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The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) released its official AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2020 Edition, an update to its 2013 Edition, in January 2020. OLAW issued its Notice of Intent to Seek Public Comments on Updated AVMA Guidelines for Euthanasia on January 21st, 2020, within which it is encouraging “PHS-Assured institutions to …

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Many of us have heard plenty about the 21st Century Cures Act (21CCA) at this point. For those who aren’t familiar yet, the 21CCA is a law that was enacted in 2016 authorizing billions of dollars in funding for, among many other things, significant efforts to eliminate bureaucratic red tape and reduce regulatory burden in …

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Another October has come and gone, which means that National AALAS and the TOPAZ User Symposium are done for another year! As always, AALAS was a great opportunity to meet new friends and catch up with old friends…some very old! It was a wonderful meeting for TOPAZ with lots of good contacts made. The User …

2019 AALAS and TOPAZ User Symposium in Review Read More »

National AALAS is done for another year.  TOPAZ had a very successful show, with lots of visits from existing customers and new faces.  As always the TOPAZ graph paper writing pads were popular – we met our objective of not having to bring any back to Texas!  We’re already looking forward to Denver next year. We followed …

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TOPAZ will, of course, be attending the National AALAS meeting in Baltimore next week. We’ll be in the exhibit hall at booth #1846 and we’d love to see all our friends, old and new. Stop by for a chat and to hear our latest product news. You’ll have to opportunity to meet some of our services …

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The 2018 TOPAZ User Symposium will be held after the AALAS National Meeting in Baltimore this year. There is still space to sign up, but you must hurry! The main sessions will be held on the campus of the wonderful UMB (University of Maryland–Baltimore), just a couple of blocks from Inner Harbor and the AALAS …

Don’t Miss It! The 2018 TOPAZ User Symposium @ UMB Read More »

As many of you know, TOPAZ was acquired in June of 2016.  We became part of Cultura, which is, in turn, part of Volaris, which is, in turn, part of Constellation Software Inc. Constellation Software Inc is a publicly traded company, listed on the Toronto stock exchange (CSU.TO) with a current market capitalization of $14B and annual revenues of over …

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With the 2018 CALAS show approaching rapidly, it seemed a good time to talk about Canadian regulatory reporting!  TOPAZ will be in the Exhibitor Hall at the symposium, so come and say “hello” if you’re attending. Animal Facility Software generally contains a range of features that are agnostic between different countries.  A mouse is a mouse no matter where …

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