Veterinary

Researchers at the University of Kentucky and University of Louisville have produced a more complete picture of the horse reference genome.

International equine welfare veterinarian Alex Atock published a memoir of pathfinding organizational change to benefit “My Friend the Horse.”

The Henry Schein Disaster Relief Hotline is open for veterinarians who experience operational, logistical or financial issues as a result of damage caused by the fires.

AVMA PLIT wants to help veterinarians and veterinary staff minimize identity theft and remain safe and secure in the digital world.

The equine vet tech/assistant winners this year were Lisa Amtower and Ashley Cashwell.

Dr. David Frisbie, professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences and an equine surgeon, has been named director of the C. Wayne McIlwraith Translational Medicine Institute.

The second International Veterinary Endurance Conference (IVEC) will take place September 9 before WEG Tryon 2018.

The 2018 BEVA Congress, which runs September 12-15, contains a wealth of sessions on succession planning as well as practice finance, human resources and marketing.

BEVA has welcomed the news that the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has relaxed its recently imposed restrictions on the sale of the essential equine pain killer flunixin by allowing the release of stock from manufacturers.

Dr. Sue Dyson is teaching vets to use an ethogram to assess pain in ridden horses.

Boehringer Ingelheim is accepting proposals for the 2018 Advancement in Equine Research Awards for Equine Respiratory Disease Research.

Veterinarians can nominate a deserving veterinary technician/assistant to win an expense-paid trip to the AAEVT/AAEP Convention!

The Equine Veterinary Journal has published a special issue to celebrate its 50th anniversary that includes special review articles in six priority areas.

Among wild animals, rabies is most often reported in skunks and raccoons but is also found in bats and foxes, and usually is transmitted from the saliva of an infected animal into a bite wound.

The AVDA award caps Allen's 36-year career in the animal health industry.

Since being recognized a decade ago, tooth resorption and hypercementosis (EOTRH) are frequently identified in horses.

With an increasing number of anesthetic events, the horses recovered better, with improved balance and coordination and less knuckling over. There seemed to be a learned response over each anesthetic recovery event.