http://atwork.avma.org/2009/03/18/you-asked-for-it/ News and updates on what the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is doing to advance the veterinary medical profession and protect the interests of veterinarians and the animals and humans they serve. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:02:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://atwork.avma.org/2009/03/18/you-asked-for-it/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Bernadine Cruz Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:16:08 +0000 http://atwork.avma.org/?p=267#comment-15 Kudos, congratulations, well done, bravo!!!! I have always enjoyed the succinct offerings of AVMA@Work. Being interactive is spectacular. Having the personnel to monitor the responses must be a pain but a necessary one. AVMA is proving that it truly is the 'go to' organization for the profession. I would only ask that this communique be sent to all AVMA members. My dues are being well spent. Bernadine Cruz, DVM Kudos, congratulations, well done, bravo!!!! I have always enjoyed the succinct offerings of AVMA@Work. Being interactive is spectacular. Having the personnel to monitor the responses must be a pain but a necessary one. AVMA is proving that it truly is the ‘go to’ organization for the profession. I would only ask that this communique be sent to all AVMA members. My dues are being well spent.
Bernadine Cruz, DVM

]]> http://atwork.avma.org/2009/03/18/you-asked-for-it/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Margie L. Garrett, DVM Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:06:50 +0000 http://atwork.avma.org/?p=267#comment-14 It is mandatory to make the ID system required. I don't care for being the police, but being the police with no requirement is ridiculous. I look at the USDA papers as part of my legal responsibility and if the CEM test papers ask for the Premise ID, I want to fill that in completely. So, I call around to find out it is required in one state and not in another. The owners have it opposite; as in, the one from the state in which it is suggested have the ID, but the one to which the horse has been sent as a lesson horse is required, but does not. It drives me bonkers, and I hate that it is not required. As an ASERT veterinarian, should the necessity occur that quarantine will be enforced by my state officials, I am to survey and report the situation as it stands when I arrive. Having at least some indication of what I am to report in numbers and species would make my responsibility so much more succinct. Having and owning animals is a responsibility, not a right and we need numbers and premise ID's for situations such as these. It is mandatory to make the ID system required. I don’t care for being the police, but being the police with no requirement is ridiculous. I look at the USDA papers as part of my legal responsibility and if the CEM test papers ask for the Premise ID, I want to fill that in completely. So, I call around to find out it is required in one state and not in another. The owners have it opposite; as in, the one from the state in which it is suggested have the ID, but the one to which the horse has been sent as a lesson horse is required, but does not. It drives me bonkers, and I hate that it is not required. As an ASERT veterinarian, should the necessity occur that quarantine will be enforced by my state officials, I am to survey and report the situation as it stands when I arrive. Having at least some indication of what I am to report in numbers and species would make my responsibility so much more succinct. Having and owning animals is a responsibility, not a right and we need numbers and premise ID’s for situations such as these.

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