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/.
New York judge declares dog an immediate family member
A New York trial court has allowed a claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress (NEID) to proceed in a case involving a dog that was struck and killed by a car. The ruling is under appeal. The case, Trevor DeBlase and Nan DeBlase v. Mitchell Hill, involves a woman who was walking her family’s dog on a leash, crossing through an intersection, when a car struck and killed the dog. The lawsuit alleges that the driver failed to stop at a stop sign.
Nonprofit Petco Love invests in veterinary cancer treatments at Cornell
As part of a long-standing partnership with the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Petco Love has committed to a $100,000 investment over two years to help cover the cost of cancer treatments for dogs and cats. Since partnering with Cornell in 2016 in the fight against pet cancer, Petco Love, in partnership with Blue Buffalo, has invested $750,000 in Cornell for pet cancer treatments, including chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery, assisting 276 families thus far. The latest investment will help bolster the “Petco Love & Blue Buffalo Pet Cancer Treatment Support Fund,” which is available at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals to pet parents who otherwise could not afford the cost of treating pets diagnosed with cancer.
Nominations for 2025 NYSVMS Awards due by July 31st
A new free modeling tool is enabling researchers, farmers and food processors to assess how changes in the ways a dairy farm is managed would influence its environmental impact, energy use and economics. The Ruminant Farm Systems (RuFaS) modeling tool, developed by Cornell researchers and collaborators across academia, industry, government and nonprofits, isavailable at no cost for open-source collaboration.
Student Loan Update: Here’s what SAVE borrowers should do by August 1
Federal student loans for those who are enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education plan have been in an interest-free forbearance for a year while the income-driven repayment plan was challenged in court. Although SAVE has been officially blocked in the courts, borrowers’ loans are still in limbo. Now, borrowers are being encouraged to choose a new payment plan or face interest charges.
Minnesota researchers refine experimental hemangiosarcoma treatment
Researchers at the University of Minnesota (UMN) College of Veterinary Medicine may be close to developing a genetically engineered treatment for dogs with hemangiosarcoma. The experimental therapy combines a blood test that detects hemangiosarcoma cells with eBAT, which stands for epidermal growth factor (EGF) bispecific ligand-targeted angiotoxin. An estimated 50,000 canine hemangiosarcoma cases are diagnosed each year in the U.S., according toMinnesota’s veterinary researchers [https://vetmed.umn.edu/modiano-lab/cancer-center/hemangiosarcoma-detailed-article].
Roseman takes first steps toward becoming Nevada’s first veterinary school
On June 16, Roseman University of Health Sciences announced it has submitted a letter of intent to the AVMA Council on Education (COE) for its proposed College of Veterinary Medicine at its campus in Henderson, Nevada. Roseman, with campuses in Nevada and Utah, is a nonprofit, private institution focused on training health care professionals at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The proposed veterinary college would expand Roseman’s growing portfolio of health professions programs, which includes colleges of dentistry, nursing, medicine, and pharmacy.
Sustainability sessions at AVMA Convention offer actionable steps for veterinary professionals
The AVMA Board of Directors (BOD) in November 2024 approved a new policy on “Climate Change and Related Sustainability Issues.” It urges veterinary professionals to adopt and promote sustainable practices in their businesses and encourages veterinarians to communicate with the public about the One Health impacts arising from climate change and other environmental hazards.
Experts are providing animal care in flooded disaster areas of Texas
DVM360
More than 100 human lives have reportedly been claimed by the flash flooding disaster in Texas that occurred in the early hours of July 4, 2025, along the Guadalupe River. While rescue and recovery efforts continue, veterinary health and animal care professionals are working to assist animals and support their families.
Pain, behavior, and poor performance: What is your horse telling you?
The Horse
Some signs of pain in performance horses, such as clear lameness, might be obvious to riders and trainers, but more subtle signs of pain, including swishing the tail during work or seeming sluggish, could go unnoticed. “Often I hear complaints of the horse being stiff, behind the leg, lacking contact, or generally misbehaving, but they aren’t overtly lame,” said Erin Contino, MS, DVM, Dipl. ACVSMR, associate professor of equine sports medicine at Colorado State University, in Fort Collins.
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