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2008
SCVMA Officers
Dr. Dayna E. Wiedenkeller, President
Trustee, Region III
Orange County
Dr. Diane R. Craig,
Trustee, Region V
South Orange County
Dr. Ronald Kelpe
Trustee-At-Large
Dr. Timothy L. Metzger
Trustee-At-Large
OPEN
Council Chairperson
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VACCINATION CLINICS
The SCVMA sponsors
low-cost
dog and cat vaccination clinics in conjunction with animal
control agencies.
Cost
Rabies $6
Dogs 4 mo: Cats 3 mo
DHLPP $14 Dogs 8 weeks
Bordetella $11 Dogs 8 weeks
FvRCPP $14 Cats 8 weeks
Below
is a listing of upcoming clinics
by
date, time and location.
LOS ANGELES
Orange County
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Installation
Invitation
Please click here
to download your invitation
MEMBER
SURVEY
Your invited to participate in our Member Survey
Please Click here
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ALERT!
As the fires continue to rage throughout Southern California
and San Diego County, many of you have been affected
personally and professionally. First, we’d like to thank
you for all of your efforts to protect the animals in the
affected areas.
We want to assure you that the CVMA Veterinary Disaster
Response Coordinator (VDRC) program is in effect. County
VDRCs and their teams are working to care for evacuated
animals. The CVMA staff has been in contact with members of
our Disaster Preparedness Committee and VDRCs to help
provide information and supplies.
We have been approached by veterinary supply companies,
veterinarians and government agencies offering to provide
assistance where needed. However, we need your help. Please
contact the CVMA office or your local county coordinator if
you can provide any assistance, such as:
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Facilities to house displaced animals – large and small
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Veterinary services – either in your hospital or at an
evacuation center
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Veterinary staff to assist in treatments
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People who can provide basic care for the animals – feed,
clean, exercise
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Any updated information you have on affected areas, road
conditions, evacuations, new animal shelter locations, etc.
Finally, if you need help or supplies, let us know.
You may contact the CVMA directly at 800.655.2862 or e-mail
us at
disaster@cvma.net.
You can also contact the VDRC for your county. There is a
link to the complete list of VDRCs on the CVMA homepage at
www.cvma.net along with additional information on
the fires.
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CVMA
For
Immediate Release
CVMA West Hollywood
Supreme Court Decision Media Statement
Click Here to Download PDF
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Pet Food Recall
Various pet food manufacturers,
including Menu Foods, Del Monte Pet Products, Hills Pet
Nutrition, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, Sunshine Mills,
Inc., and Natural Balance Pet Foods, Inc, have recalled a
variety of their products because of concerns about
contamination of an imported wheat gluten ingredient and,
more recently, imported rice protein concentrate, with
melamine. Melamine is an industrial chemical used in
plastics and fertilizer.
Current Status
Although still under investigation,
it now appears that the combination of melamine and cyanuric
acid has been linked to the unusual outbreak of acute renal
failure in cats and dogs that have eaten the suspect
products.
Toxic Crystals identified by
University of Guelph
The
recent House of Delegates meeting we were given a
presentation on Pet food recall results. The active
toxin has been described as a crystalline precipitate in the
kidneys and seen as crystalluria called:
Melamine + Cyanuric Acid = Melamic Cyanurate.
For a listing of the current petfood
recalls:
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html
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President's Perspective
January
2008
Serving as President
Serving as President of the Southern California Veterinary
Medical Association marks the final stage of an incredible
journey that began years ago by simply attending a chapter
meeting. It has been a journey filled with personal and
professional growth, challenges, enlightenment, heated
discussions, friendship, late nights, success, challenges,
accomplishment, problems, laughter, frustration, solutions,
challenges, conflict, resolution, compromise, and, did I
mention. . .challenges.
I have
been graciously mentored and have learned much from
dedicated SCVMA Trustees who enthusiastically embrace all of
the challenges that affect veterinarians – it has been a
fantastic and extremely gratifying journey of service to our
profession, and it has truly been an honor. But, it’s not
over. . .
As
the New Year approaches and we look back at our
accomplishments, we must also pause and consider the
enormous and inevitable changes that will occur within our
profession during the coming years and ask ourselves, are we
ready? Are you ready?
Headlines across the country are exploding with important
issues affecting our profession; State Board investigations
and inspections, laws regarding veterinarians and animal
abuse, the Farm Animal Confinement Initiative, the
Anti-Declaw Ordinance, AB 1634 – the mandatory spay and
neuter Bill that will be re-introduced in January, laws
providing public access to state board complaints prior to
establishment of wrong doing, and laws requiring
practitioners to obtain informed consent from every client
on “all” viable treatment options and procedures.
Do you know how these issues affect you? Our new Executive
Director, Dr. Peter Weinstein, has been Past President of
both the SCVMA and the CVMA and he brings to the SCVMA a
passion for veterinary medicine and an intimate knowledge of
the problems facing our profession at the local, state, and
national levels. The Board of Trustees and Dr. Weinstein
will provide you with the information needed to understand
these issues
and make informed decisions. In turn, we need your input as
these important issues emerge and are decided so that we can
accurately represent our members.
The
challenges facing veterinary medicine, both locally and
nationally, demand that we be educated, inspired, dedicated
and in control of our professional future. The SCVMA’s
longevity and shear size (we are 100 years old and 1200
members strong), along with our traditional role of
responsibility, bestow on the SCVMA an enormous level of
influence on the veterinary profession and on the public.
I
encourage all of you to use this influence, become educated
and actively involved in the SCVMA. Begin your own journey
of public service to the veterinary profession and help
direct your future and the future of our profession.
I look
forward to serving you this year and hope to see all of you
at the installation on February 23, 2008!
Dayna Wiedenkeller
Dayna Wiedenkeller, DVM, ACVIM
SCVMA President
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Southern California
Veterinary Medical Association
5576 Corporate Ave.,
Cypress, CA 90630
Tel: (714) 821-7493
Fax: (714) 821-7213
http://scvma.org
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