AVMA News
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Summary: As of early December, cases of canine infectious respiratory disease complex (CIRDC) have been seen by veterinarians in multiple states. While nationwide numbers are not known, Colorado, New Hampshire, and Oregon officials are working with state and federal veterinary diagnostic laboratories to determine the underlying cause or causes.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Did you know that my wife actually invented the binocular spotting scope? I lack proof of this but she did, honestly. As a scout would say “On my honour it is so”. Seriously though, we were walking our dog at the local park when out of the blue she said (and she is not into birding at all) “ You know what would be great. If that telescope thingamajig of yours had two eyepieces instead of one.
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Reddit Animals
DECEMBER 3, 2023
I m posting this to any exotic bug/ animal sub I can bc I DESPERATELY need an answer All my stick insects are dying, I have a mix of Indian and Vietnamese stick Insects. But I went from 9 to now 3. I got them about 2/3 months ago and everything was fine, they were lively and eating well, but about 5 weeks into having them the younger Indian ones started dropping to the bottom, I put them in a small container and some of them got a bit better but the others died, And I noticed decreased activity
AVMA News
DECEMBER 4, 2023
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this November approved Bonqat, a nerve pain medication for cats to alleviate acute anxiety and fear associated with transportation and veterinary visits.
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AVMA News
DECEMBER 29, 2023
Dr. Kwane Stewart, the founder of Project Street Vet, was voted CNN’s Hero of the Year and will receive a $100,000 prize and an additional $300,000 from the Elevate Prize Foundation to continue his work providing veterinary care for pets of those experiencing homelessness.
AVMA News
DECEMBER 18, 2023
As part of Governor Roy Cooper’s North Carolina Opioid Action Plan, a new law will require the state’s veterinarians to report the use of gabapentin even though it is not a controlled substance. HB 190 goes into effect March 1, 2024, for pharmacies and March 1, 2025, for veterinarians.
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AVMA News
DECEMBER 20, 2023
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on December 14 announced it has issued nine warning letters to manufacturers and distributors of unapproved and misbranded medically important antimicrobial animal drugs for violating federal law.
AVMA News
DECEMBER 15, 2023
The AVMA House of Delegates, during its regular winter session, being held January 5-6, 2024, in Chicago, will vote on six resolutions that would amend AVMA policies. These policies deal with noncommercial transportation of pets, management of dog and cat populations, and raw pet food diets, among other issues.
AVMA News
DECEMBER 27, 2023
The ongoing outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus seen throughout the world is unlike previous HPAI outbreaks in terms of severity and the wide range of bird species it infects. Vaccines are being considered among other possible solutions.
AVMA News
DECEMBER 8, 2023
The 23rd annual AVMA Animal Welfare Assessment Contest, or AWJAC, took place November 17-19 at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Participants completed in-person assessments of the welfare of animals in a variety of scenarios, including laboratory rats, farmed bison, cage-free laying hens, and tortoises in a zoo.
AVMA News
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Summary: The American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners (AASRP) held its annual meeting virtually on August 16. The AASRP presented an award and seated new officials.
AVMA News
DECEMBER 21, 2023
New listings are posted in the AVMA Animal Health Studies Database, including a study evaluating a monoclonal antibody treatment in combination with radiation therapy in dogs with oral malignant melanoma.
AVMA News
DECEMBER 27, 2023
The South Carolina Association of Veterinarians (SCAV) held its annual meeting from November 9-12, 2023, in Spartanburg. The SCAV presented awards and seated new officials.
AVMA News
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Phi Zeta, the international honor society of veterinary medicine, recently presented the 2023 Research Manuscript Awards to Drs. Kristin Bowers and William Crosby.
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AVMA News
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Technological developments can help many areas of practice management. It’s just a matter of taking the time and effort to make it happen, according to panelists at the “Veterinary Medicine, Innovation, and Technology” session at the 2023 AVMA Veterinary Business and Economic Forum, held virtually October 24-25.
AVMA News
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Kenneth Adler, PhD, professor of cell biology at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, and Masanobu Yamamoto, adjunct professor in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences at Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, will be inducted as fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.
AVMA News
DECEMBER 13, 2023
The Massachusetts VMA (MVMA) held a celebration to honor the recipients of its Distinguished Service and Merit awards on October 28, 2023, in Cape Cod.
AVMA News
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Andrew Busch, an economic futurist, consultant, and speaker, anticipates the U.S. economy bottoming out at the end of 2024 after hitting peak growth this year. However, Busch doesn’t foresee a recession, partly because of strong employment numbers. He was a keynote speaker at the 2023 AVMA Veterinary Business and Economic Forum, held virtually October 24-25.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 2, 2023
The Dutch Island of Texel is well-known amongst European birders due to the exciting number and quality of birds it attracts during spring and autumn migration times. Although not as exciting as Helgoland, which I covered here recently , Texel is an excellent location in its own right. I spent three full days on Texel in late October, which was just about enough to cover this surprisingly large island.
AVMA News
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Veterinarian obituaries in the “In Memory” section of the Journal of the AVMA, December 21, 2023
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 9, 2023
Well, writing posts for 10,000 Birds is probably not the right way to get there. But if you are interested in birds and think you might enjoy writing blog posts for our site – either occasionally or regularly – please contact us. We are still looking for writers. The post Want to be famous? first appeared on 10,000 Birds.
AVMA News
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Summary: Veterinarian obituaries in the “In Memory” section of the Journal of the AVMA, December 7, 2023
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 25, 2023
Like the recently posted entry on birding Kabul, this isn’t really much of a birding post – it features just two or three really bad (= taken with a mobile phone; = I do not really want these photos to be associated with me as a bird photographer at all bad) photos. So, be prepared to look at a few awful bird photos and quite a few somewhat better (but still taken with a mobile phone) photos of Afghanistan, and a bit of covert advertising at the end – or skip reading this post
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2023
The Tagus estuary ( Estuário do Tejo ) is a very important stop-over on the E ast Atlantic Flyway. The birding delights of the estuary are a 30-minute drive from the Lisbon international airport. So close, you would think there’s nothing one can do to improve the location of this fantastic birding spot. However, the Portuguese government thinks otherwise and intends to put the international airport on top of the birding – indeed much closer and yet, not an improvement.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Well, I have been away from this site, for far too long. I’m sorry. And since I suspect there may be others out there who, like I, feel something of a personal connection with 10,000 Birds’ regular writers, I feel the need to explain my absence. If you don’t wish to read all this personal stuff, please do jump to the bottom of this post, to get to the feathered stuff.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 16, 2023
The pier in Ijmuiden, a coastal town west of Amsterdam, is a popular sea-watching site in the Netherlands as it allows one to get further out than from the beach. It is an excellent site in the winter months in particular, when seabirds including ducks, divers and grebes are quite reliable here. I’ve visited Ijmuiden once before, but due to strong wind the pier was closed during that visit.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Sunbirds are basically hummingbirds without any danger of Trumpism or MAGA ideology. And they think in meters and kilograms rather than in weird non-matching units such as feet and pounds. Apparently, convergent evolution has spared them from taking up these more unpleasant aspects of hummingbirds. So, not much that is not to like about hummingbirds, particularly as they also frequently perch (unlike hummingbirds), which makes the life of the bird photographer so much easier.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Right. I did not actually go to Afghanistan for birding. I had another reason for that, trying to support a local NGO and its projects to educate Afghan women – something that is extremely important due to the current Taliban ban on female education past 6th grade. In a barely disguised advertising plug, I will explain more at the end of this post (and probably in some other posts describing my travels in Afghanistan).
AVMA News
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Veterinarians and students in foreign countries can make use of the unused textbooks, journals, instruments, equipment, and other supplies cluttering many veterinary clinics in the United States.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 9, 2023
Before anything else, a confession. Most of the lifers I saw in Denver were named after (in)famous people, so Messrs. Say, Bullock, Brewer, and Cassin will lose their English namesakes in the recently announced renaming game. To avoid writing a non-woke post I planned to mention scientific names only. And then I saw the species names attached to the aforementioned gentlemen’s avian namesakes and gave up… So, my attempt at political correctness has been thwarted by the 18th century rules of taxon
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