Christina Macejko

Consumer outreach efforts intended to drive clients to visit veterinary clinics.

South to be hardest hit, parasitologists predict.

National Report - Three veterinary practitioners are still coming to terms with loss from fires in February-one who lost a family business and nine animals, another who lost her home, and a third who lost his business and many personal possessions in a suspected arson.

National Report - Populations of Ixodes scapularis, or black-legged ticks-a carrier of Lyme disease-have been historically scarce in states like Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.

Fort Pierce, Fla. - Colleagues are often taken aback when they learn veterinarian Juli Goldstein is a title-holding beauty queen.

National Report - A lawsuit in Clearwater, Fla., is calling for the court to award $15,000 in damages due to alleged negligence.

National Report - Years of dry weather followed by the worst drought in Texas' history is forcing ranchers to make some tough decisions and leaving food-animal and equine veterinarians wondering what the next few years will hold.

National Report - At Camp Lemonnier in Dijibouti, where U.S. Army Reserve Capt. Jill Lynn, DVM, was stationed for more than six months, temperatures climbed above 100 degrees every day in the summer.

Can wellness really turn around the profession? Preventive health guidelines aim to spur client communication, boost practice visits.

Minot, N.D. - An extremely snowy winter followed by a very wet spring gave residents in the small town of Minot, N.D., an idea a flood was coming, but the damage left by back-to-back floods this summer was unimaginable.

Minot, N.D. - Officials at the Roosevelt Park Zoo are attempting to rebuild the home of more than 250 animals displaced as a result of flooding earlier this year.

National Report - In a move to help veterinary practices become more competitive with online pharmacies, the AVMA threw its support to abolishing a federal moratorium on Internet sales taxes to out-of-state customers.

National Report - Even in states where high temperatures are the norm, the dog days of summer brought an increase in office visits to veterinary clinics, and both companion-animal and large-animal clinics are sweating it out.

Veterinary associations try to understand, lure new veterinarians to their ranks.

Washington-The Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database will continue to be operational through 2010.

Ross Lirtzman, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, wanted to make a statement with his new specialty practice in Scottsdale, Ariz. Everything was taken into account to make clients and patients feel relaxed, much like in a modern human doctor's office or hospital.

A few new faces will gather around the table at the next American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Executive Board meeting.

Veterinary practice owners likely won't see much of an impact from the latest federal minimum wage increase.

Eighty percent of small-animal veterinary clinics are continuing to grow, despite the economic climate.

Seattle -- AVMA treasurer projects $2.8 million loss this year, $90,000 profit in 2010.

Read a Q&A about canine influenza with Dr. Cynda Crawford.

Washington - Legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would create a new Division of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health at the federal level and invest monies to help solve work-force shortages in government and food-animal markets.

A new federal bill seeks to ban some uses of antibiotics for food-animals because they are considered too important for human health.

AVMA's failed ear cropping resolution reignites the cosmetic surgery ethics debate.

Seattle -- AVMA member dues will not increase in 2010 despite a downturn in association revenue due to the recession.

Columbia, Mo. - Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Veterinary Medicine are growing cartilage in a lab that can be molded into permanent joint replacements for dogs and eventually humans.

Seattle - The Utah Veterinary Medical Association wants the AVMA to lay off the "hard-line slant" it took when the policy on ear cropping and tail docking was changed late last year.

Hawkes Bay, New Zealand - If you think your job is a pain in the neck, you're not alone.

Fort Collins, Colo. - During problem appointments, veterinarians tend to hid behind their stethoscopes, which may lead to inferior patient care, according to a new study.

Veterinarian and Sen. John Ensign, R-Nevada, admitted Tuesday he had an affair with a member of his campaign staff.