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Denver -- After 23 years as leader of AAHA, Dr. John Albers announced today that he will resign his position as executive director effective Dec. 31.

Snakes that squeeze and venomous reptiles must now be kept under lock and key in North Carolina.

A dog's vocabulary and counting ability are about the same as those of 2-year-old children, according to new research.

Washington -- The government is hiring veterinarians, veterinary technicians and college students for paid part-time positions in the country?s disaster veterinary corps, said Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Read a Q&A about canine influenza with Dr. Cynda Crawford.

Phoenix -- The attorney for at least six pet owners who filed a class-action suit against Ohio-based Petland Inc. and the Hunte Corp., accusing them of selling unhealthy puppies from puppy mills to unsuspecting consumers, says he will amend and re-file the suit after the original was dismissed by a federal judge in Phoenix.

The Department of Homeland Security is having to defend the proposed new site for a bio-defense research laboratory at Kansas State University in light of a Government Accountability Office report.

Schaumburg, Ill. -- Dr. Larry Corry, AVMA president, skewered Smart Money magazine in a letter to the editor for an article titled "10 Things Veterinarians Won't Tell You." (Aug. 7, 2009).

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A Washington Post journalist gets a different perspective on the Pakistani city when searching for her adopted dog, Ahu.

Schaumburg, Ill. -- Dr. H. Theodore Trimmer, of Las Vegas, is the newest member of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Executive Board.

Dog visits to the veterinarian increased about 8 percent last year to an average of 2.8 annual visits, while cat visits remained unchanged at an average of 2.1 annually, according to a national survey.

Davis, Calif. -- The coroner's office put to rest the suspicion that a University of California-Davis veterinary hospital worker died of the H1N1 influenza virus last week.

Five experts weigh in on whether there is an increasing tick problem in the United States, whether more people are becoming infected with Lyme disease as a result, and what we can do about it.

Gainesville, Fla. -- The University of Florida's Dr. Collin Burrows was named an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in the United Kingdom.

Small animal practices have another strong month. Meanwhile, specialty practices continue to struggle.

Research into foot-and-mouth disease can be conducted safely in Manhattan, Kan.

Ames, Iowa -- Researchers at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine working on developing flu vaccines for swine landed a state grant for nearly $150,000, and other Iowa State veterinary researchers will receive nearly $70,000.

Baton Rouge, La. -- The Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine was granted $11.1 million from the National Center for Research Resources to continue its infectious-disease research.

Geneva -- Vaccines to combat the H1N1 virus could be available as early as September in some countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

While performing a routine fecal examination of a sample from a chicken, a technician in Texas identified a new protozoan parasite.

Washington -- A new government study says the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) didn't adequately assess the biosecurity and economic risks of moving the Plum Island, N.Y., animal-disease research lab to a Kansas State University site in Manhattan, Kan.

Washington -- The Senate voted this week to slash funding for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) developed by the Department of Agriculture as a means of protecting the nation's food supply.

Seattle -- Dr. Larry Corry, president of the American Veterinary Medical Association, wants to re-establish veterinarians as leaders in animal welfare.

If your clients are taking their pets on vacation this year, you might recommend these pet-friendly destinations.

St. Paul, Minn. -- An experimental procedure to treat a dog with brain cancer that remains successful a year later has earned the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine funding to treat more dogs through clinical trials.

Louisville, Ky. -- Flash flooding from a record six inches of rain in one hour flooded parts of Churchill Downs racetrack yesterday, forcing the evacuation of 30 to 35 Thoroughbred racehorses.

People and pets can cross-infect each other with this increasingly common superbug.

A Calif. high court has upheld a decision several states have already made.

Domesticated dogs were thought to originate in East Asia, but research in Africa has thrown this theory into question, and the search is on for where dogs were first domesticated.