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MASSACHUSETTS: Veterinary medicine contributes 3.3 billion to New England economy

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Friday, 06 June 2008
Source: from a press release. Veterinary medicine contributes $3.3 billion to the economies of New England—and the region faces a shortage of as many as 658 veterinarians by 2014, according to a study released today by the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. The study—undertaken by the UMass Donahue Institute and commissioned by the Cummings School, the only veterinary school in the six-state New England Region—reveals that veterinarians and associated staff comprise over 20,000 jobs in the area. Moreover, for every 100 veterinary medical jobs in the region, an additional 59 jobs are created in related industries, the study indicates.

A new chapter has been published in the Encyclopedia of Canine Clinical Nutrition

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Friday, 06 June 2008
Source: Chronic Renal Disease: The Importance of Nutrition by D.A. Elliott and H. Lefebvre. In: Encyclopedia of Canine Clinical Nutrition. The Encyclopedia of Canine Clinical Nutrition is a reference book which helps veterinary practitioners find answers to questions concerning the role of nutrition in achieving both optimal health and in treating specific nutrition-responsive diseases. The book is published in IVIS in five languages thanks to the support of Royal Canin. Access to this page is free but restricted to animal health professionals only.

Treating Hog Manure with Borax Cuts Odor

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Friday, 06 June 2008
By Jan Suszkiw Source: Hydrogen sulfide is one of the compounds contributing to the stink from manure storage pits on hog farms. Microbial activity in the manure releases the hydrogen sulfide and other compounds. Today, at an American Society of Microbiology meeting in Boston, Mass., Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist Cheryl Spence reports the results of a study in which "dusting" hog manure with borax powder--the same substance used in laundry detergents--helps to neutralize the malodorous microbes, which include sulfate-reducing (SR) and other anaerobic bacteria.

The Commonwealth Veterinary Scholarship

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Friday, 06 June 2008
For the MSc in Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health and the MSc in Livestock Health and Production Academic year (commencing Feb 2009) The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK is awarding 20 scholarships to study (by distance learning) for the MSc in Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health, and the MSc in Livestock Health and Production offered by the Royal Veterinary College, University of London. The scholarships are open for students from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka only. This pack includes the application form and all of the information you will need in order to apply for these scholarships. This application form is for students applying for the scholarships and for a place on either of the above-named programmes.

National Dairy Research Institute Celebrates World Milk Day Karnal, India

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Friday, 06 June 2008
By Dalip k. Gosain Karnal: World Milk Day was celebrated here yesterday at the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) in which more than 1,000 farmers, farm women, rural youth, students from different schools participated. Dr. K.M. Bujarbaruah, Deputy Director General (Animal Science) Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi in his address as chief guest in the programme said that although India ranks first in the world with the 100 million tones of milk production annually but the number of dairy animals is very high that calls for to look in to newer researches both in developing high milk producing animals and their economic feeding. He added that by the year 2020 India will need 180 million tones of milk annually and that can be achieved by practicing scientific dairy farming by the dairy farm families of the country.

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