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• Does Skype offer hair-brained possibilities for vet practice consults?

  

  A hairdressing salon in the US may just have shaped an idea using Skype that could be groomed by veterinary practices to add additional style to client consultations.…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 24 Jul 2009
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• Writing on the wall for animal health preventive antibiotic usage

  

  Amid widespread concern about overuse of antibiotics, the Committee on Rules of the US House of Representatives has held a hearing on the Bill proposing severe restrictions on antibiotic use on farms.…

  By: Ross Tiffin
  Published: 22 Jul 2009
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• Not so much a brand more a sign of life

  

  Countless brands around the globe use animals and plants to encapsulate what they represent. After years of profiting from those species' images, such companies and organisations are now being asked to help preserve and protect the animals themselves thro…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 17 Jul 2009
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• Wyeth announces moxidectin to be used in trial to treat river blindness in humans

  

  Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, the parent company of Fort Dodge Animal Health, has announced clinical trials of moxidectin in three African countries as a potential treatment for onchocerciasis, or 'river blindness', one of the leading infectious causes of human…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 16 Jul 2009
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• Veterinary zoologist critical of UK government's attitude towards vets and wildlife

  

  Veterinary zoologist, Vic Simpson, in a public lecture in London on 3 July, highlighted the contrast between government indifference and the general public's enthusiasm for wildlife…

  By: John Bonner
  Published: 14 Jul 2009
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• RSPCA welcomes proposals for China's first animal protection law

  

  The RSPCA has welcomed the fact that China is preparing proposals for the country's first-ever law to protect animals from cruelty.…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 13 Jul 2009
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