AVMA
The largest epizootic of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the nation’s history is entering its third year, but there is hope. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) continues to evaluate several vaccines shown in initial studies to protect chickens against the deadly disease. A vaccine for turkeys is also underway. And researchers are looking into why the most recently circulating strain is one of the most virulent to date.
Cornell University CVM
A research study on oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) in dogs is enrolling patients at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals (CUHA) to test a new drug treatment for this aggressive type of cancer. OSCC is among the most frequently diagnosed malignant tumors in dogs and can invade tissues deeply, destroying teeth, soft tissues and jawbones as well as spreading to other organs.
NIFA
Since 2010 NIFA’s Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) has served the needs of food animal veterinarians and stakeholders in animal agriculture across the nation by supporting veterinary educational debt repayment in return for veterinarians’ services in designated, high priority, shortage situations. In this time, the VMLRP has made nearly 800 awards to food animal veterinarians for loan repayment assistance. The VMLRP has compiled a Program Summary from 2010-2022, based on data collected by the program on veterinary shortage situations, applications, and awards. This report includes an overview of the VMLRP and summarizes trends and activities of the program to respond to the needs of state and insular area animal health officials, food animal veterinarians, food and fiber animal producers, and other interested stakeholders, and includes program highlights and accomplishments.
Cornell University CVM
While world public health agencies are focused on how to react to the next pandemic once it has started, a new plan proposes using ecological perspectives to prevent disease outbreaks before they happen, according to a paper published March 26 in Nature Communications. Pandemics begin when disease-harboring animals, such as bats, come in close proximity with people, livestock or other animals and pass on new pathogens. Viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV-1, Nipah, Hendra and possibly Ebola have all fatally spilled over from bats to humans, sometimes through an intermediate host.
AVMA
In an effort to end horse soring at Tennessee Walking Horse shows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced April 29 that it is strengthening Horse Protection Act (HPA) regulations. Acopy of the final rule is available on the agency’s website, and the rule will be published in the Federal Register in the coming weeks. This rule will be effective February 1, 2025.
DVM360
Officials with the FDA recently issued a supplemental approval for fenbendazole (Safe-Guard; Intervet) for the treatment and control of gastrointestinal worms (Aulonocephalusspp) in wild quail. Although there are currently FDA-approved drugs for use in farmed quail, this is the first animal drug approval for use in wild quail and for this indication. Fenbendazole was previously approved for treatment of certain intestinal parasites in other animal species, including cattle, swine, and turkeys.
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