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What you need to know about the  2020 AAHA/AAFP Feline Vaccination Guidelines , straight from the Task Force chair.

A new study out of Portugal adds to the mounting evidence that dogs trained using aversive stimuli suffer long-term negative effects.

The US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (FDA CVM) recently released its draft guidance for industry (GFI) #256 for animal drug compounding. What happens next might be up to you.

If you have “get pet health certificate” on your mid-winter Mexican getaway to-do list, you can cross it off.

The American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) Board of Directors voted to endorse of the Global Nutritional Guidelines of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) at AAHA’s board meeting in Toronto.

US relaxes travel restrictions for dogs from high-risk countries.

New Bill Would Require Veterinarians to Disclose Vaccination Pros and Cons

Starting July 14, the CDC will  ban the importation of dogs from more than 100 countries at high risk for canine rabies. 

The Missouri state legislature is a step closer to approving a bill requiring pet owners to have their dogs and cats vaccinated against rabies.

The city of Houston is attempting to enforce a decades-old law regarding a veterinarian’s role in pet licensing, but the law is meeting with opposition from many of the city’s veterinarians. The ordinance, passed in 1985, states that veterinarians who vaccinate dogs and cats against rabies must either provide owners’ information to the city’s Bureau of Animal regulation and Care (BARC), or issue the licenses themselves. Houston veterinarians received a letter from the city’s Administration and Regulatory Affairs Department in late September. The letter reminded veterinarians that according to the city ordinance (Chapter 6 of the City of Houston Code of Ordinances), all dogs and cats must be licensed in Houston. The letter explains that according to the ordinance, veterinarians who vaccinate any dog or cat within Houston city limits must either: License the animal while acting as a deputy licensing authority at the time of the administration of the vaccine; orProvide a copy of the fully executed vaccination certificate to the Houston Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care with the following information: Description of the dog or catIf the animal has been spayed/neuteredNumber on the rabies vaccination tag issuedName and address of the ownerNumber of the Houston registration tag, if any The letter threatens steep penalties for veterinarians who do not comply with the ordinance.