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SECAUCUS, N.J. - 5/16/05 - The American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF) will be receiving funds through the Hartz Mountain Corporation from sales of VetPals, six plush stuffed animals that that will be sold to veterinarians.

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NEW YORK - 5/13/05 - The nation's pet overpopulation problem will be the premise of a commencement speech given by Edwin Sayres, president of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).

FORT COLLINS, COLO. - 5/12/05 - A $1 million gift to Colorado State University (CSU) is earmarked for a new cancer biology program within the institution's College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

SCHAUMBURG, ILL. - 5/9/05 - In effort to educate pet owners about the need for a twice-a-year pet wellness exams, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), and Fort Dodge once again unite for the spring pet wellness campaign.

CORVALLIS, ORE. - 5/06/05 - Clinical training will be offered to Ross University (RU) students through a partnership formed with Oregon State University (OSU).

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WESTBROOK, MAINE - 05/04/05 - Banfield, The Pet Hospital signed a five-year deal with IDEXX Laboratories, which will equip each Banfield hospital with an expanded VetLab system to provide assay products.

WASHINGTON - 05/03/05 - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has adopted a final rule that will help the entity track incidents involving loss, injury or death of an animal during transport.

CLEVELAND - 5/2/05 - The World Veterinary Association sponsored World Veterinary Day as a worldwide event April 30, but the awareness does not receive its just recognition according to authorities.

Nestle Purina introduces Pro Plan's line of cat food that contains protein levels at 40 percent or higher, the highest level of protein available in any dry cat food brand, the company says.

We use hot-water bottles to provide comfort to our patients while they are in the hospital.

When inventorying large quantities of medication, we use the cell counter to keep track of the number of pills we've counted.

Most therapeutic shampoos don't spread well.

Borrowing an idea from my pediatrician, I give my clients with puppies and kittens handouts at each wellness visit.

A laundry bag designed for washing delicate linens is great for bathing cats in.

To treat dogs reluctant to be medicated, I take them by the door used to let dogs outside.

Columbus, Ohio — As Ohio lawmakers haggle over a $51.3-billion budget initiative, several amendments have caught the attention of veterinary leaders in the state.

Viral infections produce lesions on unfeathered areas of skin around the eyes, cere and feet.

Veterinary leaders plan to pitch a $1-million program to Congress, calling for educational debt relief for DVMs who practice in underserved and largely rural areas of the United States.

Austin, Texas — Texas House Bill 522, if passed, would require veterinarians to write prescriptions for client's pets on demand — an issue that creates numerous concerns for the Texas Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA) as well as practitioners.

Our actions might have ramifications outside the realm of patients' immediate health.

Philadelphia — Drs. John Wolfe and Charles Vite of the University of Pennsylvania discovered a way to treat naturally occurring genetic disease of the central nervous system in cats.

Manhattan, Kan — Pending study results reportedly track a shortage of food-supply veterinarians in the United States and rate the nation's demand for them.

Schaumburg, Ill. — Adrian Hochstadt joins the American Veterinary Medical Association's (AVMA) Communications Division as the assistant director of state and regulatory affairs.

RALEIGH, N.C.— In a first-of-its-kind procedure, osseointegration was used in a 1-year-old cat born without the lower half of its tibias at North Carolina State University (NCSU) College of Veterinary Medicine.

Baltimore — Recognizing veterinary technicians and specialists is one of Dr. Daniel Aja's goals as he takes the reins as the American Animal Hospital Association's (AAHA) 69th president at the annual conference in Baltimore.

Columbus, Ohio — Lack of science supporting the case that aggression is not a breed-specific behavior damages the profession's attempts to remove the term "Pit Bull" from dangerous dog legislation.

Because the uroliths were smooth, they were readily repulsed into the urinary bladder by retrograde urohydropropulsion.

Ames, Iowa — A non-traditional agreement between the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and Iowa State University (ISU) has students split between schools, and signals the end of a 20-year partnership between UNL and Kansas State University (KSU).