The 2023 NYS-VC will feature bioethics
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 hybrid 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. One topic that will be featured is bioethics.
Launch of clinic benchmarking tool hits speed bump
VIN News
The American Animal Hospital Association’s launch of a program that enables veterinary practices to compare their performance against peers was meant to be a win for the 90-year-old nonprofit accreditation organization. Some of the nearly 5,000 member hospitals had been urging the association to develop benchmarking software so practice owners could gauge their financial and productivity performance in close-to-real time. The software uses data extracted from participating clinics’ digital practice records.
Equine pre-purchase exams: What to expect
Cornell University CVM
Pre-purchase exams by qualified veterinarians take some of the guesswork out of buying a new horse. Dr. John Pigott, a specialist equine veterinary surgeon, walks us through the process and explains what to do with the information you learn.
Preventing pandemics by (not) seizing the low-hanging fruit (bat)
Cornell University CVM
As the COVID-19 pandemic slowly subsides, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) experts and colleagues from the Wildlife Conservation Society have partnered on a new analysis in The Lancet Planetary Health focused on how such surges in deaths, illness, and suffering – as well as their economic costs – can be prevented in the future. One basic solution, the authors argue, may lie in a global taboo against harming or disturbing bats and their habitats.
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.
USDA, DHS celebrate opening of National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
AVMA
The U.S. departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Homeland Security (DHS) celebrated the new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) with a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony May 24 in Manhattan, Kansas. The federal research facility, which offers the highest level of biocontainment laboratories and safety protocols, is replacing the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, located off the coast of New York. Plum Island is a biosafety level-3 facility (BSL-3) where foreign animal diseases, including foot-and-mouth disease, have been studied for more than 68 years.
New report links pet ownership with human health care savings
DVM360
A new economic report commissioned by the Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) examined the health care cost savings associated with pet ownership in the United States. Overall, the report found that pet ownership could save the United States health care system $22.7 billion annually. The report, made possible by a grant from Banfield Pet Hospital, was co-authored by Terry L. Clower, PhD and Tonya E. Thornton, PhD, MPPA, both of whom have extensive expertise in economic and public policy research, according to a release from HABRI.
10 things you might not know about puncture wounds in horses
The Horse
A horse’s puncture wound might be caused by a rusty wire or nail sticking out shoulder-high from a pole in the stall or shelter—some forgotten and overlooked, left over from when the structure was built decades ago. Or it might be a tree branch that impales the horse’s head or chest during a major thunderstorm.
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