JimEdwards on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 02:36 PM
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Nutritional Management of Canine Urolithiasis by A. Stevenson and C. Rutgers. In: Encyclopedia of Canine Clinical Nutrition.

The Encyclopedia of Canine Clinical Nutrition is a reference book which helps veterinary practitioners find answers to questions concerning the role of nutrition in achieving both optimal health and in treating specific nutrition-responsive diseases. The book is published in IVIS in five languages thanks to the support of Royal Canin.

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Publications: The Veterinary Record - 14 June 2008; Vol. 162, No. 24
Posted by: JimEdwards on Sunday, June 15, 2008 - 05:20 PM
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Back to the drawing board?

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Avian influenza in Oxfordshire: virus confirmed as H7N7

DEFRA publishes leaflet on dangerous dog laws

Chip and go

Merial to supply 13 million doses of bluetongue vaccine

More procedures exempted from mutilations ban

VETAID begins vaccination campaign in Somaliland