Veterinary News

• Important Changes For Equine Owners - Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  Sun, 31 January 2010
  Effective January 31, 2010, equine owners, intending to sell animals directly or indirectly to Canadian meat processors, are being advised to record certain information. Equine owners who wish to keep their sale options open should record all vaccines, medications given (administered or fed) to their animals and record any ...
• Bioniche E. Coli O157 Vaccine Recognized In Prestigious Scientific Journal
  Fri, 29 January 2010
  Bioniche Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: BNC), a research-based, technology-driven Canadian biopharmaceutical company, announced that Econiche(TM), the world's first vaccine developed to reduce the shedding by cattle of Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157, has been cited in the February, 2010 issue of Scientific American (Vol. 302, # 2 ...
• Wide Variation In Calorie Content Among Low Calorie Pet Foods
  Thu, 28 January 2010
  Dog and cat owners buying weight-control diets for their overweight pets are faced with a confusing two-fold variation in calorie density, recommended intake, and wide range cost of low-calorie pet foods, according to a study by the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University...
• NFU Responds To Draft Animal Health Bill
  Thu, 28 January 2010
  The NFU says it remains completely and fundamentally opposed to any costs being transferred to livestock farmers for dealing with animal disease outbreaks after the publication of the new draft Animal Health Bill. The Bill extremely concerns the NFU with its lack of detail about potential cost-sharing; it says this element w ...
• Draft Animal Health Bill A Mixed Bag, UK
  Wed, 27 January 2010
  The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed aspects of the draft Animal Health Bill as 'a real success for the veterinary profession's lobby', but is disappointed that the Government is still committed to separating animal health policy and animal welfare policy...
• February Is Pet Dental Health Month
  Wed, 27 January 2010
  It is estimated that 80 percent of people brush their teeth every day, but far fewer pet owners do the same for their pets. Pet Dental Health Month, celebrated every February, teaches pet owners proper dental hygiene is equally as important for their pets...
• AVMA Supports Proposal Calling For More Wildlife And Zoo Veterinarians
  Tue, 26 January 2010
  The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) today announced its support of newly introduced federal legislation that will help bolster the nation's supply of veterinarians specializing in the care of wildlife and zoo animals. The Wildlife and Zoological Veterinary Medicine Enhancement Act, introduced January 21 by U. ...
• BVA Sends Strong Message On Anthelmintic Use, UK
  Mon, 25 January 2010
  The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has launched a guidance poster containing powerful messages to vets to encourage the responsible use of anthelmintics in grazing animals, following ongoing concern about the development of resistance to these medicines...
• Survival Of The Fittest Or Survival Of The Cutest
  Thu, 21 January 2010
  Domestic dogs have followed their own evolutionary path, twisting Darwin's directive 'survival of the fittest' to their own needs - and have proved him right in the process, according to a new study by biologists Chris Klingenberg, of The University of Manchester and Abby Drake, of the College of the Holy Cross in the US...
• U.S. Veterinarians Join Coalition To Help Haiti
  Thu, 21 January 2010
  The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF) have joined a coalition of other animal health and welfare groups to help address the ongoing humanitarian relief efforts in Haiti following the January 12 earthquake that devastated the country...