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Old MacDonald Wouldn't Recognize This Farm
| Washington Post
| | By Jenna Johnson
| | Jim Moore has slowly sold off the animals that once made up his St. Mary's County farm. First went nearly all of his 30 hogs. Then, late last year, he got rid of 17 of his 30 cows. In their place are more than two dozen long-haired alpacas, reminders that difficult times have forced him and other livestock producers to adapt.
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New Bird Flu Cases Revive Fears of Human Pandemic
| CBC News (Canada)
| | By Mary Engel
| | Just when you thought you could scratch bird flu off your list of things to worry about in 2009, the deadly H5N1 virus has resurfaced in poultry in Hong Kong for the first time in six years, reinforcing warnings that the threat of a human pandemic isn't over.
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From Wounded Wildlife, Lessons in Nature
| Modesto Bee (Calif.)
| | By Carol Reiter
| | Carson is 8 years old and spends a lot of time at school. She isn't very friendly and can stare down a stranger with eyes that hardly blink.
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Doggy Detective Finds Missing Fort Worth Police Canine
| Dallas Morning News
| | By Dan X. McGraw
| | For anyone keeping score at home, here's the tally: Fort Worth police helicopter: 0, Godiva the search dog: 1.
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AVMA IN THE NEWS: Papillomavirus Researchers Aim to Save Manatees
| Louisville Courier-Journal (Ky.)
| | By Laura Ungar
| | . ... According to the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Florida veterinarian Gregory Bossart identified a manatee-specific papillomavirus in 1997 after seven manatees at a wildlife park developed wart-like growths on their skin. ...
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AVMA IN THE NEWS: What's Behind the Veterinarian Shortage
| Ag Weekly
| | By Carol Ryan Dumas
| | (TWIN FALLS, Idaho) - The shortage of food supply veterinarians facing animal agriculture and endangering public health is being fueled by several factors. "One of the big reasons is there is a growing disconnect" with farming, said David Kirkpatrick, spokesman for the American Veterinary [Medical] Association.
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AVMA IN THE NEWS: Preventing Dog Bites
| Santa Barbara Independent (Calif.)
| | By Lisa Acho Remorenko
| | The majority of canine companions deserve the reputation of "man's best friend." Yet, in the United States, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association, more than 4.7 million dog bites occur annually, with approximately 60 percent of the victims being children.
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AVMA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS: New State Veterinarian Named
| Citizen Telegram (Colo)
| | Colorado Commissioner of Agriculture John Stulp recently named Dr. Keith Roehr of Broomfield as Colorado state veterinarian.
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AVMA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS: A 4-D View of Fido in the Womb (With Video)
| CBS News
| | . ... Veterinarian Dr. Bernadine Cruz visited The Early Show to explain how 4-D technology is making it possible to get this unique imagery. ...
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AVMA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS: OSU Professor: Dogs Could Help Diabetes Studies
| The Oklahoman
| | By Susan Simpson
| | (STILLWATER) - Alaskan sled-dogs are among nature's finest athletes. But they also may be key in finding ways to prevent and treat obesity and type-2 diabetes. The dogs could help solve diseases in humans, said Oklahoma State University veterinary professor Michael Davis, who left Wednesday on his annual research trip to the Alaskan tundra, where races such as the Iditarod and Yukon Quest are held.
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AVMA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS: Creature Comforts
| New York Times
| | By Rebecca Skloot
| | . ... Critics of noncanine service animals tend to focus on disease perhaps because that's the only way to legally exclude any service animal under the current A.D.A. But on the whole, Bradford Smith, former director of the University of California Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, says, "I would tend to think the disease argument is really a proxy for other concerns, like having to let any person who says their parrot or horse is a service animal enter into public areas. ..."
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AVMA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS: Fido? He's in Rehab -- For His Knee (Or Is It His Elbow?) (With Video)
| Los Angeles Times
| | By Carla Hall
| | . ... The clinic, which opened a year and a half ago in Santa Monica, is the brainchild of veterinarian Jessica Waldman, 33, and physical therapist Amy Kramer, 40, who holds a doctorate in her field. ... As this kind of therapy becomes more common, [David] Bruyette said, he's concerned that people offering it be properly trained. Veterinarian Bill Grant, president of the California Veterinary Medical Assn., echoes that: "As long as there is veterinary supervision on site, I think these ancillary treatment modalities are fine. ..."
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AVMA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS: Vet's Late-Night Assistance Saves Litter
| The Coloradoan
| | By Ashley Keesis-Wood
| | . ... That vet, Dr. Arun K. Rustgi of Mountainwood Pet Hospital, agreed to meet the Clines and Lucy at his vet clinic even though it was the middle of the night. "One of the puppies had gotten turned around and was blocking the birth canal," Rustgi said. "But we got the situation resolved. ..."
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AVMA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS: Animal Lovers Rally Support for Pooch
| Livingston Daily (Mich.)
| | By Leah Boyd
| | Most of the animals taken in by Last Chance Rescue in Livingston County would otherwise be put to sleep by the facilities that send them. Many of them suffer from severe health issues, but none as heartbreaking as a puppy the organization received in recent weeks, said veterinarian Cathy Anderson.
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AVMA MEMBERS IN THE NEWS: Resolutions Should Include Pets (With Video)
| WLFI-TV (Ind.)
| | By Julie Krizen
| | . ... Purdue Wellness Veterinarian Lorriane Corriveau said make a new year's resolution to keep our pet healthy in 2009. ...
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