U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday said Mexico has not adequately enacted protocols to curb the spread of New World screwworm.
Animal health
U.S. criticizes Mexico’s handling of screwworm near border
Animal rights activists take their game to a new playing field
Canadian football joins recent targets of animal activist campaigns
PETA has played a significant role in my professional life over the years but, until recently, it had never encroached into one of my off-work passions — the Canadian Football League.
Elite Services expands chicken handling into Manitoba
B.C. company Elite Services to take over Unity Catchers poultry operations on Manitoba farms
B.C. poultry handling company Elite Services will take over Unity Catchers’ operations on Manitoba farms
B.C. ostrich flock cull paused amid U.S. push to save them
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A flock of British Columbia ostriches set to be culled after two dead birds tested positive for avian flu has been granted a last-minute stay of execution from Canada’s highest court - for now.
Cassidy Klima named Animal Health Canada executive director
Animal Health Canada has announced Cassidy Klima as its new Executive Director.
Mexico confirms case of New World screwworm in northern state, USDA says
Mexico confirmed a new case of New World screwworm in Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, less than 70 miles (113 km) from the U.S.-Mexico border, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.
Fall grazing flush can set cattle up for fog fever, or ‘the grunts’
Using hay to limit gorging during a sudden fall pasture flush can avoid the dietary shock that sets cattle up for acute bovine pulmonary emphysema, or ‘fog fever’
Using hay to limit gorging during a sudden fall pasture flush can avoid the dietary shock that sets cattle up for acute bovine pulmonary emphysema, or ‘fog fever.’
A new vaccine for bovine tuberculosis? Maybe not yet, but a step closer
Canadian research suggests bovine TB vaccine candidate MSX-1 may finally offer some protection without interfering with tuberculosis test results, but it’s still early days
Bovine TB vaccine candidate MSX-1 may finally offer cattle some disease protection without interfering with tuberculosis test results, but it’s still early days.
Manitoba tick study focuses on testing, other carriers for anaplasmosis
University of Manitoba researchers look into effects of tick and fly diseases in cattle, seek ranchers to participate
Manitoba research explores anaplasmosis transmission from ticks and, maybe, flies, as well as laying hopeful groundwork for a better test to detect infection in cattle.
Avian flu has major economic costs for infected dairy herds
Research shows that mastitis and decreased milk production lasts well beyond the clinical outbreak period
A U.S. study shows highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in dairy cows can cause severe mastitis and costly decreases in milk production, possibly beyond just an infected farm’s clinical outbreak period.
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