Hidden impacts of FMD
Outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) result in a range of direct and indirect costs, and public opinion can play a significant role in response and outcomes. Those were key messages as Sebastian Heath, VetMB, PhD, branch chief of program development with the Federal Emergency Management Agency kicked off this week’s FMD Symposium in Louisville, Ky. The symposium, focusing on FMD preparedness, took place in conjunction with the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s annual conference.
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Group distorts resistance data to blame farmers
Just days after the release of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report showing that medical doctors annually are prescribing enough antibiotics to give them to 80 percent of Americans, a group today is set to issue its own report, claiming that antibiotics use in food animals is the main cause for people developing antibiotic-resistant diseases.
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It’s not all ‘Bugs and Drugs’
Remember the “disease triad” during on-farm troubleshooting of non-infectious causes of disease.
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BIVI Swine Health Seminar covers “vertical” disease transmission
Boehringer Ingelheim (BIVI) hosted its Swine Health Seminar as a kick-off to the 44th annual American Association of Swine Veterinarians meeting being held in San Diego this week.
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Work with your veterinarian on drug protocols
Protocols spell out the treatment plan on farm for animal disease problems. All drug use on the farm should be covered in protocols.
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Terramycin 200 now available as a granular formulation
Phibro Animal Health Corporation announces that Terramycin 200 (oxytetracycline) antibiotic is now available as a granular formulation that provides significant advantages for feed mills and producers alike.
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Heavier-born pigs may result in greater long-term productivity
Sow nutrition and management can help producers meet birth weight benchmarks.
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Brumm Speaks Out: Extreme cold complicates facility heating
Yesterday I was at a new nursery site that went into use last summer. With the extreme cold weather, the owner was having difficulty keeping temperatures stable in the pig zone.
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Brumm Speaks Out: Packer animal welfare programs
At the Iowa and Minnesota Pork Congress, Hormel met with producers who supply live hogs to their slaughter plants.
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IHOP, Applebee's removing gestation-sow stalls from the menu
Restaurant giant, DineEquity, Inc., became the third company this week to announce their decision to end the use of gestation-sow stalls in their pork supply chain. DineEquity’s policy change will affect food served at 3,500 IHOP and Applebee's restaurants.
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Au Bon Pain eliminating gestation-sow stalls
Boston-based café bakery Au Bon Pain has announced it is committed to ending the use of gestation-sow stalls and will require its pork suppliers to completely phase out the stalls by 2017.
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- Oil falls as Fed minutes send U.S. equities down
- Ag markets diverged widely Wednesday afternoon
- Cold Storage: Frozen pork supplies up from March
- Tyson sends disaster-assistance truck to Oklahoma
- University workshops address workforce management issues
- Mexico says U.S. not respecting WTO ruling on meat labeling
- Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
- Swine virus confirmed in Iowa, Indiana hog herds
- Business seminars scheduled for World Pork Expo
- Special health claim for this pork
- USDA says has detected virus in Iowa hog population
- Mexico says U.S. not respecting WTO ruling on meat labeling
