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Our mission is to enhance veterinary medical science, maintain the highest professional and ethical standards, provide fraternal enrichment, and represent the interest of the veterinary profession.
As a result of the three DCVMA sponsored resolutions to the House of Delegates, 30 organizations are writing to Congress to express their
support for correcting the inequities in the present Federal pay and benefits between physicians and veterinarians.
Ninety one organizations representing a broad range of interests relating to food animal agriculture, food safety, and veterinary medicine urge Congress to bolster recruitment and retention incentives for veterinarians employed by the federal government.
(click here to see complete letter)
All AVMA House of Delegates Resolutions (2008)
Legislative Alert! (Click here for more information)
AVMA promotes best practices for disposal of pharmaceuticals:
(SCHAUMBURG, Ill) July 1, 2010—The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) announced today the availability of a video illustrating best practices on the proper disposal of veterinary pharmaceuticals.
After reviewing the AVMA guidance which was developed in communication with EPA staff, the EPA cancelled its current plans to require that the healthcare industry, including veterinarians, complete a survey on how drugs are disposed of in veterinary facilities. Veterinarians are already good stewards of the environment, but AVMA’s guidance was developed to even further minimize drug waste in water.
“When we saw the initial draft survey, we realized it was going to take our members approximately 40 hours to complete,” said Dr. Lynne White-Shim, assistant director of the scientific activities division of the AVMA. “We worked with a wide variety of councils, committees and staff members, including governmental relations, to arrive at a solution that satisfied EPA’s concerns while saving our members both time and money.”
A six-step insert on how to properly dispose of pharmaceutical drugs was released in the April 1 issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. It can also be accessed at www.avma.org/issues/policy/BMP_RxDisposalPoster.pdf. More information is also available at www.avma.org/drugdisposal, and the video is available at the AVMA Media Library and on Youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKp3phEtS2M.
For more information, contact Michael San Filippo, AVMA media relations, at 847-285-6687 (office), 847-732-6194 (cell), or msanfilippo@avma.org.