This year’s NYS-VC features controlled substances course!
Register now for the New York State Veterinary Conference, October 10-12, 2025 at Cornell University CVM! Co-hosted by the Cornell University CVM and NYSVMS, our conference features a diversity of species and professional development tracks with something for everyone. This is a hybrid event with onsite, online, and on-demand participation opportunities, so you can earn Continuing Education credit in a way that is most accessible to you! We will be hosting most of the tracks onsite, with our most popular tracks being livestreamed. The controlled substances course will be on Sunday, October 12 for 4 hours.
Nominations for 2025 NYSVMS Awards due by July 31st
The NYSVMS awards program is the way to honor veterinarians and their important work in NYS. NYSVMS confers five awards annually. Nominations no longer have to be approved by the regionals. The person nominating must fill out a simple 1-page nomination form and include the nominee’s resume as well as a letter of recommendation. These nominations are then reviewed by the NYSVMS Awards Committee for the awards listed below. The committee chair then presents its recommendations to the executive board which gives final approval. Nominations for the 2025 Awards are being accepted now through July 31, 2025. For the nomination form and description of the award categories, go to: https://nysvms.org/awards/.
Faculty, staff win 2025 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence
Eighteen faculty and staff in Cornell’s four contract colleges have been selected for the 2024–25 State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence. The honor is presented annually, recognizing awardees on campuses across the SUNY system for their commitment to sustaining intellectual vibrancy, advancing the boundaries of knowledge, providing the highest quality of instruction and serving the public good.
Focus on typhoid toxin reveals new infection mechanisms and treatment possibilities
Cornell University CVM
Researchers unveiled a new mechanism by which Salmonella Typhi, the bacteria responsible for typhoid fever, promotes its ability to cause disease. Typhoid fever claims more than 150,000 deaths per year, mostly children. Transmitted through the consumption of contaminated food or water, Salmonella Typhi uses various mechanisms, or virulence factors, to infect and thrive in its hosts.
FDA phasing out animal testing in preclinical safety studies
AVMA
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it will reduce or replace its animal testing requirement for “more effective, human-relevant methods,” such as artificial intelligence (AI)-based computational models and new approach methodologies (NAMs). The FDA will work with other agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health, to accelerate the validation and adoption of these new, innovative methods through the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods.
Amazon, Tractor Supply now offering online pet pharmacies
AVMA
Now joining the ranks of mega retailers Chewy and Petco in offering online pet pharmacies are Amazon and Tractor Supply. The recent announcements aren’t unexpected. A 2024 study published in JAVMA, “Convenience and price drive online pharmacy usage by veterinary clients,” analyzing 158 surveys highlighted convenience as a driving factor, as “consumers are protective of their time.”
Investigational drug aims to treat equine skin cancer
DVM360
A product development plan for an Investigational New Animal Drug for treating external squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in horses has been submitted to the FDA by Medicus Pharma based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The product is a dissolvable transdermal doxorubicin-containing microneedle array (D-MNA).
Advances in equine infectious disease detection
The Horse
Diagnostic tests are an invaluable part of equine disease detection. Through diagnostics, veterinarians can obtain pertinent information about a horse’s condition that allows for a quick, targeted response to restore health. These tests also help practitioners monitor disease progression and response to therapy and adjust treatment accordingly. Advances in diagnostics for equine infectious diseases have led to increased specificity and sensitivity, giving the veterinarian and the horse owner an upper hand in disease management and control.
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