Veterinary Education
Bovine Veterinarian recently asked readers for their thoughts on how to sustain critical numbers of veterinarians serving rural areas. The responses illustrate the complexity of the problem, with no single solution.
An initiative spearheaded by the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine aims to advance teaching excellence in academic veterinary medicine through a new regional consortium.
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Council on Education (COE) is seeking input from the public through the end of the year as part of its review of accreditation standards for veterinary education.
Leading milk quality experts from around the world will deliver 15 short courses at the 2019 NMC Annual Meeting, January 29-February 1, in Savannah, Georgia.
The American Association of Veterinary State Boards (AAVSB) and American Registry of Professional Animal Sciences (ARPAS) approved National Mastitis Council’s (NMC) application for continuing education (CE) credits.
The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is distributing $10 million to address shortages in food supply veterinary medicine.
Many veterinary students who are interested in rural, food-animal practice face a dilemma, with student loans, lower pay and other barriers discouraging them from pursuing that goal.
Five postgraduates have been selected to be honored with the with the Dr. W. Bruce Wren Food Animal Incentive Award, named for longtime WVC food animal program manager and industry leader W. Bruce Wren, DVM.
AVC veterinarians come from all areas of beef health including purebred, cow-calf, stocker, feedlot, industry and academia.
AABP Offers Grants for Recent Graduates to Participate in “Manage Your Rural Practice for Success” Workshop.
Merck Animal Health, in partnership with the Michigan State University (MSU) College of Veterinary Medicine, is pleased to award three scholarships to veterinary students who are participating in the program.
The 2019 annual WVC conference, scheduled for February 17 to 20, 2019 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, offers a wide range of scientific sessions and continuing education (CE) credits for veterinarians.
Indianapolis, home of the century-old, 500-mile automobile race, will host the 2018 Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) Annual Meeting, Nov.14-16.
The Academy of Veterinary Consultants recently held its summer conference in Denver, with educational programs covering a broad spectrum of cow-calf and feedlot production, veterinary research and, market trends.
VetPrep, creator of The IDEA Veterinary Innovation Competition is excited to announce a new partnership with Merck Animal Health (MAH).
The Iowa State University Board of Regents has approved a new Ph.D. in population sciences in animal health in the Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine.
The National Mastitis Council Regional Meeting “early bird” registration deadline is Thursday, May 31.
The National Mastitis Council (NMC) Scholars program provides four travel scholarships to full-time graduate students interested in controlling mastitis, promoting udder health and improving milk quality.
The AABP, with the support from the American Embryo Transfer Association, will hold a three-day embryo transfer seminar for beginners August 13-15, 2018, in Blacksburg, Va.
2018 51st AABP Annual Conference seeks to enhance veterinarians’ skills and knowledge that are critical to their success.
The course highlights the actions needed to detect, contain and control these diseases to better prepare responders for their tasks during the response.
It’s that time of year again! Donate an item to the 2018 AABP Amstutz Scholarship Auction, to be held during the 2018 51st AABP Annual Conference in Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 13-15.
The University of Missouri is accepting applications for the nation’s first online veterinary public health master’s degree.
The scholarship application period is open for the three main AABP scholarships.
The University of Florida, in cooperation with the USDA, is offering eight veterinary fellowships for a two-year training program in aquatic animal health and aquaculture production medicine.
Check out Cow Vet Cody Creelman’s video blog where he is doing a post mortem for what he describes as a “mock c-section... kind of.”
Caudal vena cava thrombosis is a common disease of feedlot cattle, particularly later in the feeding period and in specific breeds or classes of cattle.
Abomasal bloat can come on so quickly that calves appearing perfectly healthy at one feeding are found dead at the next.
Digital dermatitis, commonly known as hairy heel warts, is an incurable disease caused by an infectious organism commonly found on dairy operations. Treatment should reduce the pain and maintain the lesion in a “chronic” state that does not worsen.
Build a solid foundation for calf health and productivity.