NYS-VC Registration is open-Many CE options available!
Register now for the New York State Veterinary Conference, October 10-12, 2025! Co-hosted by the Cornell University CVM and NYSVMS, our conference features a diversity of species and professional development tracks with something for everyone. This is a hybrid event with onsite, online, and on-demand participation opportunities, so you can earn Continuing Education credit in a way that is most accessible to you! We will be hosting most of the tracks onsite, with our most popular tracks being livestreamed. After the event, select sessions will be available to view for FREE on-demand. Self-study CE, labs, and more are available for additional purchase. Continuing Education classes include: Behavior, Controlled Substances, Dentistry, Neurology. Ophthalmology, Rehabilitation & Healthy Aging, Equine Podiatry & Orthopedics, Practice Management, Veterinary Technician and more! Registration is now open at: www.nysvc.org [https://cvent.me/3Mdv1R?RefId=NYSVMS+Email].
Virologist Sarah Caddy builds on the Baker Institute’s 75-year history of groundbreaking research
Every time Dr. Sarah Caddy drives to her lab at the Baker Institute for Animal Health, she passes by Parvo Drive, immediately adjacent to the building. It’s a fitting welcome. Not only does the assistant professor at the Baker Institute for Animal Health in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology conduct cutting-edge research on viruses, but she does so continuing along the institute’s 75-year, storied path of innovative collaborative research and pioneering discoveries.
Utah State will open veterinary college this fall
AVMA
Utah’s first four-year veterinary college is one step closer to becoming accredited by the AVMA Council on Education (AVMA COE). Utah State University (USU) College of Veterinary Medicine announced that it received a letter of reasonable assurance on March 26 after the council met March 13-15. The decision is based on a comprehensive site visit that took place October 27-31, 2024, in Logan, Utah. Dr. Dirk Vanderwall, dean of Utah State’s veterinary college, said in a statement that receiving the letter means that the USU program’s planned actions are reasonable and feasible to allow the veterinary college to meet the council’s 11 standards of accreditation.
APHIS further postpones Horse Protection Act changes
AVMA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is postponing the effective date of strengthened Horse Protection Act (HPA) regulations into early next year. The HPA is a federal law that prohibits sored horses from participating in shows, exhibitions, sales, or auctions. However, soring—a painful and deliberate act of inflicting chemical or mechanical injuries on horses’ legs and hooves to force an exaggerated gait—has been used for decades in the Tennessee Walking Horse, Spotted Saddle, and Racking Horse industries. Despite existing regulations, the practice persists because of failed industry self-regulation and a lack of veterinary medical officers (VMOs) to cover the numerous events hosted every year.
USDA announces $100M funding opportunity in fight against avian influenza
AVMA
More than 168 million poultry in the U.S. have been affected with highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI, more specifically avian influenza type A H5N1) since February 2022, including in backyard and commercial flocks, according tothe U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) [https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/commercial-backyard-flocks]. In late February, Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announceda five-pronged, $1 billion approach [https://www.avma.org/news/usda-announces-additional-1b-toward-h5n1-efforts]to combat avian flu and reduce egg prices, including efforts to explore vaccine use, therapeutics, and other strategies to protect poultry and reduce depopulation.
SAVMA president envisions students working for students
AVMA
Kyle Jorel Frett, a fourth-year student at Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine and the newly installed 2025-26 Student AVMA (SAVMA) president, has a vision: students working for students. That’s the campaign he ran on, and what he says will serve as his banner in office.
Guiding pet owners through end-of-life decision-making
DVM360
Pet owners living with senior pets or a pet with a terminal disease often come to their veterinarian asking, “When is it time?” or “How will I know when it’s time to euthanize?”. There is not a one-size-fits-all answer to this question. As veterinarians, it is our duty to respond compassionately and provide owners with the education and tools they need to assess their pet’s quality of life. During a recent session at the Fetch dvm360 Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, Leigh Ann Collins, DVM, CVA, CPEV, regional veterinary director with Lap of Love, discussed strategies veterinarians can use to help their clients with this difficult assessment.
Smart manure management for small horse farms
The Horse
I have a smaller horse farm with five horses on it. What can I do to reduce the amount of manure on my farm so it doesn’t create an eyesore or attract unwanted insects? According to the USDA, one horse produces 50 pounds of manure per day. If you add spent bedding to that equation, you can have a huge mountain of stall waste daily just from one horse, not to mention several horses.
Recent Comments