Register for the NYS-VC-Check out the ophthalmology track!
Register now for the New York State Veterinary Conference, October 10-12, 2025 at Cornell University CVM! 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 o n-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. The Ophthalmology track is on Friday, October 10th.
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/.
Biodiversity allows for sustainable fisheries, better nutrition
To satisfy the seafood needs of billions of people, offering them access to a more biodiverse array of fish creates opportunities to mix-and-match species to obtain better nutrition from smaller portions of fish. The right combination of certain species can provide up to 60% more nutrients than if someone ate the same quantity of even a highly nutritious species, according toa global analysis [https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-025-01577-x]of fisheries published May 27 in Nature Sustainability.
College celebrates newest graduates
This May, the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine celebrated its newest group of graduates from their degree programs, sending off the newly minted veterinarians, scientists and public health professionals to the next step of their career journeys.
Canine genes offer clues to gastric cancer in humans
Cornell Chronicle
Dogs share our homes, our habits and sometimes, our diseases. Gastric cancer is rare in dogs, but when it does strike, it closely resembles gastric cancer in humans: subtle clinical signs, comparable tumor subtypes, late-stage diagnosis and poor outcomes. That similarity, combined with unique genetics, makes purebred dogs a powerful model for studying this devastating disease, which is the fifth most common cancer worldwide.
Habitat protections for endangered species in doubt from proposed rule change
AVMA
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) have proposed a rollback of a decades-old interpretation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that could significantly narrow the scope of legal protections for threatened wildlife. At the center of the proposed rule change is the elimination of a regulatory definition of the term “harm,” part of the statutory prohibition against “taking” endangered species.
Virginia latest state to tackle large animal veterinarian shortage
AVMA
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin this May signed legislation establishing a grant program to incentivize large animal veterinarians to work in underserved areas of the state by offsetting the costs of obtaining a veterinary degree. The new law directs Virginia’s state veterinarian to have the program up and running no later than July 1, 2026. Every year, the state veterinarian will select up to four large animal veterinarians from a pool of applicants who commit to working in a veterinary shortage area. Virginia will compensate each participant with a $110,000 grant.
New data points to growing opportunities in feline veterinary care
AVMA
When it comes to keeping up to date with veterinary care, cat owners are almost as resilient as the pets themselves. According to the first volume of the CATalyst Council’s first 2025 CATalyst Feline Market Insights Report, while overall visits to veterinary practices in the U.S. declined, feline clinical visits grew year-over-year in 2023 and 2024, a departure from historical norms. The insights reports, expected to be released quarterly, are available exclusively to CATalyst Council sponsors. The council will release high-level conclusions from the reports throughout the year via press releases and LinkedIn.
Cranial cruciate ligament tears and TPLO surgery
DVM360
Tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) surgery is a procedure used to help dogs and cats regain mobility following a tear of the cranial cruciate ligament (CCL). The CCL is the canine and feline equivalent of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in humans and connects the femur to the tibia. If the CCL tears, the tibia can slide forward relative to the femur, leading to instability in the stifle joint.
Awesome antioxidants and how they help horses
The Horse
Oxygen, while necessary for fueling life, possesses damaging doppelgängers called reactive oxygen species. These highly charged, reactive forms of oxygen, known as free radicals, contribute to mass destruction at a microscopic level. Luckily, the body comes equipped to handle free radicals using vitamins, proteins, enzymes, and minerals that exert antioxidant activities. These antioxidants help cells, tissues, and organs weather harmful free radical damage.
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