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News|Articles|September 9, 2024
Sneak peek: Britain proposes new legislation banning xylazine, and other news
Author(s)dvm360 Staff
Here is a sneak peek of this week’s headlines
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Here is what you can find this week on dvm360.com:
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- The US Fish and Wildlife Service and Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) launched the Wildlife Confiscations Network in October 2023, giving law enforcement officers in Southern California a point of contact to help trafficked animals find safety and receive needed care.
- During an interview at Fetch Kansas City, Kelly Detweiler and Peter Weinstein, DVM, MBA, exclusively shared common myths surrounding DEA regulations at veterinary clinics, and what the truth really is.
- North Carolina State University announced it added a state-of-the-art dairy barn to its College of Veterinary Medicine, which will include a waste-disposal system, hydraulic gates, and new data collecting technology, right next to its original barn that was built in the 1930s.
- On this week’s episode of The Vet Blast Podcast presented by dvm360, Adam Christman, DVM, MBA, and special guest Greg Echols, DVM, to discuss how to go from internship to entrepreneurship as well as Echols' experiences with powerlifting.
- Parliament in the United Kingdom shared legislation had been presented to them that calls for banning 21 dangerous drugs, including the veterinary sedative xylazine, to prevent drug related deaths and crack down on those dealing drugs.
- And more!
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