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University of Missouri Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Garnett Stokes announced this week that Carolyn Henry, current interim dean, has been named dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, effective immediately.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. announced at the White House this week a formal agreement aimed at making the oversight of food more efficient and effective.

Merck Animal Health this week introduced Banamine® Transdermal (flunixin transdermal solution) – the first and only U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved product for pain control in a food producing animal.

AVC started with a small group of feedlot consultants and has expanded to over 1,000 members from all facets of cattle health and production. 

The Food Animal and Reproductive Medicine (FARM) Club at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine would like to announce that registration for their annual cattle symposium is now open.

Thoughts and theories from our panel of veterinary students.

Thoughts and theories from our panel of veterinary students.

BCF Technology is excited to announce the return of the University Contest. Registration for the contest is now open until February 14, 2018.

Three of the most prestigious awards in veterinary medicine, animal welfare and human-animal interaction will be presented at the annual convention of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).

With consumer trust in America’s food supply at an all-time low, executives from all sectors of food production and marketing will meet this month to share insights and coordinate efforts to rebuild consumer trust.

The National Livestock Producers Association (NLPA), the national association of livestock marketing cooperatives and their captive livestock credit corporations, is looking for its next Chief Executive Officer.

The grant, through USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), will be used to develop The National Center for Applied Reproduction and Genomics (NCARG) in Beef Cattle.

Purchase will expand U.S. presence, speed commercialization of animal health innovations

2018 recipients for the Dr. Jack Walther Leadership Award and the Dr. W. Bruce Wren Food Animal Incentive Award are announced.

On December 10, USDA's National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) underwent a reorganization of three of their current laboratory units in Ames, Iowa.

We’ve made progress in our ability to trace U.S. livestock for disease-control purposes, but the system needs to continue improving to become fully effective.

A new report from the USDA’s National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) summarizes incidence and causes of death loss in U.S. cattle during 2015.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) filed a notice of intent to update rules concerning livestock identification.

New preventative product covers the three primary scours-causing pathogens in newborn calves.

A letter from Kevin Shea, Administrator of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

2018 AABP Recent Graduate Conference offers CE tailored for young dairy and beef veterinarians.

E.I. Medical Imaging, a leading company manufacturing portable ultrasound systems for veterinary use has released the i3 video headset.

The AABP Veterinary Practice Sustainability (VPS) committee has received a USDA grant to fund veterinary practitioners to participate in a series of two, two-day intensive practice analysis workshops a year apart.

The total number of applications submitted was 36,638, which rose about seven percent over last year.

Professionals in the dairy industry who want to learn about problems on dairy farms that result from mastitis now have the opportunity to take an online course at their convenience offered by Penn State Extension.

The FDA this week published a draft guidance regarding the process for listing food or feed ingredients as “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS). 

For nearly 40 years, veterinarian Dee Griffin has guided progress in animal husbandry and beef quality.

Program to fund $300,000 in veterinary scholarships in 2017 and 2018.

Scientists model systems approaches meant to address ecological and regulatory questions about fever ticks.

The FDA is withdrawing draft Guidance for Industry #230, “Compounding Animal Drugs from Bulk Drug Substances” and intends to issue a new draft for public comment next year.

National Dairy Herd Information Association (DHIA) is offering $1,500 scholarships to third-year or fourth-year college of veterinary medicine students.

A virus has no brain, but sometimes their adaptations seem so devious, one might suspect them of conspiracy.

Kenny Graner, President, U.S. Cattlemen’s Association, sent this letter to Agriculture Secretary Perdue, requesting continued USDA field studies on Brucellosis in cattle.

Ceva will use Synthetic Genomics' next-generation synthetic RNA replicon platform to develop vaccines for livestock.

Dr. Mike D. Apley is committed to recruiting students and, as they become veterinarians, retaining them as members of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners.

Elaine Blythe, PharmD, leads the course, which focuses on pharmaceutical use in cattle.

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued a notice that Canada has updated its ID requirements for breeding cattle entering the country from the United States.

The American Association of Bovine Practitioners offers grants for a two-year intensive practice analysis/management training, funded by the USDA-NIFA program.

“Collaboration is not optional,” says a featured speaker of the upcoming Antibiotic Symposium presented by the National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA) October 31-November 2, 2017 in Herndon, VA.

“Kick It Up A Notch” conference will educate and inspire recent veterinary graduates interested in bovine medicine.

Sustainable production practices benefit livestock producers even if no one outside agriculture ever knows about them.

Topics include all priority livestock and aquaculture infectious diseases (including those caused by viruses, bacteria, pests, parasites) and non-infectious diseases.

Six first-year students in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University have been chosen for the largest veterinary scholarship program offered by the state of Kansas.

AgriLabs has announced a decision to assist with relief efforts by donating more than $35,000 in product to assist livestock affected by hurricanes that swept through the southern United States.

Product based on natural organosulphured compounds that occur in plants such as onions and garlic.

Twelve students receive support for careers in large-animal veterinary medicine.

More than 30 hands-on labs announced at WVC’s Oquendo Center in Las Vegas.

Dr. Uneeda Bryant, a veterinary pathologist from the UK Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, brought an interactive learning experience to teach students about the lab’s role in safeguarding animal health.

The American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB) has accepted Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council’s (DCRC) submission for continuing education (CE) credits.

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