“Arkansas Department of Health officials are urging residents to vaccinate their pets for rabies after four animals in nearby Boone County tested positive for the disease this year. Officials say because skunks in the area have been found to have rabies, it puts the local animal population at risk, especially dogs and cats.” Read [...]
Veterinarians remind pet owners to vaccinate animals (via Baxter Bulletin)
by admin • February 22, 2012 • Articles and News Stories
H5N1 virus continues to spread (via WashingtonPost.com)
by admin • February 21, 2012 • Articles and News Stories
“Recent human deaths in Asia and Egypt are a reminder that the H5N1 virus is still alive and dangerous, and Vietnam is grappling with a new strain that has outsmarted vaccines used to protect poultry flocks. Ten people have died in Cambodia, Indonesia, Egypt, China and Vietnam since December during the prime-time flu season when [...]
Education is paramount to preserving national food security and public health (via National Hog Farmer)
by admin • February 17, 2012 • Articles and News Stories, Industry News
“At the Center for Food Security and Public Health (CFSPH), over 30 veterinarians and students work to protect the nationa’s food supply. Immunologist and distinguished professor James Roth, DVM,was recruited in 2002 to organize the center to thwart the anthrax and other bioterrorism scares, armed with a three-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control [...]
Case of equine influenza reported in California (via Redding.com)
by admin • February 15, 2012 • Articles and News Stories
“A veterinarian has confirmed a case of horse flu in northern Tehama County, saying the strain may be more virulent than normal. One horse has a confirmed case of equine influenza, said Dr. William Gray, a veterinarian with the Cottonwood Veterinary Clinic. He said a swab sample was tested and verified today by the Department [...]
Swine dysentery – A re-emerging threat (via PorkNetwork)
by admin • February 13, 2012 • Articles and News Stories, Industry News
“Over the past several years, swine dysentery, or bloody scours, has begun to re-emerge in the Midwest as well as Canadian operations, according to an Iowa State University publication. In 2005, only three samples were found positive by the Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. By 2010, the number had grown to 84. Swine dysentery, [...]
Domestic Cats and Wild Cats Living in Same Area Share Diseases (via Science Daily)
by admin • February 9, 2012 • Articles and News Stories
“Domestic cats, wild bobcats and pumas that live in the same area share the same diseases. And domestic cats may bring them into human homes, according to results of a study of what happens when big and small cats cross paths. Scientists at Colorado State University and other institutions conducted the research.” Read more at [...]
YouTube series shows veterinarians, livestock farmers at work (via AgriNews.com)
by admin • February 7, 2012 • Articles and News Stories, Industry News
Veterinarians from Minnesota and Iowa volunteered to have a film crew follow them to livestock farms for a YouTube video series, “Veterinarians on Call,” that premiered in September. As of late January, 10 webisodes, each three to five minutes long, had been posted and at least four more are coming for season one. They document [...]
Congress Urged to Reject Antibiotic Restrictions (via ThePigSite.com)
by admin • February 7, 2012 • Articles and News Stories, Industry News
The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) is urging congressional members to oppose legislation that would restrict the use of antibiotics in livestock and poultry. In letters to Senate and House members, AFBF said the legislation would handicap veterinarians and farmers in their efforts to maintain animal health and protect the nation’s food supply. Read [...]
Eight-year-old survives rabies (via UPI.com)
by admin • February 6, 2012 • Articles and News Stories
“Health officials said an 8-year-old girl was hospitalized, ultimately diagnosed with rabies and survived, even though rabies is usually fatal. A report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report said the girl caught the disease after contact with free-roaming cats.” To protect people and animals, the CDC recommends [...]
Rabid bobcat and cow found in Georgia (via OnlineAthens)
by admin • February 3, 2012 • Articles and News Stories
“Animal control officers and veterinarians in Georgia are urging people to make sure their pets’ rabies vaccinations are up to date after authorities confirmed that a rabid cow had attacked its owner and rabid bobcat had attacked two dogs. Experts are calling both cases unusual but are not ready to say what the early and [...]