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When budgets are tight, refurbished medical equipment can provide a significant cost savings without sacrificing quality of service. DRE Veterinary has an extensive catalog of refurbished equipment selected especially for veterinarians. Louisville, KY (PRWEB) August 12, 2011 DRE Veterinary now offers a wide selection of refurbished equipment designed specifically for the vet market to help serve customers who have scaled back in this slow economy. Even in booming times, medical equipment...
WASHINGTON, July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Sunday, July 17, the board of directors of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) approved a report by the North American Veterinary Medical Education Consortium (NAVMEC) on the future of veterinary medical education. The report, "Roadmap for Veterinary Medical Education in the 21st Century: Responsive, Collaborative, Flexible," emphasizes the need for groups involved in veterinary medical education,...
Illana R. Reisner, DVM, PhD, assistant professor of behavioral medicine at Penn Vet, describes ways to prepare pets and ensure the safety of a newborn baby living in the same household. Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) July 11, 2011 Parents and family members spend countless hours trying to ensure the safety of their newborn babies after bringing them home from the hospital, from covering electrical outlets to keeping small and sharp items out of their reach. Families with pets, however, must...
High school students given opportunity to experience real life in veterinary medicine Madison, NJ (PRWEB) July 07, 2011 In an effort to reach out to future generations of veterinarians and offer them the chance to experience real-life veterinary medicine, Pfizer Animal Health announced a $50,000 contribution to Purdue University's Senior Boiler Vet Camps. Forty high school students with an interest in veterinary medicine participated in a week-long, interactive educational program in...
University teaching hospitals across the globe are relying on Ross Group's Universal Veterinary Information System for electronic medical records. Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) July 06, 2011 Ross Group Inc (RGI) announced final contract award of the Universal Veterinary Information System (UVIS) with the University of Pretoria located in South Africa. "UVIS (Universal Veterinary Information System) is an enterprise level software package that manages all major aspects of hospital and lab...
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Our country faces a critical shortage of veterinarians and veterinary medical services in certain areas designated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Legislation introduced today by U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee chairwoman Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, aims to direct resources to help solve the problems. American Veterinary Medical...
Platt College partners with VCA Animal Hospitals to Offer Associate of Science in Veterinary Technology Los Angeles and Ontario, CA (PRWEB) May 18, 2011 Platt College is excited to partner with VCA Animal Hospitals, a leading provider of pet health care services in the United States, to offer its Associate of Science program in Veterinary Technology. The 18 month program, initially offered at the Alhambra campus of Platt College, will begin in July, 2011. The College plans to open the...
UNION CITY, Calif., May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Abaxis, Inc. (NasdaqGS: ABAX), a medical products company manufacturing point-of-care blood analysis systems, announced today that it was awarded $650,000 from the Kansas Bioscience Authority to help set up the first laboratory testing facility for veterinarians nationwide in Olathe, Kansas. The authority's board of directors on May 9, 2011 approved the three-year grant during meetings in Wichita, Kansas. In January 2011, Abaxis formed a...
GUELPH, Ontario, April 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- To assist veterinarians with the growing number of Spanish speaking pet owners, LifeLearn, Inc. has launched a Spanish language module for its ClientEd Online(TM) product line. This module will initially add 149 Spanish client education articles to ClientEd Online's catalog of 1,200 handouts. New Spanish articles will be added monthly. ClientEd Online is a web-based library of articles designed to help veterinary practices educate their...
NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Animal Medical Center in New York City is pleased to announce the appointment of Roger Avery Bennett, Jr., DVM, MS to the position of Chief of Surgery. Prior to joining The Animal Medical Center (AMC), Dr. Bennett, Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons, was Professor of Small Animal Surgery at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Medicine in Urbana, IL with appointments in soft tissue, oncologic, orthopedic...
