In 1989, the Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) Center for Ethics in Health Care was created to bring…
On Nov. 16, 1988, the President signed into law the Generic Animal Drug and Patent Term Restoration Act….
On Apr. 19, 1987, biologists reported the Last wild California Condor was taken into captivity. Only 27 condors…
On Nov. 20, 1985, the Health Research Extension Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-158) was signed into law by…
On Nov. 15, 1984, Allan Wilson and Russell Higuchi of the University of California at Berkeley become the…
In 1984, the University of Wisconsin University Research Park was founded to encourage technology transfer and create an…
On Dec. 18, 1982, Richard D. Palmiter at the University of Washington scientists in collaboration with Ralph L….
In 1981, Merck began commercialize ivermectin as a broad-spectrum veterinary anti-parasitic drug that was originally developed to treat…
On Dec. 12, 1980, the U.S. Congress enacted the Bayh-Dole Act (P.L. 96-517, Patent and Trademark Act Amendments of…
In 1980, Schering-Plough Animal Health introduced Intra-Trac vaccines for kennel cough in dogs. For years, Iowa State University…
In 1980, Trans Ova Genetics, now a Urus company, was founded under the vision of Dr. David Faber,…
In 1967, chronic wasting disease (CWD) was first observed in a captive deer in Colorado where it was…
On Jun. 9, 1973, Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths and a time of 2:24 flat,…
On May 19, 1973 Secretariat won the Preakness Stakes in a record setting time of 1:53, a stakes…
On May 5, 1973, Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby in a record setting time of 1:59 2/5, a…
On Aug. 24, 1966, the U.S. Congress passed legislation that became known as the Animal Welfare Act (P.L….
In 1966, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) eradicated New World screwworm (NWS) from the United States using sterile…
On Apr. 8, 1965, the Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) filed its articles of incorporation…
In 1961, influenza virus was first isolated from wild birds in South Africa, from common terns (Sterna hirundo)….
In 1961, The University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine teaching hospital was constructed, and a diagnostic laboratory…
In 1954, D. Weinman and A.H Chandler suggested T. gondii transmission via consumption of undercooked meat. in 1956,…
In 1953, Betty Delores Stough became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. at the Virginia Agricultural and…
In 1951, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of antibiotics on animals. In 1943, farmers…
In 1947, the CDC established the Veterinary Public Health Division, focused on protecting and improving both animal and…
In 1946, the The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine was established.
In 1946, the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine’s DVM degree was established. From 1946 to 1965…
In 1942, the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College’s first Ph.D. was awarded to Nathan Sugarman in chemistry. In…
On Sept. 6, 1940, Karl Habel produced an improved, killed rabies vaccine that eliminated foreign brain tissue that…
In 1938, the Iowa State University Research Foundation (ISURF) was established to manage the collection of intellectual property…
In 1935, Tyson Feed and Hatchery was incorporated and the company at that time provided three services: sale…