http://www.porknetwork.com/editorial/geni-wren RSS Feed for Geni Wren en-us Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:03:45 GMT http://www.porknetwork.com/editorial/geni-wren/Commentary-Talk-about-hormones-responsibly-179979721.html Last week, while I was attending the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s 2012 Antibiotic Symposium in Columbus, Ohio, I joined some of the other attendees for a lovely dinner at a high-end steakhouse. When the server came out with a beautiful platter of plastic-wrapped pieces of steak to show us our choices, she started to describe the beef that the restaurant used. http://www.porknetwork.com/editorial/geni-wren/Get-Smart-About-Antibiotics-Week--not-just-for-humans-178905901.html This week (Nov. 12-18) is “Get Smart About Antibiotics Week” promoted by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). The food-animal veterinary side is also working diligently to use antibiotics prudently and effectively to combat disease while preventing antimicrobial resistance as much as possible. http://www.porknetwork.com/editorial/geni-wren/Antimicrobial-resistance--a-polarizing-issue-179158031.html Antimicrobial resistance is never going to go away and we will never completely win. “But, there are key battles we should and must win,” says Lonnie King, DVM, MS, MPA, Dipl. ACVP, dean of the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. http://www.porknetwork.com/editorial/geni-wren/ND-Animal-Stewards-battle-Measure-5-173564731.html Several animal and veterinary organizations in North Dakota have banded together as the North Dakota Animal Stewards to fight Measure 5, a ballot initiative slated for the November elections. http://www.porknetwork.com/editorial/geni-wren/Online-CE-course-on-foreign-animal-disease-147624335.html The web-based course, Emerging and Exotic Diseases of Animals (EEDA), will be offered July 10 – August 18, 2012. The course has been approved for 18 hours of continuing education through RACE. http://www.porknetwork.com/editorial/geni-wren/Missouri-Senator-dogs-HSUS-145989485.html Missouri Farmers Care sent out an op-ed piece this week from Missouri state Sen. Michael Parsons outlining anti-agriculture tactics of the Humane Society of the United States that have been modified or failed in Missouri. Parsons, a staunch advocate for agriculture, says, “We don't need out-of-state interests to guide our state laws.” http://www.porknetwork.com/editorial/geni-wren/Get-your-paws-off-our-laws-137907908.html My pick for best bumper sticker so far in 2012 goes to Missouri Farmers Care for their “HSUS & PETA, Get Your Paws Off Our Laws!” sticker I saw last week. http://www.porknetwork.com/editorial/geni-wren/Resistance-blame-game--humans-first-137421073.html Livestock have been repeatedly implicated as the source of antimicrobial resistance, but new research from Scotland shows that, at least in the case of Salmonella Typhimurium DT104, resistance profiles are often showing up in humans before animals. Guy Loneragan, BVSc, PhD, offers some information to put this new research in context. http://www.porknetwork.com/editorial/geni-wren/--Swine-disease-management-sets-a-good-example-134137018.html Livestock production today is efficient and for the most part conducted under the best management available, including close relationships with veterinarians. http://www.porknetwork.com/editorial/geni-wren/Moran-criticizes-HSUS-involvement-in-APHIS-meeting-133362628.html In a YouTube video, Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran soundly criticizes the USDA-APHIS for its plans to involve HSUS in planning an animal welfare scientific forum.