The 2023 NYS-VC will feature the small animal internal medicine track
NYSVMS
Registration is open 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 once again 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, with something for everyone. One of the topics that will be featured is small animal internal medicine.
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.
Cornell helps canine cancer warrior with tricky jaw tumor
Cornell University CVM
Ever since she was rescued as a puppy, Elley, an eight-year-old xoloitzcuintli, or Mexican hairless dog, has been there for her devoted owner. Joe Franch, who lives in the Rochester area, was diagnosed with stage-three colon cancer several years ago. Elley was allowed into the hospital to comfort her owner at his bedside. Following the breakdown of his relationship with his fiancé around the same time, Elley supported him.
Eight students receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards
Cornell University CVM
A diverse group of students and recent graduates representing Cornell’s four contract colleges has been selected to receive the 2023 State University of New YorkChancellor’s Award for Student Excellence [https://system.suny.edu/university-life/student-excellence/](CASE). The award acknowledges outstanding achievements that demonstrate excellence in areas including academics, leadership, campus involvement, community service or the arts. A recognition ceremony for nearly 200 awardees across the SUNY system will be held April 24 at the Albany Capital Center.
AVMF, Purina Pro Plan expand charitable care program to support veterinarians, clients
AVMA
Veterinarians often face conflict and ethical distress in the normal course of practice, especially when it comes to determining a treatment for a patient and the clients’ inability to meet the increasing costs of veterinary care. In a 2017 JAVMA survey of small animal veterinarians, 77% of respondents reported that the economic limitations of clients were either a moderate or primary contributor to their level of professional burnout.
New treaty established to protect marine biodiversity, conservation of the high seas
AVMA
For the first time, United Nations (UN) members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas. The agreement was reached March 4 after two weeks of talks. An updated framework to protect marine life in the regions outside national boundary waters, known as the high seas, had been in discussions for more than 20 years. This internationally legally binding agreement is referred to as the Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) treaty.
Untangling surgical snags
DVM360
Surgery comes with a collection of scary possibilities, from anesthetic crises to runaway bleeds to introduced infection. But the patient is not the only one who suffers from these hitches: It is also the surgeon who bears scars. “I read the (social media) posts of veterinarians who are really suffering from the anxiety and stress of surgical complications, and the psychological impact is interesting,” said Philipp Mayhew, BVMS, DACVS, professor of soft tissue and minimally invasive surgery at the University of California, Davis School of Veterinary Medicine during his lecture “Surgical Complications: Risk, Mitigation & How to Cope When They Occur,” at the 2023 Western Veterinary Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Hives in horses
The Horse
At all times a horse’s body is under siege from the abundance of microorganisms present everywhere. A healthy immune system keeps these minute organisms at bay as inflammatory cells wage invisible battles to repel foreign proteins (antigens) attempting to invade the body. Normally, the immune system holds its line of defense without the horse even knowing that its immune system is at work.
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