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Headlines in the News Top summertime tips for pet safety   Heat Stress Prevention for Horses Alpharma offers free webinar on anaplasmosis Alpharma Animal Health has released a free webinar on the current status of anaplasmosis in cattle in the United States.   The webinar features Drs. Johann F. Coetzee of Kansas State University and Dennis E. Hausmann of Alpharma, who have extensive experience managing the disease and incorporating new strategies for diagnosis and control.   Veterinarians may earn one hour of continuing education credit for the webinar, available on an ongoing basis at http://alpharmawebinar.vetlearn.com. Alpharma encourages producers and other stakeholders in the cattle industry to participate.   The Beef 2007-2008 study by the Department of Agriculture's National Animal Health Monitoring System found that only 16.2 percent of producers at cow-calf operations said they are fairly knowledgeable about anaplasmosis, while 13.7 percent know some basics about the disease. Another 22.9 percent said they recognized the name, but not much else, and 47.2 percent had not heard of the disease before FDA Warning About Online Pet Pharmacies Is the HSUS actually who you think they are? Identity theft: FTC's "Red Flags Rule" Summary  Check out the Calendar for Upcoming Events!!!   Save the date for upcoming ALVMA events and conferences: February 4 - 6, 2011 Food Animal Conference in Columbiana, AL June 1-5, 2011 ALVMA/GVMA Annual Conference, Destin,  FL

Time to renew your tags? Help out a pet ! Order your spay/neuter specialty plate today! The cost of the plate is $50.00 like other specialized tags, with the proceeds going to the Alabama Veterinary Medical Foundation (ALVMF) to assist Medicaid families with the cost of spaying and neutering their pets. $41.25 of each sale goes to the Foundation. Tags are available at all local county license plate issuing offices. Help reduce the number of unwanted pets by participating in the ALVMF spay/neuter license plate program. SPAY/NEUTER LICENSE PLATE SURGERY PROGRAM To see if you qualify for the Spay/Neuter License Plate Surgeries,and to find a participating veterinary clinic in your county. Click Here

At this time the "Maddie's Spay / Neuter Project" is only available in Mobile County. To find out more please click on Maddies Picture above.