Food Animals

Cleveland-The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its long-anticipated risk-assessment guidance for food animals to help safeguard against the emergence of antibiotic resistance in people.

Manhattan, Kan.-Dr. Mark Spire the incoming president of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP), says food animal veterinary medicine will be rife with challenges this next year.

Washington, D.C.-McDonald's Corp.'s policy calling for its suppliers to stop using growth promoters and curtail use of antibiotics in food animals has drawn cautionary reaction from the Coalition for Animal Health (CAH).

Bowling Green, Ky. ­New scrapie compliance guidelines, issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services (VS), take effect immediately.

Doc and 'Jimmy Stewart' get unwanted advice from blowhard who doesn't understand intricacies of calving

Veterinary practice sales endure despite a weakened economy. Although geographic location and lender availability play heavily into practice sales, the recession barely registers.

Dr. Linda Randall tackles the challenges practitioners face as they begin to market their practice. Overcoming personal doubts is the biggest obstacle for many veterinarians.

Distance education is the "wave of the future." That might sound farfetched, but it's exactly what Donald Draper, DVM, MBA, suggests as he prepares this month to launch Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine's first Web-based business course.

In this issue, we have asked board-certified surgeons and wound care experts in both small and large animal medicine to tackle some of the challenges practitioners face in selecting the right course of treatment in wound care.

Classic Medical announces the latest version of the 100 Falco ultrasound system to include the latest "tracking lens focusing" technology.

San Francisco - Doctors at a San Francisco hospital have treated two patients - one with the human form of mad cow disease, and the second with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - by digging up an antiquated drug.