NYS-VC 2024 was a great success!
NYSVMS
The NYS Veterinary Conference was held October 5-7, 2024 as a hybrid event offering three different ways to engage: onsite, online, and on-demand. Over 900 attendees onsite and online could choose from a variety of tracks including: Behavior, Controlled Substances, Dentistry, Emergency & Critical Care, Equine, Nutrition, Small Animal Internal Medicine, Small Ruminants, Surgery, Veterinary Social Work and Veterinary Technician. There were 20 different tracks and over 50 speakers.
NYSVMS recruiting for class of 2025 Power of 10
NYSVMS
NYSVMS is currently recruiting for the Power of 10 class of 2025. This is a national initiative designed to cultivate leadership capacity in grads 15 years or less from veterinary school who are current NYSVMS members and provide learning experiences that will enrich the individual and benefit the individual’s practice, community and profession. The program provides NYSVMS members with 4 leadership development sessions. NYSVMS provides the experts and covers all meeting and travel expenses for participants to attend sessions. The topics are: wellbeing, what to do when OPD knocks on your door, restructuring student debt and financial planning and the Insights Discovery program. Applications for the Power of 10 Class of 2025 are currently being accepted now through December 9th. The application is on the Recent Graduate page at: https://nysvms.org/graduate-membership/. For more information, please contact Stephanie Quirini a tsquirini@nysvms.org
Me-ow! Celebrating a Half-Century of Helping the Kitties
Cornell University
Did you know that the Vet College has a center dedicated to supporting research that improves the health of cats, both wild and domestic? TheCornell Feline Health Center [https://www.vet.cornell.edu/departments-centers-and-institutes/cornell-feline-health-center]is celebrating its 50th birthday in 2024—marking a half-century of funding scientific work aimed at finding better ways to diagnose, treat, and prevent disease.
AAALAC International goes above and beyond for research livestock
AVMA
The Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC International) is known for promoting the humane treatment of animals used in research. Less known is the nonprofit organization’s accreditation of animal agriculture and wildlife research programs over the past two decades.
Radiology database provides thousands of nontraditional species’ images
AVMA
During a routine workday, a zoo veterinarian may need to perform diagnostic imaging on a species they’ve rarely imaged in the past. To help address these diagnostic challenges, a group of zoological institutions created the Zoo and Aquarium Radiology Database (ZARD) to provide a centralized online reference tool.
AAFP changes name to Feline Veterinary Medical Association
AVMA
The American Association of Feline Practitioners has renamed itself the Feline Veterinary Medical Association (FelineVMA) as part of a rebranding effort. According to the association, the change aligns with the organization’s strategic direction to include the entire feline veterinary professional community. The new name, logo, and revamped website were introduced during the FelineVMA’s annual conference on September 27 in Minneapolis to coincide with the association’s 50th anniversary.
‘We’ve used hallways, we’ve used bathrooms’: How zoos protect animals when hurricanes hit
BBC
Although she and her colleagues were starting to see the winds and rains get stronger as the eyewall of storm Helene moved north of them on 26 September, Kelly Martin called her husband at about 20:30 to tell him she would be home by midnight at the latest. As the vice president of zoological care, Martin had to ensure all animals at the Florida Clearwater Marine Aquarium were hunkered down and safe through the hurricane, and she was part of the “ride-out team”, the workers who’d be riding the storm out with the animals. But the mood was optimistic that the impact would be minimal. “We were all feeling really good,” says Martin, who has been working at the aquarium for 14 years.
Bethany Beach firefly could be first lightning bug added to federal endangered species list
CBS News
The Bethany Beach firefly is in danger of flickering out and becoming endangered, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The firefly, found in coastal Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, is one of around 170 firefly species in the U.S. The species is already considered critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the Fish and Wildlife Service said it’s under consideration for listing under the Endangered Species Act.
Antidepressant-related pet poisoning calls surge over 80%
DVM360
Pet Poison Helpline (PPH) announced that is has seen a jump in calls for accidental exposures to antidepressants and antianxiety medications. PPH shared that between 2019 and 2022, these types of calls rose 84.9% before falling just 3.2% in 2023. Along with the rise in the calls for accidental exposure to antidepressants, the team at PPH shared that there was also an 82.2% rise in calls involving ADD/ADHD mediations within the same time frame, with a 1% drop in 2023.
Feeding young horses during winter
The Horse
I recently weaned a group of my foals, and they will be turned out all winter. How can I make sure they are maintaining a healthy weight during this important growth period? You’re correct in knowing that is an important growth period for your weanlings and that proper nutrition and management are important to give them a strong foundation. Being turned out is an excellent environment for youngsters to exercise freely and develop strong musculoskeletal structure.
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