veterinarians

Taking a strategic approach to parasite control pays off for cattle producers. The Washington Ag Network's Michael Clements takes a look. If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio... Read More ...

A group of Mexican veterinarians who recently lost a lawsuit they filed against an Idaho dairy under human trafficking laws say they’ll appeal the case to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.  Attorneys for the veterinarians filed the notice of appeal in Boise’s U.S. District Cour...

Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, became the first simulation program in the U.S. to be accredited by the Society for Simulation in Health Care Accreditation.  Doctors and nurses at WSU have used simulation for years to train veterinarians.  School o...

The Washington state Department of Agriculture has quarantined a Thurston County facility after a case of non-neuropathogenic equine herpes was detected in a horse.  Known as the wildtype strain of EHV-1, this strain tends to be less contagious.  Bu...

The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture is taking steps to address veterinary shortages in rural America.  The agency says 74 food animal and public health veterinarians will get educational loan assistance in exchange for a three-year commitment to practice in a USDA-designated veterinary shortage area.   The aw...

USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service is looking to hire more veterinarians.   “All across the country, we have vacancies and we have approximately 100 vacancies,” said Carmen Rotenberg, USDA Acting Deputy Undersecretary for FSIS.  She said that figure repr...

The American Veterinary Medical Association says veterinary shortages are threatening animal health, public health and the livelihoods of farmers and ranchers.  On Wednesday, the association urged Congress to help address the issue by passing legislation called the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act.   ...

A new competitive grant from the USDA is hoping to increase the number of veterinarians that can work on large farm animals.   Sonny Ramaswamy said even though there has been an increase in pet hospitals and clinics…   “We’ve had a very significant shortage of veterinarians practicing on large animals, farm animals I should say.”   The Veterinary Ser...