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#Whatthefluff Magic Trick for Dogs Goes Viral
A recent viral video trend has been circulating all over social media, and it is brightening everyone’s mood. The #whatthefluff challenge is essentially a magic trick that pet parents are performing for their dogs. All that is required is…
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Reflections and inspirations: My year as your AVMA president
President’s Column: Dr. Mike Topper Exhilarating. Rewarding. Gratifying. As I pen my final president’s column, these are just a few words that immediately come to mind as I reflect on my experiences over the past year. Serving our association as…
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A Killdeer Bird, Her Nest and a Music Festival
Ottawa’s biggest music festival, Bluesfest, is a two-week music showcase filled with artists from all over the world. The festival doesn’t just feature blues bands—it also includes musical artists from all sorts of genres, like Beck, Bryan Adams, Brett Eldredge,…
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Stories
A large part of our time here has been spent meeting with veterinarians who work in different capacities throughout government organizations (such as USDA-APHIS, Department of Defense, FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine, National Institutes of Health) as well as veterinarians…
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Learn about wellbeing and financial health in July webinars
Wellbeing and financial health are critical issues that affect all veterinarians, and the AVMA will present CE webinars in July to broaden your understanding in both areas. Part of our Lead & Learn education series, these webinars will provide valuable…
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It’s Bufo Toad Season: Take Care With Your Dogs
If you live in Florida or are planning a trip down to the Sunshine State with your dogs, it is important to be aware of the lurking threat of cane toads (more commonly known as Bufo toads). Bufo toads…
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Baby Cow Finds Refuge With Wild Herd of Deer
Over a year ago at a farm in Holland, New York, a cow named Bonnie was born. The farm raises cattle for beef, so Bonnie’s future seemed to already be sealed. But Bonnie had other ideas. At just 4…
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Comments invited on proposed new specialty
Should equine diagnostic imaging be recognized as a veterinary specialty? The American Board of Veterinary Specialties is seeking public comment on that question until mid-September. An organizing committee has submitted a petition to the American Board of Veterinary Specialties requesting…
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Study Shows How Bumblebees and Flowers Communicate
Science has found that flowers work in a variety of ways to attract bees and other pollinators to them in order to speed up the pollination process. A recent study found that bumblebees not only follow the visual cues—lines…
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The House on the Hill
This week was a busy one with an array of critical hearings, several informative meetings and an orchestrated email campaign to try to get face time with legislative assistants working for members of Congress in an effort to discuss several…
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