NYS-VC will offer small ruminants classes
NYSVMS
Register now for the 2023 New York State Veterinary Conference, a three-day interactive event October 6-8 at www.nysvc.org with high-quality continuing education, offering over 20 live and 80 on-demand NYS continuing education and RACE credit opportunities. It is a hybrid event offering: on-site, online, and on-demand sessions. Co-hosted by the Cornell University CVM and NYSVMS, the conference features a diversity of species and professional development tracks. There will be small ruminants classes with speaker Philippa Gibbons, BVetMed, DACVIM (LA).
Call for nominations for the 2023 NYSVMS awards
NYSVMS
NYSVMS confers five awards every year and nominees for the awards are selected by the Awards Committee from among nominees from regional boards, regional award recipients, as well as those nominated by the NYSVMS executive board. These nominations are then reviewed by the committee. The committee chair then presents its recommendations to the executive board which gives final approval. Nominations for the 2023 awards are being accepted now through July 31, 2023. For the nomination form, go to: https://nysvms.org/awards/ under nomination process. The awards will be presented at the annual holiday party in Tarrytown on November 30, 2023.
Scar tissue blocks Maltese puppy’s ability to breathe
Cornell University CVM
When Bailey, a six-month-old Maltese puppy, returned from a routine spaying surgery with a snuffle and a snort, no one considered it anything out of the ordinary. After several days, however, Bailey continued to be listless and avoided food, and her left nostril started emitting a thick yellow discharge. A month-long course of antibiotics did nothing to clear it up.
Gene therapy shows promise as feline spay alternative
AVMA
Scientists have developed a promising new gene therapy that some suggest may one day replace surgery as the primary method to sterilize female cats. A single injection of a feline anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) transgene was sufficient to induce long-term contraception in female cats, according to a study in the June 6 edition of the online journal Nature Communications.
Medicated feed against swine parasites, dysentery withdrawn
AVMA
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) announced on June 30 the voluntary withdrawal of the combination medicated feed containing Safe-Guard (fenbendazole) and Lincomix (lincomycin) for use in pigs. The sponsor requested the agency withdraw the application. The fenbendazole and lincomycin combination is used for the removal of certain internal parasites, the treatment and control of swine dysentery, and reduction in the severity of swine mycoplasmal pneumonia.
Resolving a small-bowel obstruction
DVM360
Gastrointestinal obstructions are common, but an accurate diagnosis can prove tricky. Definitive therapy is not without challenges, and surgery can require complicated and frustrating postoperative care. Initial diagnostics in a vomiting animal should include abdominal imaging. Three-view abdominal radiographs and ultrasound are the most common forms of imaging.
Fecal microbiomes of feral and domestic horses compared
The Horse
Horses are hindgut fermenters, meaning they break down complex dietary fiber in the cecum and large intestine. This portion of the digestive tract houses most of a horse’s microbes, which through fermentation help produce vitamins as well as energy to meet a portion of the horse’s daily requirements. Despite the importance of that resident microbial community, known as the hindgut microbiome, scientists know little about it.
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