In this part 1 of a two-part series, a K-State veterinarian provides a look into how environmental factors, including heat stress, coupled with the use of beta-agonists potentially plays a role in cattle fatigue. In agricultural ...
Tags: Beta-Agonists, Cattle Fatigue, Environment, Agriculture
Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSIC), the world's largest provider of healthcare products and services to office-based dental, animal health and medical practitioners, today announced the signing of an agreement that will further strengthen ...
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With 2013 now over and 2014 just beginning to unfold, Colin Woodall, vice president for government affairs with the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, says the beef industry posted quite a few successes last year which provides a great ...
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As we enter the year 2014, I am sure many of you have established personal or business-related goals for the coming year. I know the whole New Year's Resolutions issue can be very exciting to some as we set such lofty goals as weight loss, ...
Tags: Beef Industry, Food
The Farm Bill reauthorization has been filled with ups and downs, twists and turns, and plenty of intrigue, and now faces another hurdle as Congress has decided to punt work on the legislation to January. The House of Representatives ...
USDA's December hog survey said the nation's swine breeding herd was down 1.1% compared to a year ago and the market hog inventory is down 0.6%. They said September-November farrowings were down 0.2% and predict winter farrowings will be up ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Pig
As experts continue to sound alarm bells about the rising resistance of microbes to antibiotics used by humans, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday announced it was curbing the use of the drugs in livestock nationwide. "FDA ...
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When the people from the drug company came out to visit Tyler Karney at Ordway Feedyard here on Colorado’s eastern plains, he was a little skeptical. They said their product, Zilmax, could put another 30 pounds on an animal in the ...
What do you think the average consumer is looking for when they step up to the meat counter to purchase your beef? Regardless of price, consumers expect a safe, wholesome, high quality product every time they make a purchase and expect that ...
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OvaScience, a life sciences company, and Intrexon Corporation have announced an agreement to access Intrexon’s portfolio of technologies to accelerate the development of OvaScience’s OvaTure technology platform Separately, ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the final version of a voluntary plan to phase out the use of certain antibiotics in food animals. Antibiotics are added to the feed or drinking water of cattle, hogs, poultry and other ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) in the UK has identified the presence of livestock-associated Meticillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) in poultry on a farm in East Anglia, England. The agency ...
Tags: East Anglia Farm, Infectious Bacteria, UK
Waste-water treatment by-products, also known as sewage sludge, are frequently used as fertilizer. And that means whatever this stew of sewage leftovers contains, including substances hazardous to human and animal health, could potentially ...
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Following the success of the 2009 Australian Pastoral Property Innovation Manual, AWI and Bestprac are promoting innovation uptake across the pastoral regions of Australia. The National Bestprac Coordinator, Rural Directions Pty Ltd, is ...
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has issued a ban on import of poultry and poultry products from Hualien County, Taiwan over fears of an outbreak of low-pathogenic H5N2 and H5N3 avian ...
Tags: Poultry Imports, Food