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Please register using the link above. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'>Two Opportunities</span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'>10-11 am, Rayburn House Office Building, room 2103, Hosted by Congressional Veterinary Medicine Caucus. Coffee and Donuts will be available.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'>3-4 pm, Russel Senate Office Building, room 385. Hosted by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand & Susan Collins. Cupcakes and Cookies will be available. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>SNACKS & FACTS: Honeybees, Pollinators, and the Veterinary Feed Directive: What's the Buzz?</span></u></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Pollinators need our help more than ever. The number of honeybee hives in the U.S. has declined from 6 million during the 1940s to only about 2.5 million today. Honeybees are the nation’s primary pollinators, adding at least $15 billion a year in value to about 90 crops including nuts, fruits, berries and vegetables, which add color, taste and texture to our diet.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>This presentation will address the ecology of pollinators, particularly the honeybee, the physiological pressures on pollinators and offer some solutions. The role of veterinarians in pollinator/honeybee health will be addressed, as will why a Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) is required for some medications to treat certain bee diseases. Veterinarians play an important role in protecting food safety as well as public health and animal welfare by overseeing the use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals, per the FDA’s Guidance for Industry #209, which phases out using antibiotics for growth promotion in food animals. On June 3, 2015, the FDA finalized its VFD final rule, which mandates how medically important antibiotics given to food animals are to be used and distributed to livestock producers.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Speaker:</span></u></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Dr. Terry Ryan Kane DVM, MS, UIC. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-jk0qc8m3rwWFJZdXJ5a0xzSXc"><span style='color:#222222'>Click here for speaker bio</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>Sponsors:</span></u></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>American Veterinary Medical Association, Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>, <span style='color:#333333'>Pollinator Partnership, American Beekeeping Federation, American Honey Producers Federation</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=20 style='width:15.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr style='height:10.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:10.0pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr style='height:10.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:10.0pt'></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in' id=footer-table><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span class=bg-font1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif'>Share on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/205783652858607/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ncfar1">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://dmanalytics1.com/forward?d=ifdboiQJSZyyyyW551x4WQ&e=ncfar-roc%40googlegroups.com&f=">Forward to a Friend</a></span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;color:#787878'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr style='height:5.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:5.0pt'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white;min-width:100%;background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6);-webkit-backdrop-filter:blur(20px)'><tr style='height:15.0pt'><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:15.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:15.0pt'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"HelveticaNeue",serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>R. 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