In-person NYS-VC registration deadline extended to October 1st!
Register now at www.nysvc.org 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. The in-person deadline has been extended to October 1st! So there’s still time to register to experience in person learning in a classroom setting, networking with your peers, experiencing the exhibits and attending special events. If you can’t be there all weekend, onsite registrants also get live online access during the event and 90+ session recordings afterward.
Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health awards three ‘Catalyzing Conservation Fund’ grants
Why are eastern rockhopper penguin populations plummeting in New Zealand? What’s a reliable, rapid test for detecting rodenticide poisoning in live birds of prey? How can we use technology to help diagnose wildlife diseases in Nepal while training local scientists? These pressing questions are driving the three projects receiving inaugural awards from the Catalyzing Conservation Fund (CCF), a newly launched grants program from the Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health (CYCWH).
USDA to hold listening sessions on rural and federal veterinary workforces
On August 28, 2025, Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the Rural Veterinary Action Plan, a bold strategy to increase the number of rural food animal veterinarians across the U.S. and to bolster the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s veterinary workforce in its role to protect American ranchers, animals, and our food supply. As part of its stakeholder engagement on this important topic, USDA is holding two listening sessions to hear from key partners to determine what additional actions can be taken to reverse these trends and recruit veterinarians to USDA and rural areas: Monday, September 29, 2025, 3:00–4:00 p.m., Topic: Barriers to Entry and Increased Recruitment for Rural and Federal Veterinary Workforces and Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 3:00–4:00 p.m., Topic: Barriers to Entry and Increased Recruitment for Rural and Federal Veterinary Workforces.
USDA identifies cause of recent mass honey bee collapse
The mass honey bee colony collapse earlier this year, called “the worst bee die-off in U.S. history” by honey bee research organization ProjectApis m., was caused by virus-infected, miticide-resistant parasitic mites. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service’s (ARS) Bee Research Laboratory found “high levels of deformed wing virus A and B and acute bee paralysis in all recently USDA-sampled bees,” according to a June 2 announcement . “These viruses are responsible for recent honey bee colony collapses and losses across the U.S.”
Treating all creatures, scaly, slithery, and small
AVMA
As pet turtles, tortoises, and snakes steadily gain popularity on social media, interest in herptiles and their veterinary care is growing. A YouTube tutorial on tortoise care has racked up tens of thousands of views, while Tiptoe the African spurred tortoise’s saga surviving the California wildfires earlier this year made national headlines.
Fall scholarships for veterinary and veterinary technician students
DVM360
The end of summer brings a menagerie of fall scholarships. Among them, the American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF) offers aid for a wide range of students, including veterans, first-generation students, those with specific interests in veterinary medicine, and more.
New world screwworm threat
The Horse
The New World Screwworm (NWS) fly,Cochliomyia homnivoraxwas eradicated from the United States in 1966. Prior to eradication, it cost the U.S. livestock industry more than $100 million annually.
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