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JUL-AUG 2017

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JULY/JUNE 2017 ■ TVPJOURNAL.COM 9 TODAY'S VETERINARY NEWS Whipworm Tapeworm ** Whipworm Tapeworm ** Recommend a monthly chew that protects against more dangerous parasites including whipworm and tapeworm — Interceptor Plus. Talk to your Elanco sales representative today. IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION Treatment with fewer than 6 monthly doses after the last exposure to mosquitoes may not provide complete heartworm prevention. Prior to administration of Interceptor Plus, dogs should be tested for existing heartworm infections. The safety of Interceptor Plus has not been evaluated in dogs used for breeding or in lactating females. The following adverse reactions have been reported in dogs after administration of milbemycin oxime or praziquantel: vomiting, diarrhea, depression/lethargy, ataxia, anorexia, convulsions, weakness, and salivation. Please see full product information on page 6. *Heartgard Plus hookworm species: Ancylostoma caninum, Uncinaria stenocephala, Ancylostoma braziliense. ** (Taenia pisiformis, Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus granulosus). + AFSCAN ANNOUNCES 2017 RESEARCH AND STUDENTSHIP AWARDS The African Small Companion Animal Network (AFSCAN) has announced the recipients of the 2017 AFSCAN Research and Studentship Awards. The awards, now in their second year, aim to promote small animal clinical research relevant to the African continent and to facilitate the training and development of veterinary students and academics working in Africa. The AFSCAN Research Awards offer academics working at a veterinary school in Africa the opportunity to secure a grant to fund a locally relevant clinical research project of their devising and to be partnered with a research laboratory overseas. These 2 projects have been selected for funding: • Dr. Hezron Nonga from the College of Veterinary and Medical Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture in Morogoro, Tanzania, has received funding for a 2-year project titled "Safeguarding Public Health through Control of Zoonotic Parasites of Dogs." This award is being supported by Zoetis and the Petplan Charitable Trust. • Dr. Olusegun A. Fagbohun from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, has received funding for a 2-year project titled "Molecular Epidemiology of Rabies Virus in Dogs in Nigeria." This award is being supported by the Swiss Association for Small Animal Medicine. The AFSCAN Studentship Awards enable an African undergraduate veterinary student to spend 6 to 8 weeks participating in a research project related to disease or the welfare of companion animals of relevance to African society. These 3 awards have been made this year: • Veterinary student Esther Ombura from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, will be working on a project titled "Antimicrobial Resistance in Dogs." • Veterinary student Victor Ishengoma from the Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania, will be working on a project titled "Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour in Tanzania: People's Awareness and Disease Occurrence in Selected Villages in Morogoro." • Veterinary student Lois Sanni from the Federal University of Agriculture, Ogun State, Nigeria, will be working on a project titled "Evaluation of Lipid Peroxidation and Plasma Antioxidant in Arthritic and Non-arthritic Dogs." ■ Learn more at wsava.org/article/ driving-veterinary-learning-africa- 2017-research-and-studentship- awards-announced-afscan . Got news? Submit your press release for consideration for inclusion in Today's Veterinary News at editor@NAVC.com . Chosen submissions will be edited before publication.

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