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I was pleased to see the
As members of the AVMA Aquatic Veterinary Medical Committee, we would like to clarify components of the new AVMA policy “Veterinary Licensing in US Waters Outside State Jurisdiction,” which the AVMA Board of Directors approved during its April 2016 meeting.
Veterinarian involvement is a key factor in the health and welfare of aquatic animals raised in the United States and in waters outside of state jurisdiction. Throughout the United States, veterinarians are required for diagnosing diseases, prescribing drugs, issuing veterinary feed directives and international health certificates, and performing other duties
I am writing on behalf of Herd Health PLLC, a veterinary practice group based in Caldwell, Idaho, regarding the recently announced plan to close the Caine Veterinary Teaching Center.
In the article “Abortions in Thoroughbred mares associated with consumption of bulbosus buttercups (
First, no fetuses were recovered from the mares that aborted, and no diagnostic tests were performed on any of the
When research results are not statistically significant, authors sometimes perform post hoc analyses of the power of their statistical tests. As stated previously, however, “Calculating power using observed effect sizes is not helpful because such estimates are very poor estimates of the actual power of the test.”
Importantly, poor estimates of test power have correspondingly large 95% confidence intervals. As an example, Gordon-Evans et al,
I have been practicing veterinary medicine since January 1969 and have observed many changes in practice models over the years. One truth remains above all else: to survive, a business must remain in the black. Raising taxes, imposing unnecessary regulations, and increasing paperwork all serve to increase overhead. Either consumers pay, or the business fails.
With regard to the Fairness to Pet Owners Act (HR 3174/S 1200) currently being discussed in Congress, I worry, as I believe many veterinarians do, that mandating prescriptions for all drugs will result in lost income for veterinary
Way back in 1959, I wrote an article for the journal Modern Veterinary Practice urging the development of a formal veterinary nursing profession. Years later, I was pleased to see the establishment of the veterinary technician profession but disappointed that, unlike in the United Kingdom, the term technician was used.
So, I was delighted to see that the term veterinary nurse is again being considered.
In a recent Pathology in Practice article,
The AVMA Committee on International Veterinary Affairs (CIVA) read the recent commentary “The role of the US veterinary profession in improving livestock health and productivity and reducing poverty in the developing world”
We concur with the sentiments expressed by Dr. David Lane in his recent letter to the editor
As educators, we recognize the responsibility veterinary schools have to deliver a sustainable future for the profession and foster innovation to accomplish this. The troubling increase
