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|Videos|March 15, 2020
News in a minute: Purina recall, new One Health program and Fetch keynote speaker
Author(s)Erica Tricarico, Managing Editor
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- Purina Animal Nutrition has
recalled four feed brands due to elevated calcium levels in several lots of turkey, rabbit and chicken feed. - The WSAVA One Health Committee has launched a new
certificate program focusing on companion animals. - dvm360 names Dr. Elizabeth “Betsy” Charles, executive director of the Veterinary Leadership Institute, as the
keynote speaker for all four 2020 Fetch conferences .
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