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Boston- The successful pig-to-human transplant of a genetically altered heart is within the foreseeable future, but that doesn't necessarily appease all scientists, according to experts.

Madison, Wis.- Two out of three isn't bad.

West Lafayette, Ind.- Purdue University researchers are determined to better understand how ractopamine, a feed additive, speeds growth in hogs and makes them leaner.

Tokyo- A mare's blood plasma sample can apparently just as accurately confirm when ovulation occurs as can a veterinarian's rectal palpation assessment, new research, reported by The Horse.com, shows.

Schaumburg, Ill.- The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) offers a new Web-based job posting and search service, called the Veterinary Career Center (VCC).

The University of California, Davis, schools of medicine and veterinary medicine are jointly offering a master's degree program in public health in the wake of the events of Sept. 11.

A new bill that eliminates the need for a special prescription form for controlled substances has been passed by the Michigan state legislature.

Colorado State University (CSU)'s Veterinary Teaching Hospital is now among three U.S. veterinary teaching hospitals to offer acupuncture and chiropractic services for equine.

The bacteria to blame for nocardioform placentitis, a reproductive disease of thoroughbred racehorses that leads to weakened or stillborn foals, can no longer hide, according to new research.

Evidence that embryos sampled from cattle infected with mad cow disease neither develop nor spread the illness to healthy animals will be released in an upcoming study, reports Reuters.

A U.S.-based organization arranged for the seizure of a shipment of about 10,000 critically endangered aquatic turtles en route to China destined for food consumption in mid-December.

A physicians' group is suing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for allegedly concealing information about a controversial veterinary experiment on cats to study effects of methamphetamine drug abuse in people.

A group of veterinary consultants and advisors have formed the Association of Veterinary Practice Management Consultants and Advisors (AVPMCA).

Horses with recurrent airway obstruction may no longer have to suffer following Food and Drug Administration approval of a specially designed equine inhaler with medication.

Eight veterinary students were selected to receive $2,500 scholarships from the American Association of Equine Practitioners and the American Livestock Insurance Co.

Washington-Model legislation for states to improve regulation and oversight of the urban wildlife control industry has been introduced by the Humane Society of the United States.

Washington-Federal animal health laboratories - the places where strains of anthrax, botulism and plague reside in the U.S. - are in dire need of repair, says a U.S. Department of Agriculture official.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released the remaining four fact sheets based on the National Animal Health Monitoring System Equine '98 study.

Washington-Nestle SA received the definitive OK from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Dec. 11 to purchase Ralston Purina.