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LINCOLN, NEB. - 3/31/06 - Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) Director Greg Ibach announced Dr. Janice Mogan as NDA's first Homeland Security Veterinarian.

AUSTIN, TEXAS - 03/30/06 - A partnership between ViaGen Inc. and Encore Genetics produced the first commercially cloned horse. Royal Blue Boon Too, the genetic replica of a champion cutter owned by Elaine Hall, was born healthy in February.

GUANGZHOU, CHINA - 03/28/06 - The race for an antidote to the avian influenza strain H5N1 has found legs in horses. Extracted equine antibodies allowed mice that were injected with lethal doses of H5N1 to remain alive.

ITHACA, N.Y. - 3/27/06 - Dr. Ruth Zadoks, a Cornell University veterinarian, recently helped identify three different strains of pig meningitis in the first documented North American case that occurred last year.

WASHINGTON - 3/14/06 - A beef cow found in Alabama tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS - 3/10/06 - The Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences celebrates its 90th anniversary with a look back at its beginnings.

KNOXVILLE, TENN. - 3/9/06 - The University of Tennessee's veterinary teaching hospital has been renamed to honor Dr. W. W. Armistead, the institution's founding dean.

MADISON, Wisc. - 3/6/06 - An online training program for aquatic veterinary medicine was produced in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine's Dr. Michael Collins and the state's department of trade, agriculture and consumer protection.

LAS VEGAS - 3/2/06 - After a decade as The Animal Medical Center (AMC)'s president and chief executive officer, Dr. Guy Pidgeon resigns his New York post to steer Western Veterinary Conference (WVC) in Las Vegas.

SCHAUMBURG, ILL. - 02/28/2006 - Free online searches for aquatic animal veterinarians and diagnostic laboratories are now available at AquaVets.com.

TOPEKA, KAN. - 2/14/06 - A Kansas Senate bill would classify serious acts of animal cruelty as a felony.

TUSKEGEE, ALA.- 2/10/06 - Dr. Tsegaye Habtemariam was appointed dean of Tuskegee University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Nursing and Allied Health in January.

Washington - 02/09/06 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to hold the 2006 Science Forum April 18-20 at the Washington Convention Center in Washington.

WASHINGTON - 02/08/06 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will allow the three U.S. horse slaughter facilities to pay for its own inspections, negating a congressional edict that nixed federal funding for inspectors on the department's appropriations bill last year.

Edmonton, Alberta - 01/31/06 - The newest case of mad-cow disease in Canada reportedly did not enter the food or feed systems.

ORLANDO - 01/09/06 - A partnership forged between Merial and the American Heartworm Society produced a survey revealing more than 250,000 dogs and cats tested positive for heartworm infection nationwide in 2004, a rise in cases since the most recent survey in 2001.

ORLANDO - 01/08/06 - Every professional practice should incorporate public relations in its marketing strategy. That was the message from Dr. Jim Humphries, whose experience when dealing with the media helped him spearhead the Veterinary News Network, a collaborative effort to represent veterinary medicine to local television and newspapers.

College Station, Texas - 1/4/06- Texas A&M University officials say a Center for Equine Business Studies is slated to open in June.

MADISON, WIS. - 12/28/05 - Dr. Peter S. MacWilliams is the recipient of the 2005 National Carl J. Norden-Pfizer Distinguished Teacher Award. He is a professor and chief of staff for Diagnostic and Imaging Services in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine.

ORLANDO, FLA. - 12/27/05 - The North American Veterinary Conference (NAVC) now features a lecture series in memory of the late James A. Jarrett, DVM.

WASHINGTON - 12/19/2006 - The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is taking applications for this year's fellowship program in Washington.

MADISON, WIS. - 12/8/05 - Dr. Gary Splitter is the 2005 American Association of Veterinary Immunologist's Distinguished Veterinary Immunologist.

SEATTLE - 12/06/05 - The Foundation for Biomedical Research (FBR) and the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) are launching a public-education initiative called HORSE FACTS.

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. - 12/02/05 - California veterinary leaders are celebrating the failure of a bid to ban genetically modified organisms including recombinant vaccines in Sonoma County.

LOS ANGELES - 12/01/05 - Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Bascue declared yesterday a West Hollywood declaw ban to be unlawful, invalid and unenforceable.

KENILWORTH, N.J. - 11/30/05 - Schering-Plough Animal Health Corp. has donated $50,000 to the American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF) to support the group's Veterinary Medical Assistance Teams (VMATs).

NATIONAL REPORT - 11/28/05 - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has made the description of dogs' cranial nerves (CN) possible and the detection of lesions affecting those nerves easier to detect, according to a study published in the journal Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound.

SHAWNEE, KAN. - 11/18/05 - PBS's "Nature" series will feature on Sunday the storied rescue efforts of animals stranded in Katrina's wake.