Sunday, December 28, 2014

AVMA responds to Reuters' special report – Vets face Conflicting Loyalties to Animals, Farmers, and Drug firms

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    American Veterinary Medical Association
    5 days ago - Your article “Vets face conflicting loyalties to animals, farmers – and drugfirms” clearly questions the integrity of doctors of veterinary medicine and their motives.

Reuters:SPECIAL REPORT-Vets face conflicting loyalties to animals, farmers - and drug firms

(This runs with two sidebars: Connections between drug makers and educators abound and For vets association, transparency is an internal matter ID: For more Reuters Special Reports, double-click on )
By Duff Wilson and Mimi Dwyer

Dec 23 (Reuters) - In 2016, a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy will give veterinarians a key role in combating a surge in antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" that infect humans. For the first time, the agency will require veterinarians, not farmers, to decide whenever antibiotics used by people are given to animals.

FEI tightens up equine veterinary rules - Horsetalk.co.nz

FEI tightens up equine veterinary rules - Horsetalk.co.nz