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STILLWATER, OK - 9/25/06 - Dr. Larry Rice was selected as the 2006 David E. Bartlett Award recipient and was honored at the SFT/ACT Annual Conference and Symposia held in St. Paul, Minn.

STILLWATER, OK - 9/22/06 - The Center for Veterinary Health Sciences at Oklahoma State University was awarded an additional $2.99 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in connection with the veterinary center's current NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases seven-year contract.

RALEIGH, NC - 9/20/206 - The Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH) at North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine added a dentistry service to its list of 14 services available to support referring veterinarians.

DAVIS, CA - 9/19/2006 - In a statement released yesterday, veterinarians and staff at the University of California-Davis (UC-Davis) Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital say they were greatly saddened to learn that Lost in the Fog had lost his battle with lymphoma and was euthanized at Golden Gate Fields on Sunday, Sept. 17.

COLUMBIA, MO - 9/15/2006 - Last month, the number of West Nile virus cases in horses for the year thus far exceeded the number recorded in Missouri for the entire season last year, according to Dr. Gayle Johnson, of the University of Missouri-Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine.

Urbana, IL - 9/13/06 - Three veterinarians have been selected by the University of Illinois (UI) College of Veterinary Medicine and its Veterinary Medical Alumni Association to be honored on September 14.

WASHINGTON - 09/12/06 - The Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) plans to launch a jobs board Sept. 20 on the group's Web site.

GAINESVILLE, FLA. - 9/12/2006 - A University of Florida study aimed at discovering better ways to place pacemakers in dogs with complete heart block has received a $100,000 boost through a grant from the Morris Animal Foundation.

DAVIS, CALIF. - 9/8/06 - Corvids, including American crows, Yellow-billed Magpies, Western scrub-jays and other members of the Corvidae family, serve as the primary reservoirs or incubators for the mosquito-borne virus, according to research entomologist William Reisen of the Center for Vectorborne Diseases (also known as CVEC), a unit of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.

KNOXVILLE, TENN. - 8/29/06 - Tennessee's DVM rural veterinary population is declining, and the trend has spurred officials to launch a study to find out why.

COLUMBIA, MO. - 8/22/06 - The number of equine West Nile virus cases as of Aug. 15, surpassed the number recorded for the entire season last year, according to Gayle Johnson, DVM, University of Missouri-Columbia (MU).

KANSAS CITY, MO. - 08/17/06 - The executive director of the nation's only agency to report veterinary licensing exam scores plans to retire this year, sending officials on the hunt for a replacement.

Madison, Wis. - 08/08/06 - The veterinary medical building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) collected about 6 inches of water after a recent flash flood. The storms severed a water pipe, contributed to roof leaks and flooded the school's loading dock as well as its basement.

ROCKVILLE, MD. - 08/03/06 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to hold a public meeting Sept. 12 to present a work-in-progress method for ranking feed contaminants according to the relative risks they pose to animal and human health.

FORT COLLINS, COLO - 08/02/06 - A $1-million gift to Colorado State University's equine veterinary programs will be evenly split between the university's Gail Holmes Equine Orthopaedic Research Center and the Equine Reproduction Laboratory.

Montgomery Ala. - 7/28/06 -Alabama's HB254 concerning animal identification passed in April during the state's legislative session.

Atlanta - 7/31/06 - Georgia lawmakers revised the state veterinary practice act with active support of the Georgia Veterinary Medical Association and the state board of veterinary medicine.

BREA, CALIF. - 7/20/06- Canine skin allergies and urinary tract infections in cats rank first in policyholder claims submitted last year to Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI).

Honolulu - 7/17/06- More than 9,500 attendees of the American Veterinary Medical Association's annual convention have convened on Honolulu, marking this year's show the group's largest in attendance.

BROOKINGS,S.D. - 7/12/06 - A way to test for Chronic Wasting Disease in live animals is being researched at South Dakota State University.

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. - 7/10/06 -The plate and many of the screws that had been inserted into Barbaro's injured hind leg were replaced Saturday by Dr. Dean Richardson, chief of surgery, University of Pennsylvania.

STARKVILLE, Miss. - 6/28/06 - Mississippi State University's (MSU)College of Veterinary Medicine received a $500,000 endowment to decrease the number of animals euthanized in the county.

PHILADELPHIA - 06/12/06 - For the first time, public money was used to improve the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.

SCHAUMBURG, ILL. - 6/6/06 - First-year students tracking toward food animal careers report the human-animal bond does not drive their interest in veterinary medicine. They're also less concerned about working nights and weekends or having frequent vacation time than their classmates planning for small animal practice.

BELLEVILLE, ONTARIO - 06/06/06 - Bioniche Life Sciences issued a warning about a counterfeit version of its Hippiron 1000 product that could be associated to the death of a horse in Ontario.

PHILADELPHIA - 05/16/06 - University of Pennsylvania's ongoing study of first responders to the Pentagon and World Trade Center reveal no clinical signs of nasal or respiratory cancers that relate to mission completed before, during or since 9/11.

BREA, CALIF. - 5/11/06 - Ear infections, insect bites, penetrating foreign bodies and heat stroke cases are more prevalent in dogs and cats during summer months.

PHILADELPHIA - 5/10-06 - The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) School of Veterinary Medicine inked a collaborative deal with NetJets, a private aviation company, to offer its clients access to quality veterinary care for their companion animals nationwide.