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Nashville, Tenn. -- A fatal car accident involving a woman and her dog triggered new legislation in Tennessee aimed at keeping pets in the back seats of vehicles.

Ithaca, N.Y. -- Cornell has voluntarily quarantined the equine hospital at its College of Veterinary Medicine after confirming two cases of equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1).

Census by Mars Veterinary reveals new data on mixed breeds.

National Report -- A human drug sometimes used by veterinarians to treat certain prostate conditions has been recalled due to a possible mislabeling error, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Davis, Calif. -- The University of California-Davis (UC-Davis) School of Veterinary Medicine is offering veterinarians and horse owners a way to collect and save equine umbilical cord tissue to harvest stem cells.

National Report -- While rescue efforts remain the focus in Japan in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, numerous veterinary organizations are well aware of the animal impact and remain poised to help.

Landsdale, Pa. -- Veterinarian David Rapoport sits in a Pennsylvania prison without bail while he awaits a court date to face charges that he murdered his mistress, a veterinary technician, and her unborn child.

Iowa lawmakers are taking aim at individuals who work undercover at farms to gain footage of alleged animal abuse.

Atlanta, Ga. -- Georgia legislators have pulled veterinary services from a list of new items to tax to boost state revenues.

dvm360.com and DVM Newsmagazine won two coveted national journalism awards, and ranked as a finalist for two other awards.

Dundas, Ontario -- The World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) has crafted a set of global nutrition guidelines consistent with those released last year by the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA).

Thibodaux, La. -- The untimely death of a young veterinarian has inspired others to create a scholarship in his name at his alma mater, the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine.

Whitehouse Station, N.J. -- A merger announced last spring by Merial and Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health has been scrapped, according to a March 22 statement from both companies.

A new bill in Texas could bring to an end to the debate over equine dentistry.

Langhorne, Pa. -- A new online resource, written entirely by board-certified veterinary oncologists, now is available to pet owners.

Cornell ranks at the top in the newest ranking of veterinary colleges.

Las Vegas -- The Western Veterinary Conference (WVC) broke attendance records this year.

The AVMA Council on Education accredits two new foreign veterinary colleges.

Relief groups to deploy veterinarians, technicians to Japan in wake of catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.

Albany, N.Y. -- The New York Assembly is considering a new bill that would require all dogs to be microchipped and tracked in a state database.

Mislabeled Phenobarbital has adversely affected some dogs, FDA says.

Rockford, Ill. -- Jones Natural Chews Co. is recalling 2,705 boxes of pig ears that may be contaminated with Salmonella.

Erlanger, Ky -- Within days of the euthanization of a ferret at a Kentucky ferret shelter, 16 more fell sick from H1N1.

Davis, Calif. -- A new international tool has been unleashed to help track emerging zoonotic diseases.

Melville, N.Y. -- Butler Schein Animal Health announced Feb. 18 that it has acquired majority ownership in McAllister Software Systems and ImproMed.

Ames, Iowa -- The One Health Commission, formed in 2009 to establish a collaboration between human and animal health professionals, has chosen the Iowa State University Research Park as its new headquarters.

AVMA Group Health and Life Insurance Trust has dropped Aetna Signature Administrators as its PPO.

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