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CVMA Honors Assemblymember Ash Kalra with the 2025 Legislator of the Year Award

The CVMA is pleased to have presented Assemblymember Ash Kalra with the 2025 Legislator of the Year Award last Wednesday, August 20. This award honors legislators demonstrating an understanding of and appreciation for the unique complexities of the veterinary medical profession and who celebrate the positive contributions of the veterinarians, registered veterinary technicians, researchers, veterinary students, and veterinary medical faculty in our state.

Breathe Easy: Protecting Yourself from Wildfire Smoke

Wildfires have become a frequent and heartbreaking reality in California. As of May 6, 2025, Cal Fire reports 63,677 acres burned and 16,251 structures destroyed by 1,292 fires this year alone. Many Californians have and will continue to face evacuation and loss, making this an increasingly challenging problem.

Veterinarian Liability for Negligent Referrals

California veterinarians face complex legal challenges in their everyday practices. One such area concerns referring clients to the care of another veterinarian. This article explores the legal framework governing referrals for California veterinarians and potential sources of liability.

My Don Low Experience

Many of us practicing in areas without immediate access to specialists understand the challenge of navigating complex neurology cases with limited resources. At my home hospital in Oakdale, the “Cowboy Capital of the World,” we’ve even coined a term for it: “cowboy medicine.”

While we rely on our best judgment and provide high-quality care, the desire for more advanced knowledge always lingers. The Don Low Fellowship is designed to empower lifelong learners like us, equipping us to confidently manage challenging cases or prepare them effectively for specialist referral.

RVTs Provide Crucial Instruction and Mentorship to Veterinary Students at WesternU

At the Western University of Health Sciences’ College of Veterinary Medicine (WesternU), registered veterinary technicians (RVTs) provide essential instruction and guidance to the veterinary students, working alongside them almost every day for their four years in the program.

National Veterinary Accreditation Program – Accreditation Basics

The National Veterinary Accreditation Program (NVAP) enables enrolled veterinarians to issue interstate and international animal health certificates, which are required for animals to cross state or country borders. The program is administered by the United States Department of Agriculture Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS).

Introducing a New CVMA Member Benefit: Schooley Mitchell

Veterinary practices today are stretched thin, balancing rising supply costs, staffing challenges, and growing client demands. Yet, many practices are unknowingly overspending on essential, non-clinical services like telecom, merchant processing, waste, compressed gases, facility supplies, and more.

Unique Insights from an Equine Practitioner

Unlike many veterinarians, I did not grow up dreaming of being a veterinarian, even though I loved animals. I graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a BA in psychology hoping to pursue a PhD and work with troubled adolescents. I soon realized I had little control over the parents who were an influential “issue” for the children, so I became discouraged with my career path.

The California Department of Public Health’s One Health Response to H5N1

CDPH staff preparing PPE kits for farmworkers

On July 14, 2022, highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4.b was detected for the first time in California wild birds. By the end of August 2024, nearly 600 confirmed positive wild birds and over 7.1 million domestic birds had been impacted by H5N1 in California, and H5N1 infection was detected in three dairy herds in the Central Valley.

Meet the President: Dr. Peter Bowie

I learned early on in my organized veterinary medicine career that one can’t just sit by and listen. It was 1996, and I was the student representative to the Minnesota VMA’s Board of Governors. I had proposed that the student representatives receive full voting rights on the Board.

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