- Tractor Supply Company completed its acquisition of Allivet, a privately held online pet and animal pharmacy, which is licensed in 50 states with three distribution centers. The plans to acquire Allivet were announced on Oct. 24, 2024.
- Arkansas next year will begin training students at the state’s first two vet schools – Lyon College and Arkansas State University. Both will both break ground this year on multimillion-dollar facilities, and each expects to welcome a class of 120 students in the fall of 2026, pending accreditation. Arkansas is one of 22 states without an accredited veterinary school.
- The Mississippi Board of Animal Health has been notified by the USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory that poultry from a commercial broiler chicken flock in Copiah County has tested positive for highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza. The affected premises have been quarantined and birds on the property have been depopulated.