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Topic: Information Releases from other Sources
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News: World Rabies Day 2008: Awareness is the Best Defense against Rabies
Posted by: JimEdwards on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 09:24 AM
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The world is again joining together on September 28th to raise awareness and understanding about the importance of rabies prevention. Rabies is the oldest and deadliest disease known to mankind and the World Veterinary Association is supporting this initiative.
Led by the Alliance for Rabies Control and supported by numerous human and animal health organizations worldwide, World Rabies Day is a unique campaign that brings together hundreds of thousands of people across the world to reinforce the message that rabies is a preventable disease, yet kills 55,000 people needlessly each year, half of which are children under the age of 151.
“Rabies is primarily a disease of children, who are particularly at risk from this terrible disease, due to their close contact with dogs, the major global source”, said Dr. Debbie Briggs, Executive Director of the Alliance for Rabies Control. “Children are more likely to suffer multiple bites and scratches to the face and head, both of which carry a higher risk of contracting rabies. Children are often unaware of the danger that dogs transmit rabies and may not tell their parents when a bite, lick, or scratch has occurred from an infected animal”, says Briggs.
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News: Get Involved...Join the Team that is Making Rabies History!
Posted by: JimEdwards on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 09:23 AM
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The World Rabies Day initiative is a global rabies awareness campaign to spread the word about rabies prevention. We invite you to join us by planning a World Rabies Day event, helping us raise funds for rabies prevention or by increasing rabies awareness in your community!
5 Ways for Individuals to Make Rabies History!
1. Vaccinate your pets.
2. Tell your friends.
3. Volunteer.
4. Donate.
5. Shop to Make a Difference.
Join our online community!
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News: New AVMA president sees more proactive Association
Posted by: JimEdwards on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 09:23 AM
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Cook supports easier identification of pets, food animals
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  "We are trying to be more proactive and less reactive to the true needs of animals."
The AVMA is becoming more proactive about addressing veterinary and animal needs, according to Dr. James O. Cook, the 2008-2009 AVMA president.
Alleviating shortages of veterinarians in rural communities and showing that the AVMA is the go-to organization on animal welfare issues are among the areas in which the Association is making progress, he said.
In the animal welfare arena, for instance, "our identity as the go-to organization, unfortunately, is far from preeminent," Dr. Cook added.
"Changes at the AVMA are hopefully making us more able to address these problems," Dr. Cook said. "We are trying to be more proactive and less reactive to the true needs of animals."
When welfare matters arise, the AVMA must respond quickly with compassionate and scientifically based information, Dr. Cook explained. A camera-ready studio at AVMA headquarters would make it easier for the news media to cite the Association when reporting such stories, he said.
Dr. Cook would like to see the AVMA address the issue of making food animals and pets easier to identify.
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News: Incoming president Cook sees more proactive Association
Posted by: JimEdwards on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 01:58 PM
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SUPPORTS EASIER IDENTIFICATION OF PETS, FOOD ANIMALS
By R. Scott Nolen
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AVMA is becoming more proactive about addressing veterinary and animal needs, according to Dr. James O. Cook, the 2008-2009 AVMA president.
Shoring up veterinary shortages in rural communities and showing that the AVMA is the "go to" organization on animal welfare issues are among the areas in which the Association is making progress, he said.
Dr. Cook credited his presidential predecessors—Drs. Roger K. Mahr and Hammer—for advancing the AVMA's mission by promoting the one-health initiative and expanding the veterinary workforce.
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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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News: RCVS launches research into 24-hour cover provision
Posted by: JimEdwards on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 01:50 PM
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 The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has launched a research project into the extent to which veterinary surgeons are able to meet its requirement that steps are taken to provide 24-hour emergency cover.
The College’s 24-hour Emergency Cover Working Party (24-7 WP) has been considering the ongoing practicality of the current requirement in the Guide to Professional Conduct, and whether it should remain, be removed, or be amended in some way. The research aims to build a sound evidence base on which a decision can be made.
“Changes in practice profiles and owner demands, health and safety issues, the desire for an improved work-life balance, veterinary and animal density… all these factors affect the ability of veterinary practitioners to meet our 24-7 requirement.
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News: Food Safety Developments Are in the Air
Posted by: JimEdwards on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 01:49 PM
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By Laura McGinnis
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An experimental treatment from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) could one day help protect some fresh produce from potentially dangerous microbes such as Salmonella, Listeria and Escherichia coli O157:H7.
The treatment relies on cold plasma, which is generated when some form of concentrated energy--in this case, electricity--is introduced into a gas until free electrons are torn from the gas's atoms.
This plasma-forming process is related to the technology used to create plasma for computer chips. But in addition to increasing conductivity, the process of turning gas into plasma has an antimicrobial effect. The ARS researchers aren't the first to harness this technology for food safety purposes, but their method of production has the potential for increased efficiency and lower costs when applied at a larger scale.
To make plasma, other food safety scientists use gas mixtures that include exotic gases like helium or argon, but the ARS team is using the cheapest gas mixture available: air.
In addition to its economic benefits, air--unlike other gases--doesn't need to be confined to a closed chamber during plasma production. This means that at a pilot scale, this particular method of plasma treatment could be done continuously, on a conveyor belt, which would translate to better efficiency and increased cost savings.
At the ARS Eastern Regional Research Center in Wyndmoor, Pa., microbiologist Brendan Niemira and engineer Joseph Sites--who are developing the process--exposed Golden Delicious apple samples to various microbial pathogens. Then they treated the samples with plasma.
The scientists observed that any exposure to the plasma resulted in a significant reduction in pathogen numbers without harming the apples. Raising the air flow rate and length of exposure increased the antimicrobial activity.
The research was conducted at a laboratory scale and is still in experimental stages. Future studies will include other types of produce and expand the scale of the plasma-creation process.
This research was published in the July 2008 issue of the Journal of Food Protection.
ARS is a scientific research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Further reading:
Nonthermal food processing heats up
Pathogen studies could result in safer produce
With a good dunking, just-cut produce stays fresher longer
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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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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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Opinion & Comment: Improving wildlife surveillance for its protection
Posted by: JimEdwards on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 09:05 PM
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 Wildlife diseases are of growing concern worldwide. In addition to threatening populations of wild animals themselves, wildlife disease can affect domestic animals and human health. This is particularly true in present days, when emerging diseases shared by both animals and humans increasingly come to our attention in the new context of globalisation of movement of commodities and climate change. Furthermore the legal and illegal market of wildlife which is estimated at a minimum of 6 billion US dollars is growing rapidly and also contributes to the global dissemination of new pathogens and emerging diseases. Therefore, a better understanding of diseases present in wildlife and their effects on wildlife, domestic animals and humans is of key importance to develop control measures.
The OIE calls the international community as a whole to support national Veterinary Services in order to strengthen their surveillance capacities of diseases in wildlife particularly in order to closely monitor what has the potential to become a threat to domestic animals and eventually to humans. The OIE will also continue to plead to safeguard natural ecosystems together with wild animal species which have survived the planetary upheavals, because they are global public goods.
For all this, the surveillance of wild animal diseases, the sanitary control of international trade of domestic and wild animals and animal products using OIE standards recognized by the World Trade Organisation, as well as the control of non appropriate transfer of invasive species and non desirable animals or plants are essential actions.
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News: Celebration of WORLD ZOONOSIS DAY in Nepal
Posted by: JimEdwards on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 09:04 PM
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 The Nepal Veterinary Association and Directorate of Livestock Market Promotion jointly organized a national workshop on “Status and Challenges of Meat Hygiene and Marketing in
Nepal” on the premises of the DLS meeting hall, Hariharbhawan, Lalitpur on July 6 to mark World Zoonosis Day. The purpose of celebrating the Zoonosis Day was to create awareness and seek the responsibility of govt. as well as line agencies to control the zoonotic diseases in Nepal.
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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News: July meeting of BVA Council
Posted by: JimEdwards on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 04:04 PM
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Emerging Companion Animal Disease, Vets & Veterinary Services, the Veterinary Surgeons Act
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 The agenda for the BVA’s July Council meeting covered a range of matters of interest, not only to BVA members but to the profession as a whole, not least the presentations by BSAVA President Professor Ed Hall on a number of key companion animal issues and that by the new Defra Chief Veterinary Officer, Mr Nigel Gibbens.
Professor Hall's presentation was divided into four categories - animal welfare, veterinary public health, research and pet travel. Under animal welfare, Council heard about suggestions for making legislation relating to dangerous dogs more effective, not least the concept of 'deed not breed' and the opening of the existing exemption list, as well as the lack of progress on both secondary legislation under the Animal Welfare Act and the publication of the Dog and Cat Codes. Insofar as the Act itself was concerned there were still problems vis a vis tail-docking, not least due to differing legislation within the devolved regions.
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News: New President for the RCVS
Posted by: JimEdwards on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 04:03 PM
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RCVS Day - the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons’ AGM and Awards Day - saw the investiture of the new President, Mrs Jill Nute, on 4 July 2008, at One Great George Street, London.
Mrs Nute graduated from Liverpool University in 1970 and initially assisted in mixed practice in the Lake District, Droitwich and Leominster. In 1976, she established a mixed practice with her husband Geoff, a fellow Liverpool graduate, in Wadebridge, Cornwall.
Mrs Nute has been an RCVS Council member since 1993, serving on all of its committees. She has chaired many of these committees and additional working parties, including the Advisory and Public Affairs Committees. She served on the Officer team as Treasurer for three years, from 1996-1999, and is currently Chairman of the Practice Standards Group.
Spending several years on the Councils of the British Veterinary Association and the Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons (SPVS), she was elected President of SPVS in 1991.
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News: Veterinary clinic has handled Hendra well
Posted by: JimEdwards on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 04:03 PM
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The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) applauds the actions of the veterinary hospital at the centre of an outbreak of the Hendra virus in Brisbane.
Four horses have now been confirmed with Hendra infection by the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F), and the vets at the clinic are working closely with Biosecurity Queensland to determine how the outbreak occurred.
“The clinic has been following all appropriate precautions from the outset and even placed itself into voluntary quarantine after they notified DPI&F that they suspected an unusual disease outbreak,” said Dr James Gilkerson, President of Equine Veterinarians Australia, a special interest group of the AVA.
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News: Climate change will have strong impact on fisheries
Posted by: JimEdwards on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 04:03 PM
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Decrease in fisheries production likely – FAO holds scientific symposium
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 Temperature and other variations resulting from climate change will have a strong impact on fisheries and aquaculture, with significant food security consequences for certain populations, FAO said this week.
The UN food agency’s note of caution came at the start of a four day scientific symposium on climate change and marine fisheries being held at its Rome headquarters (8-11 July 2008). The event, which involves over 200 experts and policymakers from around the globe, aims to paint a fuller picture of the challenges that climate change poses to marine fisheries and the millions of people who depend on them for food and income.
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News: Healthy Animals
Posted by: JimEdwards on Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 04:03 PM
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 Issue 34, July 2008
Welcome to Healthy Animals, an online compilation of animal health-related research news put out each quarter by the Information Staff of the Agricultural Research Service. ARS is the chief scientific agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Alternative Feeds Initiative
USDA and NOAA Collaborate to Improve Aquaculture Feed
One of the best ways to get high-quality protein and nutritious omega-3 fatty acids is by eating fish. And fish get them the same way humans do.
Both wild and farmed fish get much of their dietary nutrition by eating fish; wild fish consume them as prey, and farmed fish consume fish meal in pellets. This consumption, however, puts pressure on the wild fish that live in the planet's oceans and waterways, so the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is collaborating with the national Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to find a solution.
Research Briefs
Save the shellfish! Protecting oysters from burrowing shrimp.
Making a splash New fish research lab opens in Maine.
Great grains New eco-friendly barley makes fabulous forage.
Influenza information Scientists release avian influenza genome sequences.
Cow whisperers Technology could guide cattle on the range.
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News: New on VETS.TV - BVA AWF Discussion Forum 2008 and the Young Vet Network
Posted by: JimEdwards on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 04:09 PM
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 Anyone unable to attend the latest in the increasingly popular BVA Animal Welfare Foundation discussion forums, held in May, can now catch up on the presentations on VETS.TV - the new web TV service currently being piloted by BVA - which can be accessed at www.vets.tv.
All the presentations ‘Put your money where your mouth is - can people afford animal welfare in food production’, ‘Designer animals or breeding for welfare’ and ‘Electric aid or shock collar’ as well as the Norman Hayward Fund sponsored session - which included presentations on both the British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) and Edinburgh University laminitis studies and the casualty slaughter of sheep - along with the Chair of the BVA:AWF Trustees, Carl Padgett’s summary of the day, are now available online to view at your convenience.
Also new on VETS.TV is an interview with Young Vet Network (YVN) senior graduate BVA Council representative, Louisa Rance who talks about the work of the YVN and how it is helping newly qualified vets with the challenges faced after leaving vet school and a series of videos, courtesy of Farmers Weekly, on Bluetongue - what it is, how it is transmitted, the symptoms and vaccination advice.
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News: One World, One Disease - effects of climate change on animal and human health
Posted by: JimEdwards on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 04:09 PM
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Three quarters of emerging human diseases are transmitted from animals. Professor Malcolm Bennett, from the National Centre for Zoonoses Research at the University of Liverpool, reminded delegates of this statistic at the ‘One World, One Disease,’ seminar at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), on 24 June 2008.
It was one of the facts that made the event - which explored the impact of climate change on plant, human and animal health - such an important one.
The event was jointly organised by the RSM and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), and in her welcome address, RSM President Professor Baroness Ilora Finlay of Llandaff suggested that the organisation should really be considered “the Royal Society of Dentists, Medics and Veterinary Surgeons”, as all shared common interests and must work closely together.
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News: Gene therapy improves survival and quality of life of dogs with cancer
Posted by: JimEdwards on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 04:08 PM
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 A new gene therapy has helped pet dogs with cancer live longer and could potentially improve the quality of life and survival of people with cancer, said the therapy's developers. The single treatment works by increasing muscle strength and correcting common complications of cancer such as weakness, weight loss and anemia, said principal investigator Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, MD, PhD, researcher, VGX Pharmaceuticals Inc., The Woodlands, Tex. Such complications occur in more than 50 percent of patients with cancer and, along with loss of appetite and fatigue, result in poor quality of life, she said. If cachexia--muscle wasting and severe weight loss--develops, it can prevent cancer-specific therapy from being given and may be a direct cause of death. "With our type of gene therapy," Draghia-Akli said, "we can 'trick' certain types of cells in the body to naturally produce specific hormones." These hormones have a muscle-building, or anabolic, effect.
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News: DNA study unlocks mystery to diverse traits in dogs
Posted by: JimEdwards on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 04:08 PM
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Dogs vary in size, shape, color, coat length and behavior more than any other animal and until now, this variance has largely been unexplained. Now, scientists have developed a method to identify the genetic basis for this diversity that may have far-reaching benefits for dogs and their owners. In the cover story of tomorrow's edition of the science journal Genetics, research reveals locations in a dog's DNA that contain genes that scientists believe contribute to differences in body and skull shape, weight, fur color and length -- and possibly even behavior, trainability and longevity. "This exciting breakthrough, made possible by working with leaders in canine genetics, is helping us piece together the canine genome puzzle which will ultimately translate into potential benefit for dogs and their owners," said study co-author Paul G. Jones, PhD, a Mars Veterinary™ genetics researcher at the Waltham® Centre for Pet Nutrition -- part of Mars® Incorporated, a world leader in pet care that has been studying canine genetic science for the past eight years. "By applying this research approach, we may be able to decipher how genes contribute to physical or behavioral traits that affect many breeds."
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News: Pigs prefer three square meals a day
Posted by: JimEdwards on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 04:08 PM
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Pigs raised in conventional indoor pens have different feeding patterns from those raised under more natural conditions. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica shows that while pigs in the wild spend much time searching for food and eat little and often, the preferred feeding regime for conventional raised pigs is three meals a day. Lead author, Eva Persson, from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences explains that, "The natural feeding behaviour of pigs is searching for feed by rooting activities throughout the day; self-feeding pigs randomly space their activities and generally consume between ten and twelve meals in an average day. By replicating this pattern in conventional indoor kept pigs, we had hoped they would fare better than those fed the traditional three meals."
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News: The Fight Against Bovine TB
Posted by: JimEdwards on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 04:44 PM
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The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has expressed disappointment, but no surprise, at the Government’s decision to reject the multi-faceted approach unanimously recommended by the House of Commons Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRACom) to address the spread of Bovine TB within the cattle and badger population.
BVA President Nick Blayney said that the veterinary profession was “deeply concerned about the ongoing lack of disease control and the resulting impact on cattle and badger health and welfare. Be in no doubt” he said “to date measures directed at cattle alone have not led to disease control”. While welcoming the commitment to increased funding for research on vaccines “there was” said Mr Blayney “little doubt that any progress is some years down the line and it is hard to see how the Minister can expect either dairy farmers or the veterinary profession to ‘move forward’ in tackling the disease when nothing, other than yet another group, albeit under a new name - the Bovine TB Partnership Group - is envisaged for the foreseeable future. Both badgers and cattle are significant animals in the spread of TB as all the science agrees.”
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News: AVMA Testifies on Antimicrobial Resistance Before Senate Committee
Posted by: JimEdwards on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 04:43 PM
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 The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, addressing the preventative use of antimicrobials in food animals and reiterating the necessity of antibiotic use in livestock for ensuring food safety.
Dr. Lyle P. Vogel, AVMA's assistant executive vice president, testified at the hearing, which focused on the emergence of antimicrobial-resistant "superbugs" in humans. Mollifying concerns that use of antimicrobials – such as penicillin and tetracycline – in food animals leads to human resistance of the drugs, Vogel made clear that protecting human health is paramount to America's veterinarians.
"Because veterinarians are ethically charged with promoting public health in addition to protecting animal health and welfare, we participate in the prevention of both human and animal disease," Vogel told the committee.
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News: WSAVA Monthly NEWs - July, 2008
Posted by: JimEdwards on Monday, July 07, 2008 - 04:43 PM
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BVA and VPAT sign Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW)
The Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW) is an agreement among people and nations to recognize that animals are sentient and can suffer, to respect their welfare, and to end animal cruelty for good. For further information, see the full document at www.udaw.org
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) used World Veterinary Day to showcase the global role of the veterinary profession in raising standards of animal welfare by signing up to the Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW). Demonstrating its commitment to animal welfare, the BVA has formally supported the UDAW. The Declaration, which represents the world’s first international agreement on animal welfare, recognises that sentient animals are capable of pain and suffering, deserving consideration and respect, and calls for effective animal welfare legislation to be developed and enforced around the world. It is hoped that the Declaration will ultimately be adopted by the United Nations.
More Animal Welfare NEWS From Around the World
The Blue Dog: a valuable tool in the increasing need for dog bite prevention programs
New Guidelines on Humane Stray Dog Control: by Ray Butcher (Co-Chairman of WSAVA Welfare Committee)
WSAVA World Congress Dublin 2008 Update. For more information, visit the Congress website at www.wsava2008.com.
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News: AVMA Open Access Collection on Disaster preparedness and response launched
Posted by: JimEdwards on Friday, July 04, 2008 - 02:44 PM
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A new AVMA Collection, "Disaster preparedness and response," is now available on the AVMA Web site.
This collection of open access articles, which includes highlights for quick reference and a topic summary, reflects the arduous work of experts in animal disaster preparedness and response who have grappled with the central questions involved and offered their findings and recommendations within the covers of the AVMA scientific journals. Areas discussed include:
* the veterinarian's role in preparedness and response;
* biosecurity and bioterrorism preparedness;
* search-and-rescue dogs; and
* preparedness and response policy.
Use this direct link: http://www.avma.org/avmacollections/disaster/default.asp
This is available for personal and scholarly use as single-copy downloads and links to the collection are encouraged, but articles should not be further reproduced or distributed at web sites other than that of the AVMA.
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Publications: The Veterinary Record - 5 July 2008; Vol. 163, No. 1
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Bluetongue vaccination begins in Wales
Wales set to ban electric shock collars
Avian influenza in Oxfordshire: protection zone removed
FMD 2007: Scotland's response reviewed
Cataract surgery for rare white tiger
Funding to turn research ideas into commercial reality
Targets set for VLA and VMD
Distinct strains of Salmonella found in garden birds
Website boosts understanding of equine colic
Further cases of Paramphistomum species infection in cattle and reindeer
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News: RCVS President addresses Government Veterinary Surgeons
Posted by: JimEdwards on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 03:47 PM
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RCVS President Dr Bob Moore has congratulated those veterinary surgeons working in government for a successful year, in which they had tackled outbreaks of notifiable disease, economic challenges and issues of food safety: “Work in all of these areas has been underpinned by good science and good planning,” he commended.
Speaking in Cardiff at the second joint Conference of the Government Veterinary Surgeons and the Association of Government Veterinarians (18-19 June 2008), Dr Moore also thanked DEFRA for its contribution towards the development of a public health module for the new RCVS Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice. The new module will help to develop and expand the knowledge of veterinary surgeons in this critical area.
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News: Land degradation on the rise
Posted by: JimEdwards on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 03:46 PM
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One fourth of the world’s population affected
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Rome – Land degradation is intensifying in many parts of the world, according to a study using data taken over a 20-year period, FAO announced this week.
Defined as a long-term decline in ecosystem function and productivity, land degradation is increasing in severity and extent in many parts of the world, with more than 20 percent of all cultivated areas, 30 percent of forests and 10 percent of grasslands undergoing degradation.
An estimated 1.5 billion people, or a quarter of the world’s population, depend directly on land that is being degraded.
The consequences of land degradation include reduced productivity, migration, food insecurity, damage to basic resources and ecosystems, and loss of biodiversity through changes to habitats at both species and genetic levels.
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News: About 50 million more hungry people in 2007
Posted by: JimEdwards on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 03:46 PM
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Hunger on the rise due to soaring food prices
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Rome/Brussels - The number of hungry people increased by about 50 million in 2007 as a result of high food prices, FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf said today addressing a conference at the European Parliament in Brussels.
“Poor countries are feeling the serious impact of soaring food and energy prices,” Dr Diouf said. “We urgently need new and stronger partnerships to address the growing food security problems in poor countries. No single institution or country will be able to resolve this crisis. Donor countries, international institutions, governments of developing countries, civil society and the private sector have an important role to play in the global fight against hunger.”
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News: Grazing Cattle Year-Round Pays Off
Posted by: JimEdwards on Thursday, July 03, 2008 - 03:45 PM
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The good ol' days are coming back to the Northern Plains, with new twists based on recent research findings by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.
ARS researchers in Mandan, N.D., have shown that a newly designed program of "swath grazing” allows cattle to, once again, graze year-round, even in the middle of a North Dakota winter. The concept involves pushing harvested crop leftovers into row piles up to 16 inches high, to keep them within reach of cows in winter.
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Publications: The Veterinary Record - 28 June 2008; Vol. 162, No. 26
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Farm and companion animal issues on the agenda at the BVA's Welsh dinner
Eradicating hydatid disease in Wales
Modelling the bluetongue virus
Vet to be suspended after failing to monitor a dog
FSA highlights consumers' concerns about animal cloning
Hazardous waste poster
New president for Pig Veterinary Society
A vasorum warning
NOAH launches pet health website
Abortions due to Campylobacter fetus fetus associated with bought-in cattle
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News: Good Practice Guide to Handling Veterinary Waste
Posted by: JimEdwards on Friday, June 27, 2008 - 01:57 PM
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The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has launched its new ‘Good Practice Guide to Handling Veterinary Waste’ consisting of a poster and web advice.
BVA President Nick Blayney commended the guide to practices, pointing out that “All businesses have a duty of care to ensure that all waste is stored and disposed of responsibly, that it is only handled or dealt with by those authorised to do so and that appropriate records are kept of all waste that is transferred or received.
Produced in association with the BSAVA and Goat Veterinary Society, and supported by The Environment Agency, the poster, alongside further detailed information on the BVA website, provides practical step by step guidance designed to assist veterinary surgeons comply with waste regulations in England and Wales.
The poster is being distributed via The Veterinary Record (June 28, 2008) and copies are also being sent to veterinary students, practice managers and The Environment Agency during July.
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News: High food prices could reverse agricultural growth in transition countries
Posted by: JimEdwards on Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 01:58 PM
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Innsbruck, Austria -- Soaring food prices could reverse the significant growth in agricultural production recorded by some of the poorest countries in Europe and Central Asia over the past 10 years, said FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf today at the opening of the 26th FAO Regional Conference for Europe.
Moreover, government response to higher prices has not always been supportive of the farm investment needed to raise production and productivity, favouring instead measures such as export restrictions, which have resulted in cancelled export contracts and lower prices received by farmers, he noted.
“As in most parts of the world affected by food insecurity, hunger in Europe and Central Asia derives from rural poverty and from natural and man-made disasters, rather than from a total lack of food at macroeconomic level,” Dr Diouf said.
Other constraints to agricultural production and food security in the region over the past two years have been pests, diseases and emergencies, the Director-General said.
He highlighted FAO projects to supply pesticides and regional consultations to address the transboundary migration of locusts and diseases, such as avian influenza, foot-and-mouth disease and African swine fever, which have affected the countries of the Transcaucasus.
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News: 'Vet’s foot forward' for RCVS Trust Golden Jubilee
Posted by: JimEdwards on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 - 09:47 PM
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On Saturday 30 August Mr Fred Nind MRCVS will be setting off on a 500-mile walk from Edinburgh to London to raise funds for the RCVS Trust in celebration of its Golden Jubilee Year.
And as if walking 500 miles was not challenging enough, Fred will be picking up as much litter as possible along the way.
Fred said: "I hope to raise ?5,000 for the RCVS Trust's innovative animal welfare and educational programmes in the UK and overseas, and very much hope that the profession will support me in my endeavours."
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WVA Information: Please SUPPORT and VOTE Dr. Johnson, Chiang
Posted by: JimEdwards on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 03:13 PM
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For 2008-2011
President of World Veterinary Association
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Dear WVA Members:
First of all, I would like to thank WVA President Dr.Russell who closely worked with Committees with best of his impetus leading WVA to countless achievements in the past three years. All these corporative work and effort, Please allow me to mention over here and share with your again.
1. Organized Task Forces for WVA affairs.
2. Promote World Veterinarian’s Day and award together with OIE for the country devoting to the job.
3. Initiated more than 10 members to join WVA.
4. Outsourcing to evaluate the problems of WVA, and advice the solutions.
5. Website corresponding and WVA Newsletter publishing.
(The Taiwan Veterinary Medical Association fully funds to Newsletter in publication)
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News: AVMA Testifies on Antimicrobial Resistance Before Senate Committee
Posted by: JimEdwards on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 03:10 PM
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— The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) testified today before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, addressing the preventative use of antimicrobials in food animals and reiterating the necessity of antibiotic use in livestock for ensuring food safety.
Dr. Lyle P. Vogel, AVMA's assistant executive vice president, testified at the hearing, which focused on the emergence of antimicrobial-resistant "superbugs" in humans. Mollifying concerns that use of antimicrobials – such as penicillin and tetracycline – in food animals leads to human resistance of the drugs, Vogel made clear that protecting human health is paramount to America's veterinarians.
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News: New pathogen from pigs' stomach ulcers
Posted by: JimEdwards on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 03:09 PM
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Scientists have isolated a new bacterium in pigs' stomachs thanks to a pioneering technique, offering hope of new treatments to people who suffer with stomach ulcers, according to research published in the June issue of the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. The bacterium that commonly causes stomach ulcers in humans is called Helicobacter pylori. Extensive research has been carried out on this bacterium and the two scientists who discovered it were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 2005. However, in a small percentage of biopsies a similar but previously unidentified bacterium is present. Numerous research papers have described failed attempts to culture this microbe in the laboratory since it was first observed in 1990. Now, scientists from Belgium have succeeded.
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Publications: New Issue of Veterinary Focus Available in Polish
Posted by: JimEdwards on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 03:09 PM
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It is our pleasure to announce that a new issue of Veterinary Focus published by Royal Canin, is available in Polish in IVIS. We invite you to read this new issue.
Zapalenie stawow - Vol. 17(3) Oct. 2007. Paper copies of Veterinary Focus can be obtained by contacting Royal Canin in your country (www.royalcanin.com).
Previous Issues in Polish:
Aspekty kliniczne genetyki psow
Vol. 17, n?2 - Jun. 2007
Choroby dolnych drog moczowych
Vol. 17, n?1 - Feb. 2007
Intensywna terapia
Vol. 16, n?3 - Oct. 2006
Rozr?d ps?w i kotow
Vol. 16, n?2 - Jun. 2006
Otylosc u psow i kotow
Vol. 16, n?1 - Mar. 2006
Cukrzyca oraz choroby endokrynologiczne
Vol. 15, n?3 - Nov. 2005
We thank Royal Canin for their support.
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News: Vetpulse.tv
Posted by: JimEdwards on Monday, June 23, 2008 - 02:43 PM
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Vetpulse.tv is an Internet video channel that now, for the first time, allows the global veterinary community to engage in new ways by creating, uploading, viewing and commenting on videos relating to veterinary science.
The ambition for Vetpulse.tv is to empower veterinary professionals worldwide, allowing them to speak directly to their peers.
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News: Ongoing equine influenza vaccination not the answer
Posted by: JimEdwards on Monday, June 23, 2008 - 02:42 PM
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The Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) urges the government to ignore calls from thoroughbred and racing organisations for the continuation of the equine influenza vaccination program.
“Only an effective quarantine program will prevent another outbreak. Ongoing vaccinations won’t help,” said Dr James Gilkerson, President of Equine Veterinarians Australia, a special interest group of the Australian Veterinary Association.
Dr Gilkerson is an equine virologist at The University of Melbourne’s equine infectious disease laboratory who provided extensive expert testimony to the Callinan Inquiry into the outbreak.
“Ongoing vaccination won’t prevent another outbreak – the horses who brought the disease with them last year were all vaccinated. Vaccinated horses can still get equine influenza and spread it to unvaccinated horses.
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News: Protect native wildlife from imported ‘pets’
Posted by: JimEdwards on Sunday, June 22, 2008 - 03:53 PM
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Australian veterinarians have come out strongly against the importation of more wild-domestic pet hybrids like the savannah cats currently in quarantine.
“Our native wildlife is already facing an uphill battle against feral domestic cats,” says Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) President, Dr Mark Lawrie.
“Opening our country to these super-sized hybrids not only places new species at risk like koalas, but could mean other species move even closer to extinction.”
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Publications: The Veterinary Record - 21 June 2008; Vol. 162, No. 25
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Avian influenza in Oxfordshire: epidemiological findings published
BVA President's concerns about veterinary provision in Scotland
Queen's birthday honours
Princess Royal launches equine welfare protocol
'One health' high on the agenda at the FVE general assembly
Biosecurity
Veterinary code of conduct
UK gains 'controlled risk' status for BSE
New approach to the RCVS annual report
Appeal to Privy Council dismissed
Equine disease surveillance, January to March 2008
Planning for African horse sickness in Europe: a workshop in South Africa
Diagnosis and treatment of Lawsonia intracellularis infection
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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.
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News: World Veterinary Association president offers inside look
Posted by: JimEdwards on Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 03:42 PM
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Dr. Leon H. Russell has traveled practically to the ends of the Earth as president of the World Veterinary Association. But he'll complete his three-year term on his native continent in late July at the World Veterinary Congress in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Dr. Russell, a professor at Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences when he's at home, took time between trips to talk about his experiences as WVA president.
What will be the highlights of the 2008 World Veterinary Congress?
The OIE is going to be very much involved throughout the meeting, which I think is exciting. The opening program is "One World—One Medicine—One Health." The rest of the meeting is divided into tracks on public practice and private practice. We'll have more than we've had in the past related to private practice—not only small animal but also food animal and equine practice.
Maybe the most exciting thing is that Vancouver's a beautiful place. People who go will really enjoy the venue as well as the collegiality and the education.
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News: Welsh Dinner – 19 June 2008
Posted by: JimEdwards on Thursday, June 19, 2008 - 03:41 PM
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Minister, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the annual BVA Welsh Dinner. A particularly warm welcome to the Minister, Elin Jones, for finding time in her busy schedule to join us this evening and our thanks also to the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) for Wales, Christianne Glossop and her team for their help in making the arrangements.
 Standing as we are on devolved soil I can honestly admit to a degree of envy for those of you in farm practice that are working upsides a Defra who are speaking with a government who appear more in tune with the farming industry than Westminster currently is. We were delighted with the news of your three-plank TB eradication programme, a ‘One Wales’ commitment and would congratulate you Minister for your courage in using the word “eradicate”. The involvement of our members of the TB Eradication Programme Board and the Technical Advisory Group provides solid evidence of collaborative working, not least since it is practising vets and Animal Health who will hold many of the keys to success. It also shows a real commitment to vigorous progress, albeit recognising the long road ahead. Having recently read a book of reminisces of a Cornish Vet in the early sixties I came across a paragraph celebrating the eradication of TB in 1961 – if only! Understandably, your colleagues across Offa’s Dyke will be supporting and watching your progress closely. Whether Westminster will accept the inevitable and collaborate with you remains to be seen but BVA for its part will continue to actively lobby for the holistic eradication of bTB from both cattle and wildlife populations. While this has to be the ultimate aim, initial steps need to be taken immediately to control the spread of infection both in Wales and England,- it is clearly still out of control. And coming as I do from an area in South West England where TB infection is rampant I assure you it is not just herds with poor biosecurity and poor farming practices that are affected – all farms are at risk and we see it in closed herds, high welfare herds and organic systems as well. Sadly good farming practices alone are not sufficient to control the spread of this disease.
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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!
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News: WSAVA Monthly NEWs - June, 2008
Posted by: JimEdwards on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 03:13 PM
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WSAVA Updates from the AAHA Meeting in Tampa, March 27-30, 2008
WSAVA Leaders Receive Prestigious AAAHA Awards
Hill’s Animal Welfare and Humane Ethics Award, Roger Clarke
Roger Clarke, BVSc has been recognized for advancing animal welfare through extraordinary service and furthering humane principles, education, and understanding.
Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Award, Larry Dee
In addition to many other honours throughout his career, Dr. Larry Dee has been recognized for his outstanding contributions to the improvement of the well-being of companion animals in the international veterinary community.
Hill’s Pet Nutrition and WSAVA meet to celebrate sponsorship partnership
Recently, Hill’s Pet Nutrition and the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) celebrated a new financial pledge as part of their joint partnership toward providing better veterinary health care across the globe. As part of this new pact between the organizations, Hill’s has agreed to provide a long term grant of more than $1.8 million to aid WSAVA in areas such as the WSAVA Congress, WSAVA Global Continuing Education, WSAVA Disease Standardization Groups, and the WSAVA News Bulletin on WSAVA.org.
WSAVA Congratulates AAHA on 75th Anniversary
The American Animal Hospital Association is an international organization of 6,000 veterinary care teams, comprised of more than 36,000 veterinary professionals, who are committed to excellence in companion animal care.
WSAVA World Congress Dublin 2008 Update
In addition to the exceptional CE opportunities available through the scientific program, pre-congress day offerings, and management tracts, and the superb social events (as reviewed in recent issues of the WSAVA monthly news and provided in detail at www.wsava2008.org), both Dublin and Ireland in general have a lot to offer attendees, providing a complementary blend of veterinary CE and cultural experiences.
So…if you haven’t already, please visit the WSAVA Dublin Congress website to register as the Congress, which occurs on August 22 – 25, 2008, is approaching quickly!
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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.”
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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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News: Veterinary nurses celebrate start of professional career
Posted by: JimEdwards on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 03:12 PM
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A group of 36 newly-qualified veterinary nurses visited the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons on Friday 13 June for two admissions ceremonies.
Veterinary Nurses Council Vice-Chairman, Elizabeth Branscombe, began the ceremonies by welcoming guests to both Belgravia House and the start of the VNs’ professional careers. She emphasised that the title of Veterinary Nurse is one to be proud of, and spoke about the exciting times ahead for the profession.
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News: JAB reinforces 'Don't Hesitate, Vaccinate' message
Posted by: JimEdwards on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 02:36 PM
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Farmers within the Protection Zone (PZ) are being urged by the Joint Action against Bluetongue (JAB) to vaccinate their animals if they have not already done so.
In a joint statement JAB said: “The vaccination campaign is going exceptionally well with more than 9 million does of vaccine made available to farmers in the PZ. However, we must |
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