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  • Mar. 30, 2012
    Article

    Schmallenberg Virus Has EU Scrambling

    What appeared to be some unrelated symptoms like fever and diarrhea in dairy cattle in Germany and the Netherlands last fall is turning into an overblown trade nightmare for the European Union (EU) as countries begin slapping on trade restrictions over a little-known disease that seems to have spread well beyond its original infection zone....More
  • Mar. 27, 2012
    Article

    Liver Flukes Expand Range To 26 States

    In the hierarchy of internal parasites in beef cattle, there’s little doubt that the nematodes (Ostertagia, Cooperia, etc.) are the headliners. But there’s an ambitious understudy – liver flukes – inching their way into the spotlight....More
  • Mar. 27, 2012
    Article

    Prevention Is The Best Strategy In Hardware Disease

    When it comes to eating, cattle don’t usually sort their food, which means they can ingest foreign matter when eating hay or processed feed. Among that foreign material can be metal objects, such as pieces of wire, nails, or metal flakes from feeding equipment. These objects generally settle into the reticulum to cause what’s called “hardware stomach.”...More
  • Mar. 6, 2012
    Article

    Russia To Ban Cattle Imports From All EU States

    Russia's food safety and sanitary watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor will ban cattle imports from all European Union (EU) countries as of March 20, following the spread of the highly virulent Schmallenberg and Bluetongue viruses....More
  • Dec. 30, 2011
    Article

    USDA Releases 2010 Non-Predator Death Loss Report

    USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has released its Cattle and Calves Non-Predator Death Loss in the U.S., 2010 report. Produced by APHIS’s National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS), the report provides a breakdown of cattle and calf death losses in 2009 for all causes by size group and by region, with special emphasis on non-predator (NP) causes....More
  • Aug. 2, 2011
    article

    Pathogen Surveillance In Cattle Is Profitable

    Imagine less than 1% mortality and about 10% morbidity for loads of put-together lightweight calves (325 lbs.) from the Southeast freighted to starter yards in Kansas. Imagine cutting average death loss and morbidity by 40-50% and significantly reducing the prevalence of major pathogens....More
  • Aug. 1, 2009
    article

    Divide & Conquer

    Bovine tuberculosis (TB) no longer poses the significant cattle and human health risks it did in 1917 when the nation's TB eradication program was developed....More
  • Jun. 1, 2009
    article

    When, Not If, Disaster Strikes

    Finding dead cattle from time to time isn't exactly uncommon. Finding a bunch of them all at once is another heartbreaking matter. An Arizona rancher...More
  • Feb. 3, 2009
    article

    Homeland Security Launches Educational Campaign

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Ready Campaign, in partnership with The Advertising Council, is introducing a series of social media tools to further engage Americans in emergency preparedness....More
  • Feb. 3, 2009
    article

    CWD Found In Minnesota Farmed Elk

    The Minnesota Board of Animal Health (MBAH – www.bah.state.mn.us) says a farmed elk, a seven-year-old female, from an Olmsted County herd tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)....More
  • Jan. 18, 2009
    article

    KSU Wins Plum Island Replacement Facility

    The Kansas State University campus has been officially named as the home of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced....More
  • Oct. 1, 2008
    article

    Biosecurity Basics

    Biosecurity, biocontainment, biological risk management. To the beef producer, these new buzzwords essentially mean the same thing addressing the possibility...More
  • Sep. 1, 2008
    blog

    Eight biosecurity tips

    Ask a swine producer about the role of biosecurity and herd health on the average hog farm, and a protocol and 20-minute lecture are surely to follow....More
  • Nov. 1, 2007
    article

    STOP, Thief!

    Mention livestock identification nowadays and you're likely to get a wide range of reactions. Mention it to a rustler, however, and the reaction is likely...More
  • Oct. 1, 2007
    article

    Drainage system suspected

    A final report on the United Kingdom's (UK) August outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) says it may have been caused by an aging drainage system at...More
  • Sep. 14, 2007
    article

    After Giving "All Clear," UK Finds More FMD

    Just days after United Kingdom (UK) officials declared the Aug. 3 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) contained, the virulent disease was back....More
  • Aug. 1, 2007
    article

    New facility dedicated

    USDA dedicated a new, $85-million, high-containment, large-animal facility in Ames, IA, last month. The facility combines several research facilities...More
  • Aug. 1, 2007
    article

    Canada feed regs

    The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced that bovine specified risk material (SRM) will be banned from all animal feed, pet food and fertilizer,...More
  • Jul. 1, 2007
    article

    U.S. develops FMD vaccine

    USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), along with the Department of Homeland Security and GenVec Inc., have developed the first foot-and-mouth disease...More
  • Feb. 9, 2007
    article

    Canada Elimination of Bluetongue Testing Applauded

    The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has eliminated all bluetongue-related import restrictions on U.S. cattle entering Canada...More
  • Feb. 9, 2007
    article

    Bird Flu Hits Britain; Draws Trade Bans

    Britain destroyed 159,000 turkeys this week following the discovery of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian flu on a farm in eastern England...More
  • Jan. 8, 2007
    article

    R-CALF Files Appeal Brief On Canada Border Issue

    R-CALF Files Appeal Brief On Canada Border Issue R-CALF filed a brief last week urging the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to remand the group's litigation against USDA back to the District Court of Montana. The brief claims the District Court ruled ......More
  • Jan. 8, 2007
    article

    Canada Loosens Movements, Okays E. Coli Vaccine

    The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) removed movement restrictions on 7,700 cattle located on 83 farms in Ontario and four farms in Quebec this week after determining they were not exposed to potentially contaminated feed. An estimated 2,450 ......More
  • Dec. 17, 2006
    article

    U.S. Still Wanting In Emergency Preparedness

    Five years after the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, U.S. emergency health preparedness is still wanting. That's according to the fourth annual report, "Ready or Not? Protecting the Public's Health from Disease, Disasters, and Bioterrorism." Released ......More
  • Dec. 9, 2006
    article

    President Bush Signs Animal Terrorism Act

    President Bush has signed the "Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act." This legislation increases penalties for criminal acts against animal enterprises (commercial, academic, laboratories, animal shelter, pet store, breeder, or furrier). It also revises ......More
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