Registration Desk Hours for NYS-VC onsite attendees
NYSVMS
The registration desk hours for NYS-VC onsite attendees are:Saturday, October 5th 7 am-5 pm, Sunday, October 6 from 7 am-5 pm and Monday, October 7thfrom 7:30am-1 pm. You can also still register for virtual or on-demand options at www.nysvc.org.Please be aware that the Controlled Substance sessions have been rescheduled for Sunday, October 6th at 2:45 PM (Part I) and 4:10 PM (Part II).
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 at squirini@nysvms.org.
Cornell Public Health selected as national public health partner for CDC
Cornell University CVM
Faculty and staff within Cornell’s Department of Public & Ecosystem Health have been funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce to help strengthen the public health system in the United States. As part of the National Partners Cooperative Agreement, the recipient organizations will receive a part of the $176 million in funding for the first year of a five-year-cycle.
Congress considers bill helping with costs of veterinary care, pet insurance
AVMA
New bipartisan legislation introduced in Congress would help Americans manage the costs of veterinary care and pet insurance by including expenses for pets and service animals under tax-advantaged health savings accounts (HSA) and flexible spending accounts (FSA). The People and Animals Well-being (PAW) Act (H.R. 9508) amends Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations to allow pet owners to use their HSA or FSA accounts to cover up to $1,000 for veterinary care or a pet health insurance plan. These funds would be available for those with service animals as well within current HSA and FSA contribution limits.
USDA adding HPAI to dairy beef–surveillance programs as virus continues to spread
AVMA
The outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI, more specifically avian influenza type A H5N1), continues among U.S. dairy cattle after its initial discovery in that species this spring. Since March, H5N1 outbreaks have been confirmed in dairy cattle in over 200 herds. This includes 17 dairy cow operations in California, making it 14th state with dairy herds that have tested positive for the virus.
Survey for practice owners regarding early career vets
NC State CVM
Cornell University CVM graduate Mariea Ross-Estrada, DVM is conducting a research study for NC State CVM examining the expectations of early career graduates in small animal dentistry. By participating, you will help inform future educational strategies, such as developing areas that require more attention in the curriculum and opportunities to further enhance competence during veterinary school, in addition to skills that require additional training after graduation and opportunities to further enhance competence after graduation. The survey is designed for small animal veterinary practice owners or medical directors in the US that have supervised a veterinarian that has graduated since May 2021. Your participation in this survey is completely voluntary and anonymous. If you have any questions, contact: Dr. Mariea Ross-Estrada atmdrosses@ncsu.edu [mdrosses@ncsu.edu]. The survey will take about 15 minutes to complete. You can access the survey here: https://ncsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9nyjShmzMzTSJbE.
Researchers discover fecal transplants can benefit canines with epilepsy
DVM360
Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) and the Center for Systems Neuroscience in Hannover, Germany, shared findings from a joint study that showed fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) can have a positive impact on canines suffering from epilepsy. The researchers discovered that FMT can reduce negative mental health symptoms in these patients, especially those who have a type of epilepsy that is resistant to drug treatment.
5 common horse feeding mistakes
The Horse
Every day, multiple times a day, you feed your horse. It’s part of the lifestyle of owning horses, and we’ve all learned to appreciate the smell of freshly baled hay and molasses-flavored grain before we’ve had our own morning coffee.
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