2025 NYS Veterinary Conference October 10-12-Registration opens in April!
The 2025 New York State Veterinary Conference is a three-day event October 10-12 with high-quality continuing education, offering live and on-demand NYS continuing education credit opportunities. The conference will once again be a hybrid event offering: on-site, online, and on-demand sessions. Whether you join us on-site at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine or virtually, our sessions are all presented live. We will have our most popular tracks at Cornell and streaming those sessions, plus additional tracks to our virtual audience. After the event, sessions will be available on-demand. Registration opens in April at www.nysvc.org.
NYSVMS staff members accepted into 2025 VMA Inspire Program
NYSVMS staff members Stephanie Quirini, Communications Director and Sara-Melissa Conklin, Member Services Director, have been accepted into the 2025 VMA Inspire Program. This is the 2nd year that VMAE has run this program for current VMA staff members. The program includes 6 online classes between March and April which highlight association trends, wellbeing, DEI and promises a transformative learning experience.
AVMA calls for action on Xylazine
For the past 2 years NYSVMS has been actively supporting AVMA to protect xylazine for veterinary use. NYSVMS members have organized advocacy to Senator Schumer and others to move critical language forward into federal law that would help preserve the availability of xylazine for veterinary use. During this time the supply of veterinary xylazine has been under threat. The Combating Illicit Xylazine Act would amend the federal Controlled Substances Act to ensure that the current veterinary uses of xylazine remain legal as well as to help maintain the availability of the drug. It is extremely important to veterinary medicine that this bill moves through Congress to become law. Please take a moment to ask your US Senator and Representative to support this bill. AVMA has provided an online form to help you write and send your letters. Click here for the form.
One-stop bird flu resource center fills information gaps
News and guidance on avian influenza is scattered across government and state agency websites, and rampant misinformation is spread across the internet. In response, Cornell has launched a comprehensive resource that offers a one-stop clearinghouse for the most current and trustworthy information on bird flu. A new online Avian Flu Resource Center provides reliable and accessible information for members of the general public, farmers, wildlife professionals, state and public health agency partners, and veterinarians.
Transdisciplinary project aims to prevent the next pandemic
Most pandemics in the past century were sparked by a pathogen jumping from animals to humans. This moment of zoonotic spillover is the focus of a multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Raina Plowright, the Rudolf J. and Katharine L. Steffen Professor in the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Public and Ecosystem Health.
With screwworm protocols in place, US resuming livestock, equine imports from Mexico
AVMA
A two-month suspension on cattle and bison imports from Mexico is expected to be lifted soon. The change comes after implementation of a comprehensive pre-clearance inspection and treatment protocol meant to prevent New World screwworms (NWS) from entering the United States.
Linking communication and wellbeing: Training for veterinary educators
AVMA
Effective communication is a cornerstone of healthy workplaces. Our words are integral to supporting and encouraging teammates, lifting up colleagues, offering constructive feedback to peers, problem solving, and much more. AVMA’s groundbreaking Train the Trainer workshop empowers veterinary professionals to become educators in workplace communication skills that support wellbeing. In this one-day interactive session, learn how to use communication to help teams and individuals flourish and achieve their full potential.In addition to learning the content yourself, you’ll come away with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to teach others. Applications are due:March 4, 2025.
Pet microchip company shuts down, causing ‘urgent’ pet identification issue for vets and rescues
MSN
A microchip company has ceased operations, resulting in organizations and companies concerned with pet welfare to call on owners to re-chip their animals. Save This Life, the Texas-based microchip company, went dark recently, according to CBS Pittsburgh station KDKA , noting that their phones were down when the outlet tried to contact them. Furthermore, the outlet determined via official Texas state documents that the company had ceased operations. On Jan. 24, its name was removed from the American Animal Hospital Association Universal Pet Microchip Lookup Tool, which owners can use to locate lost pets, and since then veterinarians and shelters are urging owners to check their pets’ chip.
Understanding anticipatory grief in pet owners
DVM360
Anticipatory grief is the emotional response that pet owners experience when they foresee the inevitable loss of a beloved companion animal. For many, this begins with a diagnosis of a terminal illness or the gradual decline of a pet’s quality of life or a combination of chronic and age-related conditions. Unlike grief that occurs after a loss, anticipatory grief unfolds while the pet is still alive, and it can be a lengthy, roller-coaster–like experience as owners juggle feelings of hope, sadness, fear, and acceptance.
Supplement could improve equine gastric ulcer scores
The Horse
Equine gastric ulcer syndrome (EGUS) refers to any ulceration inside a horse’s stomach. It often causes severe physical pain, leading to clinical signs such as behavior changes, weight loss, and loss of appetite. Veterinarians view omeprazole as the mainstay EGUS treatment, said Frank Andrews, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM, LVMA equine committee professor of equine medicine and director of equine health and sports performance at Louisiana State University’s School of Veterinary Medicine, in Baton Rouge.
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