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News wrap-up: This week's veterinary headlines, plus celebrating creativity during the pandemic
Author(s)Erica Tricarico, Managing Editor
Check out this week's top veterinary headlines.
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Life as we know it has changed so much in the last few months. To help you embrace this "new" normal, we will continue to keep you updated with the latest COVID-19 news and our most recent coverage of the veterinary industry.
View the video below for this week's top veterinary headlines:
- In a panel webinar hosted last week by the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Drs. Jane Sykes and Scott Weese broke down
the why, when and how of testing for SARS-CoV-2 in pets . - When it comes to getting a complete diet history from your clients, a
new study found that asking your clients to ”tell” you what their pet eats will elicit a more comprehensive response than asking “what” the pet eats. - The VetMedAcademy and the Merck Veterinary Manual are co-sponsoring
a contest to reward educators who are “turning lemons into lemonade” during COVID-19 by coming up with innovative and interesting ways to teach from a distance.
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The World Health Organization recognized the country's more than 50 years without a human case of dog-mediated rabies, crediting sustained vaccination, surveillance, and cross-sector collaboration.
Several rabies exposure incidents have been reported across multiple states, days after the CDC issued a health advisory on rising human rabies exposures and errors in postexposure prophylaxis administration.
The CDC says multiple US jurisdictions have reported increases in human exposures to rabid or potentially rabid animals since July, along with increased use of rabies postexposure prophylaxis.
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The latest updates relating to animal care establishments and platforms.
Verdinexor tablets are now available for dogs with lymphoma after receiving full FDA approval earlier this year, offering an at-home treatment option that is given twice weekly and showed a longer time to disease progression than control in a field study.
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