March, 2024

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World Veterinary Day celebrates veterinarians as essential health workers

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The World Veterinary Association (WVA) and Health for Animals announced that this year’s theme is “Veterinarians are essential health workers.” The 2024 World Veterinary Day will be held on April 27 and is an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of veterinarians to the health of animals, people, and the environment.

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A Little Neck-breaking Never Hurt

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Tropical forests that are worlds away from comfortable feeder set-ups are notorious for making birders work for their sightings. Operating in the sphere of ecotourism, I understand the undeniable appeal of luxury birding – sipping coffee in flip-flops behind a tripod, binoculars within comfortable reach as multitudes of multicoloured birds descend upon the mossiest of perches at eye level to gorge on ripe bananas and papaya.

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Cross River Gorilla Facts: Habitat, Diet, Scientific Name, Population & Predators

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This page describes Cross River Gorilla Facts, Habitat, Diet, Scientific Name, Population, Predators, lifecycle & characteristics. ​ Cross River Gorilla Facts A subspecies of the western gorilla, the cross-river gorilla is known by its scientific name, Gorilla gorilla diehli. Though they are getting harder to find, Paul Matschie named the cross-river gorilla a new species in 1904.

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Number of NAVLE test takers increase as overall scores decrease

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The number of North American Veterinary Licensing Examination (NAVLE) candidates has been climbing in the past few years. At the same time, the ultimate performance passing rate has been on the decline in the past four cycles. This rate indicates passage of the test by the time of graduation for senior students from veterinary colleges accredited by the AVMA Council on Education (AVMA COE).

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More veterinary colleges in line for accreditation evaluations

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The AVMA Council on Education (AVMA COE) will have its hands full with 14 scheduled site visits for the remainder of this year. Among them are five consultative site visits to proposed veterinary programs vying for accreditation.

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Better integrating the robust veterinary technician skill set into practice

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Credentialed veterinary technicians (CVTs) are versatile members of the veterinary care team, expertly tackling responsibilities in nursing, imaging, laboratory procedures, pharmacology, anesthesia, and more. In all, the entry level CVT is required to master more than 200 tasks.

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WOAH celebrates 100th anniversary

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The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as the OIE) celebrated its 100th anniversary on January 25 with an online event that reviewed the organization’s history, evolution, and vision of the future of animal welfare worldwide.

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New listings in AVMA Veterinary Clinical Trials Registry – March 2024

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More than a dozen veterinary clinical studies have been added to the AVMA Veterinary Clinical Trials Registry, formerly the AVMA Animal Health Studies Database, including a canine osteosarcoma clinical trial at Johns Hopkins University

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BLM bans cyanide bombs on public lands amid safety concerns

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The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is taking steps to stop the use of M-44 devices that deliver sodium cyanide on public land. Cyanide bombs are used to kill predator species that prey on livestock, but the devices unintentionally kill thousands of animals each year.

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American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians – October 12-18, 2023

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The American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) held its 66th annual meeting from October 12-18, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland. The AAVLD presented awards and seated new officials.

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Education Department issues loan forgiveness for certain borrowers, extends recertification deadline

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The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced on February 21 that it will forgive $1.2 billion in loans for nearly 153,000 eligible borrowers. In addition, the deadline for student loan borrowers to recertify their income annually to remain in an IDR plan has been extended.

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United States Animal Health Association – October 12-18, 2023

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The United States Animal Health Association (USAHA) held its 127th annual meeting from October 12-18, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland. The USAHA presented awards and seated new officials.

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Covetrus to pay $23M in fines for misbranded drugs

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Covetrus’ North American subsidiary pleaded guilty in federal court on February 12 to introducing and delivering misbranded veterinary prescription drugs into interstate commerce. As part of the agreement, Covetrus will serve up to three years of probation and pay more than $23 million in criminal fines and forfeitures.

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Updated guidance on canine leptospirosis reflects better understanding of disease

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The latest consensus statement on leptospirosis in dogs from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine features the latest understanding about the zoonotic disease to help veterinarians care for their canine patients.

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Study: Fair pay, appreciation for work top factors in employee retention

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The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) released the “Stay, Please: Factors That Support Retention and Drive Attrition in the Veterinary Profession” study on February 16 to outline clear solutions to help practices and the veterinary industry overall improve employee retention.

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Veterinary students with Arizona ties can apply for scholarships

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The American Veterinary Medical Foundation continues to accept applications for several scholarships meant to attract new veterinarians to Arizona.

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In Memory – March 14, 2024

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Veterinarian obituaries in the “In Memory” section of the Journal of the AVMA, March 14, 2024

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Celebrating a Waxwing Winter

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Bohemian Waxwings are the rock stars of the bird world. No other bird on the British list has quite the same allure, or ability to tempt people to travel long distances to see them. It’s not difficult to see why. For a start, they are extraordinarily beautiful birds, and there’s nothing else quite like them. Given a good view, you can’t possibly confuse one with any other bird (other than its North American cousin, the Cedar Waxwing, an exceedingly rare vagrant on this side of the Atlantic).

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Andalucia’s City-Slicker Falcons

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Lesser Kestrels are one of those birds that have a special fascination for British birdwatchers. They are very rare birds in Britain, but have been recorded from Scilly in the south to Fair Isle in the north. They can be challenging to identify, especially if you haven’t seen one before, though with experience they are not really so difficult. Lesser Kestrel really is an appropriate name, for they are a lesser bird than the familiar Common Kestrel.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

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Hongbenghe is directly at the border to Myanmar – before COVID-19, it was easy enough to walk across the border on foot, but now a monstrous long steel and barbed-wire fence separates the two countries. Very appealing to tourists nostalgic for that iron curtain feeling. This is the home of the Rusty-naped Pitta , admittedly one of the less glamorous of the family, particularly the subspecies found in Yunnan, but still a nice sight and still a pitta.

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A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands

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Birders know that some of the finest birding locations in the country are on federal land , which include national parks , wildlife refuges , forests , monuments , and seashores , among others. These lands support countless birds, either year-round, as migratory stopovers, or as breeding grounds. But what else should birders know? There are Vast Amounts of Federal Land Approximately 28% of the entire land area of the United States is federal land , about 640 million acres.

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More Winter Birding in Bonn

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Winter birding in Bonn generally appears to be rather bleak, but I can’t really complain with the Wallcreeper that spent several weeks just outside the city. Now that this bird has seemingly moved on, I had to find other species to distract me, but fortunately that was not too hard. Adding to a post in January on birding in Bonn in winter , I have had the chance to get out on a few more birding walks here and there in the city on weekends.

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You Work with What You’ve Got

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… And sometimes that’s a lot. Last week, I failed to produce a post, because I was getting ready to spend a week in Mexico’s tropical state of Tabasco. I am teaching for 25 hours in a Presbyterian Theological Seminary, as well as speaking at a Baptist church on Sunday, so there was lots of preparation involved. Because of the intensive work commitment here, I have not been able to go anywhere except the urban church and the grounds of the Seminary.

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Birds of the World: The Art of Elizabeth Gould

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I don’t remember where I first learned about Elizabeth Gould–possibly when I was birding Doi Angkhang, Thailand and saw a stunning little bird named Mrs. Gould’s Sunbird–but I have been fascinated by her story and her art for the past five years. When I saw that a book had been published about her, I ordered it even though it’s an oversized art book (some would say coffee table book), a type of book I seldom buy or read.

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Blakiston’s Fish Owl on Hokkaido

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When Jonathan Slaght did his research on Blakiston’s Fish Owl in Russia’s Far East – which he describes in his excellent book “Owls of the Eastern Ice” – he had to cope not only with extreme cold but also with rather bad music: “Katkov filled our commutes with loud music. He was particularly fond of a mix tape of Russian songs dominated by wolf-related themes, which we listened to exclusively for the first week.

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Experiencing Spring at EVOA

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The sentinels of a Portuguese spring were singing. While walking the dog I could hear Serin , Wren and several Black Redstarts proclaiming their territories. Mid-February is an early start for spring – even this far south – but spring is spring, and birds were waiting. I decided to go back to the Lezírias and specifically, visit EVOA. My plan was to do research for this post, so I decided to enter as a common mortal and not use the electronic pass.

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Oostvaardersplassen

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We know Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon as just Buffon – arguably the greatest natural historian of the 18th century. He is the Frenchman most likely to upset our American friends evidenced by the enormous number of webpages dedicated to his remarks. What remarks? Well, in his magnum opus, “Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière” Monsieur Buffon stated – without any evidence – that American nature and people were degenerate. “… que des sujets modelés en petit, des formes imparfaite

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Birding Shanghai in February 2024

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Sometimes I do not feel like writing so much. Fortunately, this is not a problem for me – all I have to do to come up with a valuable post is pull out a few of my photos, add a few snarky comments, and I am good to go. The Varied Tit which I described in an earlier post is still in Shanghai, still in the same park. It has a good chance of becoming the most photographed Shanghai bird in the past few years.

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What the rings reveal

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Most serious bird photographers dislike taking pictures of birds wearing rings (or what on the other side of the Atlantic you call bands). I can sympathise, as a shiny new ring, clamped to a bird’s leg, rarely enhances its portrait. Frustratingly, standard aluminium bird rings are almost always impossible to read unless the bird is in the hand, as even the best of photographs rarely allow the ring’s number to be read.

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Looking for a specific predator

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I heard of an animal FOREVER ago that had a unique early life, where the predator would put its eggs in the nest of prey. Not even sure it's real but if it is does anyone know what I'm talking about?

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