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Austin -- Swine brucellosis has been completely eradicated in Texas, veterinary officials report.

New York -- Consumer groups filed a lawsuit against FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine for allowing low-dose antibiotics to be used as growth promoters in livestock.

Rockville, Md. -- Primal Pet Foods recalled its Feline Chicken & Salmon foods because of possible Salmonella contamination, reports FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine.

Paris -- Veterinarians with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) report that the cattle disease rinderpest has been completely eradicated from live animal populations.

Washington -- A long-awaited National Academy of Sciences study on veterinary workforce trends has been delayed again. The report is tentatively scheduled for release this summer.

Secondary exposures now make up about half of all confirmed equine herpes virus cases.

Davis, Calif. -- A pharmacy technician at the University of California-Davis veterinary school was arrested and charged with 38 counts of embezzlement.

Schaumburg, Ill. -- After three years, AVMA Ed is ending its online continuing education, reports the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).

Washington -- A new federal bill to motivate veterinarians to work in shortage areas like rural large- and mixed-animal medicine or public health was introduced May 24 in the U.S. Senate.

AABP says there is no shortage of veterinarians in most areas of rural food-supply.

Strategies to build employee engagement can help, veterinarians say.

Joplin, Mo. -- The Humane Society of Missouri is deploying a 15-person animal disaster response team after a multi-vortex tornado, packing some 190 mph winds, plowed through the city killing some 116 of its 50,000 residents.

Pet ownership and spending are up, but not enough to keep pace with a surge of new DVMs.

National Report -- Equine herpes virus (EHV-1) has now been confirmed in 44 horses in nine Western states following a national cutting horse event in Ogden, Utah.

Rockville, Md. -- Blackman Industries of Kansas City, Kan. is recalling several pig ear treats because they may be contaminated with Salmonella, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Jonesville, Fla. -- A new case of equine herpes virus (EHV-1) has been confirmed at a Jonesville, Fla., farm, although officials say the case is unrelated to a recent outbreak originating in Utah.

College Station, Texas -- Tuition for first-year students at Texas A&M University?s (TAMU) College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences may jump $2,000 this fall, increasing by another $2,000 each year until 2015.

National Report -- An outbreak of equine herpes virus (EHV-1) continues to spread with at least 29 cases now confirmed in eight Western states, veterinary officials report.

National Report -- The number of new veterinarians entering the market is up 2.92 percent over last year, with a total of 2,638 earning degrees from the nation's 28 veterinary colleges this spring.

Veterinary associations, ACVIM and AAEP, have compiled resources to help veterinarians respond to an equine herpes virus outbreak.

Salmonella contamination forced a Boss Pet Products, Inc. recall on pig ear treats for dogs.

Washington -- Two government veterinarians in Mexico made more than $90,000 from Tyson Foods to turn the other cheek at one of its poultry processing plants, but now the bribes will cost the company $5.2 million in fines from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The California state veterinarian's office confirmed 10 new equine herpes virus (EVH-1) cases today, expanding the scope of the outbreak.

Three equine herpes virus (EHV-1) cases have been confirmed, and others are feared in multiple Western states.

The cause of the adverse events that spurred the latest FDA alert regarding DOUXO Seborrhea Shampoo (0.1% phytosphingosine) are still under investigation, according to Sogeval Laboratories.

Veterinary data from a 2010 survey confirms that heartworm disease was diagnosed in every U.S. state ? and nearly almost every county and parish too.

Davis, Calif. -- A University of California-Davis (UC-Davis) veterinary professor has given up his position as chair of the medicine and epidemiology department at the school's veterinary college at the request of the university chancellor.

Spring Valley, Wis. -- A recall initiated in January for possibly contaminated alcohol and iodine prep pads, alcohol swabs and alcohol swabsticks now includes products in several equine and canine first-aid kids.