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1. NOTICE: 2016 VMLRP Shortage Situations map now posted on the NIFA website
NIFA News Release
March 31, 2016
Shortage situations can be found at the link below or through hyperlinks throughout our website.
Continue to watch our website www.nifa.usda.gov/vmlrp over the next couple of weeks for the Request for Applications (RFA) release with anticipated 45 days open period.
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2. Bat-killing disease found in Washington state
Associated Press
NWCN.com
March 31, 2016
SEATTLE, Wash. -- A fungal disease that has killed millions of bats has been confirmed in Washington state.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday it's the first time white-nose syndrome has turned up in the western United States.
The U.S. Geological Survey's National Wildlife Health Center verified the disease in a little brown bat found this month in North Bend, about 30 miles east of Seattle.
Officials say the news is concerning because the disease spreads rapidly. It has killed more than 6 million bats in 28 states and five Canadian provinces since it was first documented nearly a decade ago in New York.
Wildlife officials plan to monitor the area in Washington state where the sick bat was found to find out whether other bats are affected.
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3. Ag Secretary says state better prepared to deal with bird flu this year [IA]
RadioIowa.com
March 31, 2016
The first case of avian influenza was confirmed in Iowa almost one year ago. Within a few months, the disease had wiped out more than 34 million chickens and turkeys on 77 Iowa poultry operations.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey says he's hopeful we won't see a repeat this year, but if we do, the state is better prepared.
"We're recognizing that last year it was really tough to respond as fast as it came," Northey says. "It was tough to respond as fast as we needed to to put birds down that were starting to get sick. The goal from U.S.D.A. and all of us now is to get the birds put down within 24 hours of a confirmation."
Northey says one major change that's been implemented is in how state and federal agriculture officials interact with owner/operators where avian flu has been confirmed.
"We will dedicate somebody from the Department of Ag and Land Stewardship to work directly with that farmer," Northey says. "That person won't change through the whole process. The U.S.D.A. has changed their process as well in how they will work with folks. There will be more continuity there instead of that constant churn that happened last time."
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4. AAEP Offers Summer Continuing Education Programs [edited]
Animal.AgWired.com
March 31, 2016
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) is presenting three continuing education meetings during summer 2016 for equine veterinarians to use as resources to supplement their foundational knowledge with the latest diagnostics and treatments in core areas of horse health. Each meeting will feature a team of presenters from both private practice and academia.
Events include a 360� meeting on equine neck pain, held June 19-22, in at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. The forum will integrate lectures and small group wet labs into an immersive, hands-on learning experience. This program is limited to 20 participants, and is designed to help attendees improve their use of in-the-field imagining diagnostics and therapeutic modalities to identify and treat cervical spine issues.
Two jointly held Focus meetings will also be held this summer in New Orleans, Louisiana, from July 25-27. The Focus meetings are designed to present current, evidence-based knowledge in distinct areas of medicine and will enable attendees to participate in sessions of both meetings for one price.
Registration for each summer meeting is now open. To view a scientific program, register, or make hotel reservations, visit the registration website*.
[* See: http://www.aaep.org/info/education ]
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5. PEDV diagnostic reimbursement ends April 30
Source: National Pork Board
National Hog Farmer
March 31, 2016
If you need to submit any diagnostic samples that you think may reveal porcine epidemic diarrhea virus or related swine enteric coronavirus diseases, you better hurry. The USDA's Animal and Plant and Health Inspection Service will end reimbursement of the costs related to testing of samples for SECD, including PEDV, for samples received by participating diagnostic labs after April 30.
APHIS' Veterinary Services, which began the reimbursement program in June 2014, says pork producers may continue to conduct diagnostic sampling after April 30, but it will not provide reimbursement for the testing. The agency will, however, be engaging in discussions with stakeholders to determine the future of the SECD program, including how SECD fits into the future of comprehensive and integrated swine surveillance and other swine health activities.
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6. First Case of TB in a Rhino Confirmed in Nepal
By Grace Williams
FoxNews.com
March 30, 2016
Researchers at a wildlife conservation preserve in Nepal's Chitwan National Park, have announced the first confirmed case of tuberculosis (TB) in a young female Asian One-horned rhino. This discovery is the first infectious disease discovered in the rhino population and a crucial step in the fight for rhino conservation.
The discovery has been published in a paper in Emerging Infectious Disease and is the result of research that began in 2012. The research called on experts and organizations that included the Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife (VIEW), the National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC).
Although poaching has been eliminated altogether since 2013, Chitwan National Park still saw 31 rhino deaths due to unknown circumstances over the past five years. Until recently, the inability to pinpoint the cause of these deaths was due to a lack of having proper systems in place to investigate the culprit.
Researchers discovered that the organism responsible for causing TB in the rhino is part of the Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Complex (MTBC) group. It is a close relative of organisms that cause TB in humans and cattle.
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7. Bernard Rollin lauded with lifetime achievement award
By Colorado State University
EurekAlert
March 31, 2016
He has a Great Dane named Molly and a stocky pit bull named King. His friends describe him as extremely intelligent and sometimes combative, though they also add that he's kind, caring, honest, passionate and thoughtful.
These qualities and characteristics have helped make Bernard Rollin, Colorado State University Distinguished Professor, the scholar and bioethics expert that he is today. They've also placed him at the top of the list to receive career-defining awards.
Rollin will be honored Friday, April 1, in Bellevue, Wash., with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Research Ethics from Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research, a nonprofit organization founded in 1974. PRIM&R has created professional standards and credentials for the research ethics realm and is active in public policy.
Rollin is the first award recipient recognized for animal care and use, and only the eighth person to receive the award since 2001. The award recognizes individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the field of research ethics and, more specifically, honors people whose work has been seminal, exemplary and the embodiment of a commitment to advancing research ethics.
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