Canada: 17th case of mad cow has no affect on markets
17 Mar 2010 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency stated on 25 February that a beef cow that born in 2004 in Alberta as having the fatal degenerative brain disease. Read more >>
AVMA tackles veterinary shortage with new program
17 Mar 2010 - The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), as part of its ongoing effort to boost the number of food animal veterinarians in the US, introduces an educational debt relief program for those veterinarians whose job it is to keep food animals healthy and the food supply safe. Read more >>
Cow vaccine pioneer Walter Plowright dies
16 Mar 2010 - Walter Plowright, a pioneer in the field of veterinary medicine who helped to eradicate so-called "cattle plague," rinderpest, died last month at the age of 86. Read more >>
Intervet/Shering Plough vaccine tested againsty BVDV type 1 and 2
12 Mar 2010 - Researchers at the Biological Research and Development at Intervet/Schering Plough Animal Health USA looked at the fetal protection against bovine viral diarrhoea virus types 1 and 2 after the use of a modified-live virus vaccine. Read more >>
17th case of BSE in Canada confirmed
12 Mar 2010 - A 17th case of mad cow disease has been reported in Canada. The president of Canada Beef Export Federation says this will not affected Canada's market position. Read more >>
Feeding citrus could reduce Salmonella and E. coli
11 Mar 2010 - The essential oils in orange peel and pulp kill E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella, according to research presented at the 2010 Beef Industry Safety Summit. Read more >>
The Netherlands make restart Q fever vaccination
09 Mar 2010 - On March 8, a restart of the Q fever programme has been made in the Netherlands with vaccinating the first goat farm in Sellingen. All the nearly 900 animals on the organic farm were vaccinated for the first time. Uptill now, there was not enough vaccine available. Read more >>
Australian dairy herd found free from EBL
05 Mar 2010 - Australian dairy exporters will benefit from improved access to overseas markets after every dairy herd in the nation was found to be free from Enzootic Bovine Leukosis (EBL), an occasional infectious viral disease of dairy cattle.
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Elanco: tilmicosin injection offers label updates
05 Mar 2010 - US animal health company Elanco announced that its product Micotil for cattle and sheep is now approved for a flexible dose range from 10 mg/kg (1.5 mL/cwt) to 20 mg/kg (3.0 mL/cwt) for both metaphylaxis and individual pull-and-treat BRD treatment. Read more >>
OIE: $2 mln from Canada for animal health activities
04 Mar 2010 - Canada Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced on a visit to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) that Canada will contribute CAN$2 mln to support OIE activities. Read more >>
Higher level of Mycobacterium avium in dairy vs non dairy cattle
03 Mar 2010 - The prevalence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in adult Danish non-dairy cattle sampled at slaughter was studied at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Read more >>
New combination sheep fluke and worm drench
01 Mar 2010 - Pfizer Animal Health launched a new fluke and worm drench combination for sheep. Read more >>
Australian cattle producers warned of virus threat
01 Mar 2010 - Biosecurity Queensland in Australia has renewed its call for producers to look out for a virus threatening cattle. Read more >>
Montana state veterinarian calls for brucellosis vaccinations
26 Feb 2010 - Montana’s state veterinarian Marty Zaluski in the US is pushing for brucellosis vaccinations for all sexually intact female calves. "Mandatory statewide vaccination would bring Montana in line with measures already taken in Wyoming and Idaho" he said. Read more >>
Foreign specialists question Dutch Q fever approach
26 Feb 2010 - Q-fever specialists from France and Australia question the Dutch approach to fight Q fever in the country. Read more >>
Livestock groups discuss antibiotic use in Washington, DC
25 Feb 2010 - Livestock and poultry groups hosted educational briefings this week in Washington, DC about antibiotic use in raising food animals two weeks after a CBS Evening News report questioned the practice. Read more >>
South Korea develops gene-based testing liquid for FMD type A
25 Feb 2010 - South Korea has developed the world' s first gene-based testing liquid for detection of "Type A" foot- and-mouth disease (FMD) on animals. Read more >>
New bovine tuberculosis test developed
24 Feb 2010 - A new test for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) has been developed by Dr. William Davis, professor in the Washington State University (WSU) Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology in the US. Read more >>
Untied cows are more reproductive and suffer less teat injuries
24 Feb 2010 - 'Free-stall', untied cattle in small herds produce less milk than cows tied to their stalls but have a higher reproductive performance and suffer less teat injuries and metabolic diseases. Read more >>
Veterinarians advised to look out for coccidiosis in lambs
24 Feb 2010 - Janssen Animal Health is advising vets to be on the look out for coccidiosis in lambs: cases usually rise in March and peak in April and May. Read more >>
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