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AVMA Develops Extra-label Drug Use FAQs August 11, 2010 —  [Practice] The Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act (AMDUCA) passed by Congress in 1994 made extra-label drug use (ELDU) an FDA-regulated veterinary medical activity and provided veterinarians with a... Congress Acts to Address Shortfall of Veterinarians in Rural Areas August 11, 2010 — Harry Snelson [Practice] Two bills designed to alleviate the projected shortage of veterinarians in rural areas and underserved aspects of veterinary practice are currently moving through Congress.Nationwide, there are 500... GlobalVetLink Achieves Nationwide Validation August 4, 2010 —  [Practice] All Fifty States Now Authorize Veterinarians to Utilize the GVL Electronic Health Certification System. GlobalVetLink (GVL®), the leader in electronic animal health documentation, reached a long... AVMA Applauds Legislation to End Shortage of Veterinarians in Rural August 4, 2010 —  [Practice] The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) applauds U.S. Senators Tim Johnson, D-S.D., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, for introducing the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act...

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Category abbreviations: AASV=Membership information, announcements, and other information from the American Association of Swine Veterinarians; Abs.=Abstracts from journal articles of general interest to swine veterinarians.; ALERT=Used to create email alerts; An.H.=Animal Health; Conf.=Conference announcements and other continuing education opportunities; FAD="Foreign" Animal Disease and other news most significant to regions outside of North America.; Food=Food Safety; Gov.=Information about legislation, regulations, and rulemaking that may affect the swine industry or swine veterinarians.; Hum.H.=Human health; Ind.=News from the pork industry, including NPPC and Pork Board activities.; International=Information regarding swine health and production internationally.; Jobs=Position announcements, primarily seeking swine veterinarians.; Meet=Provides a short synopsis of meetings of importance to swine veterinarians.; News=Agriculture related news events.; Nutr.=Swine nutrition; OP-ED=Opinion or editorial articles expressing the thoughts of individual Association members.; Pharm.=Pharmaceuticals and biologicals; Practice=Information associated with practice management or development.; Research=Research topics of interest to swine veterinarians.; Students=Information of interest to AASV student members.; USDA=US Dept. of Agriculture activities of interest to swine veterinarians.; Welfare=Animal welfare issues