http://www.cvma.netCalifornia Veterinary Medical Association http://www.cvma.net <div><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.visc-ins.com">CVMA Insurance Program through VISC</a></strong></div> http://www.cvma.net <div><strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.pacvet.net"><img hspace="11" alt="" align="left" width="150" height="44" src="/DocUserFiles/image/PacVet_Logo_HP2.jpg" /></a></strong></div> <div> <div>Join us June 28-July 1 in San Francisco. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pacvet.net"><strong>Register now</strong></a>&nbsp;to save up to $100 with early-bird savings and be entered to win a Sony portable DVD player!&nbsp;&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> </div> http://www.cvma.net <div><strong><a target="_self" href="http://www.cvma.net/doc.asp?ID=20764">California Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps (CAVMRC)</a></strong></div> http://www.cvma.net <div><a target="_self" href="http://www.cvma.net/doc.asp?ID=20862"><strong>Recall Information</strong></a></div> 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Persons.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> http://www.cvma.net <div><b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm282506.htm">Dog Food Recall</a></b></div> <div>P&amp;G voluntarily recalls one production lot of dry dog food, due to aflatoxin levels.&nbsp; The dog food was sold in the eastern United States.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> http://www.cvma.net <div><b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cvma.net/images/cvmapdf/NewLaws2012.pdf">New Employment Laws</a></b></div> <div>There are several new employment laws that will affect California veterinary hospitals in 2012.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> http://www.cvma.net <div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.vmb.ca.gov/forms_pubs/winter_2012.pdf"><strong>California Veterinary Medical Board introduces new electronic newsletter for Winter 2012.</strong></a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> http://www.cvma.net <div><a target="_self" href="http://www.cvma.net/doc.asp?ID=21486"><strong>Thank you to&nbsp;the 2011 CVMA-PAC donors!</strong></a></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> http://www.cvma.net <div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/animal_health/equine_herpes_virus.html"><strong><font size="2">Equine Herpes Virus-1</font></strong></a></div> <div><span style="color: #ff0000"><strong><font size="2">ALERT!</font></strong></span><font size="2">&nbsp;January 26, 2012 --&nbsp;One new&nbsp;case of EHV-1 have been confirmed in Orange County, totaling 16 at one facility. One confirmed case in Riverside County has beenr&nbsp;reported.&nbsp;</font>&nbsp;</div> http://www.cvma.net <div><b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cvma.net/images/cvmapdf/House_Sales_Tax_Fairness_Coalition_Letter.pdf">Market Equity Act</a></b></div> <div>CVMA among the 200 groups/organizations to sign <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cvma.net/images/cvmapdf/House_Sales_Tax_Fairness_Coalition_Letter.pdf">sales tax fairness letter</a>.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> http://www.cvma.net <div><b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/01/23/bloomberg_articlesLY9B6B6TTDUE01-LY9BL.DTL">California Slaughterhouse Law Struck Down by Top U.S. Court</a></b></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> http://www.cvma.net <div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/14/4186863/jerry-browns-budget-plan-would.html"><strong>Animal activist urges Governor Jerry Brown to not euthanize shelter animals</strong></a><strong>.</strong></div> <div><strong>&nbsp;</strong></div> http://www.cvma.net <div><a target="_self" href="http://www.cvma.net/doc.asp?id=21512"><strong>Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program</strong></a></div> <div>Critical public service veterinarian shortages in California may quality for the VMLRP. Nomination deadline is February 27.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div>