You’ve probably heard that it takes a village to raise a child. Well, it takes a hill – as in Capitol Hill – to create, nurture and pass legislation, and the AVMA’s Governmental Relations Division is a key player in that process. You need look no further than the Veterinary Services Investment Act (VSIA) to [...] Read more
Categories: Advocacy, Animal Health, Councils and Committees, Food Animals, Leadership, Outreach, Workforce Issues
Did you hear about the cat that came down with the flu? Such a line might be the start of a joke in some circles, but the fact that the novel 2009 H1N1 virus was confirmed in a cat in Iowa was serious business for veterinarians.
When news broke Nov. 4 that the cat tested positive [...] Read more
Categories: Animal Health, Companion Animals, Outreach, Veterinarian Resources
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was looking for veterinary representation on its National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee, officials there turned to the AVMA to lend expertise in helping develop a “nationwide, robust and integrated” approach to enhance national security and public health surveillance.
Dr. Heather Case, who at the time was an assistant director [...] Read more
Categories: Advocacy, Animal Health, Councils and Committees, Disaster Preparedness, Executive Board, General, Leadership, One Health, Scientific Issues, Veterinarian Resources
When we launched AVMA@Work back in the fall of 2007, we did so because we had heard from many of our members that they wanted to know more about what the AVMA does for them. Apart from convention, insurance and our journals, you asked, what’s the bang for my membership buck?
Well, you didn’t stop there. [...] Read more
Categories: Advocacy, Animal Health, Animal Welfare, Companion Animals, Convention, Councils and Committees, Disaster Preparedness, Drugs and Therapeutics, Executive Board, Food Animals, General, International Issues, JAVMA, Leadership, One Health, Outreach, Policies and Governance, Scientific Issues, Workforce Issues
In keeping with a “more-information-is-better” theme, our Communications and Membership and Field Services divisions, with an assist from the AVMA Council on Veterinary Service, also recently updated our microchipping backgrounder and FAQ. There’s been a lot of great information coming out over the past few years that fills a lot of the gaps about what [...] Read more
Categories: Animal Health, Animal Welfare, Companion Animals, Councils and Committees, Outreach, Veterinarian Resources
You might recall that we included a mention in last month’s AVMA@Work about a new reference guide we created for the public that deals with zoonotic risks associated with hunting. It generated a lot of interest – so far, more than 400 of you have checked it out through the link we provided – and [...] Read more
Categories: Animal Health, Companion Animals, Councils and Committees, One Health, Outreach, Veterinarian Resources
Dear Colleagues,
You’ve heard of the “Easy Button,” haven’t you? You know, that ubiquitous advertising slogan by Staples? Heck, you might have bought your own Easy Button, and if you did, chances are it’s still sitting on someone’s desk somewhere.
The idea behind the marketing slogan is to convince customers looking for office supplies that going the [...] Read more
Categories: Advocacy, Animal Health, Animal Welfare, Companion Animals, Councils and Committees, Education and Student Matters, Food Animals, General, International Issues, Outreach, Veterinarian Resources, Veterinary Economics, Workforce Issues
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