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WLIC Launches Animal Disease Traceability Video
By Allison Hahn, Communications & Administrative Manager, Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium The Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium (WLIC) is debuting a video highlighting the importance of animal disease traceability and the use of...
Mary Geurts Wins Wisconsin FFA Veterinary Science Proficiency Award
Mary Geurts of the Randolph Cambria-Friesland FFA Chapter was named the winner of the Wisconsin FFA Veterinary Science Proficiency Award during the State FFA Convention in July. The WVMA sponsored the award. When she first started working at the Randolph...
Dr. Howard Ketover Nominated for WVMA President-Elect
By Tracie Luedtke, Marketing and Communications Specialist, Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association Dr. Howard Ketover, of Sauk City, Wisconsin, has been nominated for WVMA president-elect. A 2002 graduate of the Colorado State University College...
CARES Act Allows for Above-The-Line Deduction for Charitable Gifts up to $300
By Jodi Legge, Executive Director, Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Foundation Did you know the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, passed back in March, allows for an additional, “abovethe-line” deduction for charitable gifts made in cash of up to...
One Health in Practice: Human Diagnostic Testing at the WVDL
By Dr. Keith Poulsen, Director, Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory As clinicians, we all understand that the two major components to controlling an epidemic outbreak of an infectious disease are quality diagnostic tests and tools to help control the...
Dr. Douglas Kratt Assumes Role of AVMA President
Dr. Douglas Kratt, of Onalaska, Wisconsin, assumed the role of American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) president during the AVMA House of Delegates meeting on July 31. The meeting was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Kratt ran on the platform of...
WVDL Discontinues Swine Rope Testing
The Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Lab (WVDL) has discontinued swine oral fluid testing for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) and swine enteric coronavirus disease (SECD) polymerase chain reactions (PCRs) due to the low number...
Important DATCP Changes Affecting Veterinarians
By the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Division of Animal Health The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) wants to remind veterinarians of recent rule changes. These include submitting...
Farewell
By Kim Brown Pokorny, Executive Director, Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association WVMA Membership: On August 5, after 12 years as your executive director, I will walk out of the WVMA office for the last time. I have decided to go back to my agriculture...
The WVMA Advocacy Program: Advocacy vs. Politics
29 Jul The WVMA Advocacy Program: Advocacy vs. Politics Posted at 11:27h in Advocacy by Tracie Luedtke0Likes By Attorney Jordan Lamb, DeWitt LLP The 2020 elections are just months away and we are starting to see many political commercials...
Study Confirms Cats Can Become Infected With and May Transmit COVID-19 to Other Cats
By Kelly Tyrrell, University Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison In a study published May 13 in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists in the U.S. and Japan report that in the laboratory, cats can readily become infected with SARS-CoV-2,...
AVMA Legislative Fly-In Great Opportunity for Students
By Zachary C. Tooley, WVMA Member and 2LT U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Over the past year, I have learned about the different facets of veterinary medicine and the incredible opportunities available to specialize in a variety of fields. I was also...
Alexis Payette Elected to WVMA Executive Board
Alexis Payette, a University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine student, was elected by her peers to serve a two-year term on the WVMA Executive Board. A Green Bay, Wisconsin, native, Payette attended UW-Madison as...
WVMA and Food Armor Foundation Awarded Grants
The WVMA and Food Armor Foundation were recently awarded grants through the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture Veterinary Services Grant Program (VSGP). The VSGP focuses on two areas: education...
Hamsters Develop Protective Immunity to COVID-19 and Are Protected by Convalescent Sera
By Kelly April Tyrrell, University Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison In an animal model for COVID-19 that shares important features of human disease, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Tokyo and the Icahn...
Kim Brown Pokorny Resigns as WVMA Executive Director
Kim Brown Pokorny has resigned from her position as Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association (WVMA) executive director to take on the role of Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation’s chief administrative officer. Brown Pokorny served as WVMA executive director for 12 years,...
Coronavirus Vaccine, CoroFlu, in Testing Phase
By Eric Hamilton, University Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison An international collaboration between virologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the vaccine companies FluGen and Bharat Biotech has begun the development and testing...
Reflecting on My WVMA Executive Board Term
By Michelle Hintz, WVMA Student Representative When reflecting back on the last three years of my veterinary education, the first thought that comes to mind is, “Where did the time go?” It’s hard to believe all that has happened in the last few years and the...
Recognize Outstanding Colleagues and Pet Hall of Fame Candidates!
Nominations are open for the awards that will be presented at the 2020 Wisconsin Excellence in Veterinary Medicine Awards Ceremony on November 1. The tentative location is the Madison Marriott West Hotel and Conference Center in Middleton. WVMA Awards: Take time...
Use the Proper Form to Submit EIA Samples
In October 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released VSG 15201.1, which provides direction to laboratories approved to test samples for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA). Complete information related to the sampling veterinarian and the tested equine...
Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Update
By the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Division of Animal Health With the growing threat of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is recommending that shelters and...
SVM Researchers Lead Efforts to Understand, Thwart New Coronavirus
By Kelly April Tyrrell, University Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison Editor’s note: This article was written for the April 2020 issue of the WVMA Voice newsletter. The information is current as of mid-March, when the newsletter went to press. The...
DATCP Urges Poultry Producers to Review Biosecurity Practices
The following release was provided by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Division of Animal Health. DATCP Reminds Poultry Producers to Review Biosecurity The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP)...
USDA Provides Free RFID Official Identification for Cattle and Bison Replacement Animals
By Dr. Gretchen May, Veterinary Program Manager, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection In April 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a transition to 840 radio frequency identification (RFID) tags for official...
Newly Discovered Virus Infects Bald Eagles Across America
By Eric Hamilton, University Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison Researchers have discovered a previously unknown virus infecting nearly a third of America’s bald eagle population. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the U.S....
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