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The Horse
My horses Sabrina and Solstice had great feet. Given their excellent genetics, their healthy forage-focused diet, and years of living barefoot on varied terrains, I hoped I could avoid shoeing them for my cross-country journey through Eastern France. I wanted their feet to continue to benefit from all the phenomenal shock absorption, growth, and healthy biomechanics equids have developed over time.
LVT track at this year’s NYS-VC!
NYSVMS
Register now for the 2024 NYS-VC Saturday, October 5th to Monday, October 7th onsite at Cornell University CVM, online and on-demand. The full conference schedule is posted on the website-under Program then Agenda. The LVT track sponsored by BI Animal Health includes classes: Canine Osteoarthritis, Leading with heart: Championing early intervention for canine cardiac health, Adrenal disease, Introduction to large animal anesthesia and Taking the fear out of porcine anesthesia.
NYSVMS offering 5 scholarships for MentorVet program-Apply by July 26th!
NYSVMS
NYSVMS is once again partnering with MentorVet. Designed to help early-career veterinarians thrive. MentorVet Leap is an evidence-based program that delivers the peer support, coaching, and mentorship needed to ease into the veterinary profession. NYSVMS is continuing to offer early career veterinarians the opportunity to participate in the MentorVet Leap program at no charge for 5 veterinarians. This five-month virtual mentorship and professional development program aims to promote well-being in the transition to practice by providing a combination of training in professional skills, financial and mental health coaching, and mentorship. Participants must be veterinarians who graduated in the last five years from vet school, must be able to dedicate 3-4 hours per month for 5 months and a current members of NYSVMS. To apply, please fill out this form by July 26th: https://form.jotform.com/230715496178060. The program runs August 11, 2024 through January 31, 2025. To learn more, go to: https://nysvms.org/mentorvet-2/.
Nominations open for 2024 NYSVMS Awards-Deadline is July 29th
NYSVMS
The NYSVMS awards program is the way to honor veterinarians and their important work in NYS. NYSVMS confers five awards annually. This year the requirements have changed. 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 2024 Awards are being accepted now through July 29, 2024. For the nomination form and description of the award categories, go to: https://nysvms.org/awards/.
“The Zoo” through the eyes of a veterinary student
Cornell University
Many have watched episodes of the Animal Planet docuseries “The Zoo,” getting a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the phenomenal conservation, science, and education agenda that is carried out at the Bronx Zoo. As someone interested in zoological medicine, I had always dreamt of training with the Bronx Zoo Zoological Health Program. It was not until I began my veterinary studies at Cornell University that I began to see this dream materializing; I leaned into the fact that I could spend elective rotations during my clinical year at zoological institutions.
‘We’re still paying’: How pets became a big business
Yahoo News!
Heather Massey brought Ladybird to the veterinarian when the 9-year-old mutt began having seizures. A scan from an MRI machine revealed bad news: brain cancer. With the prognosis grim, Massey decided against further treatment at the animal hospital near her home in Athens, Georgia, and Ladybird died four months later. The MRI scan and related care had cost nearly $2,000, which Massey put on a specialty credit card she had learned about at a previous vet visit.
CAPC forecasts continuing spread of parasitic diseases
AVMA
The pathogens that cause heartworm disease, Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, and anaplasmosis continue to increase and spread throughout the U.S. Mosquito-borne and tick-borne human disease incidence in the United States tripled between 2004 and 2016, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with much of this increase due to tick-borne pathogens that were reported in higher numbers and across a larger geographic area. New vectors, such as the Asian long-horned tick, continue to expand their geographic range in the U.S. and their full pathogen transmission potential is still unknown.
AAVMC publishes handbook for use of animals in veterinary education
AVMA
As the teaching of anatomy continues to evolve in veterinary education, faculty and staff members have more opportunities to incorporate innovative approaches into the curriculum. That is because of the development and greater availability of veterinary anatomy educational alternatives. These range from low-fidelity constructive modeling materials, to high-fidelity models or simulators, 3D printing, dissection software, augmented and virtual reality, and plastinated specimens.
Chronic wasting disease continues to spread in cervids
AVMA
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) continues to threaten deer and elk populations as it has been detected in free-ranging cervids in 34 states and four provinces and in captive cervid facilities in 19 states and three provinces. Most recently, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife that it had been detected in the state’s deer and elk. Multiple jurisdictions have documented more than 50% positive rates in their adult male samples in more heavily affected areas, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Some of the same jurisdictions have documented over 30% positive rates in adult females.
Scholarship program for technician students and recent graduates now accepting applications
DVM360
Awarded annually, the Tuition for Vet Techs Scholarship program for veterinary technician students and recent graduates, funded by the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America (NAVTA) and Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA (BI), has been renewed and is currently accepting applications. The program was established in 2022 to address the growing demand for credentialed veterinary technicians in the veterinary profession. Up to 20 recipients will be selected in the fall of 2024 and awarded $2500 for each scholarship. The scholarship funds can be allocated towards tuition fees, class/lab supplies, textbooks, and student loans.
Case Study: Diagnosing and managing a horse with allergies
The Horse
Rosanna Marsella, DVM, Dipl. ACVD, professor of dermatology at the University of Florida, in Gainesville, sees a lot of skin allergy cases. One case, that of a chestnut Arabian gelding with multiple allergies, highlights the importance of a multipronged approach to managing allergies. You must limit exposure to the allergen. You need to treat the problem the allergy created, and you must devise a plan to treat the allergy itself—all while considering regional climate, antibiotic resistance, and many competition rules.
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