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Livestock

Merck bolsters animal health unit with Allflex deal

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Reuters — Merck and Co. said on Friday it will buy privately-held French company Antelliq Group, which makes digital identification products for livestock, for about 2.1 billion euros (C$3.19 billion) to bolster its fast-growing animal health business. The move affirms the drugmaker’s commitment to the business, which Wall Street analysts have long seen value in
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Weather

AgriRecovery offered for B.C. wildfire costs

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British Columbia ranchers and farmers who lost pasture or cropland or had to move livestock out of the path of wildfires this year may be eligible for AgriRecovery funding. The federal and B.C. governments on Thursday announced a new AgriRecovery program worth up to $5 million to help defray “extraordinary costs incurred” due to wildfires
Elanco CEO Jeff Simmons rings the ceremonial bell as the company’s stock begins trading on Sept. 20, 2018 at the NYSE. (Photo: Reuters/Brendan McDermid)
Livestock, Markets

Animal health firm Elanco surges on trading debut

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Reuters — Eli Lilly unit Elanco Animal Health’s shares jumped as much as 41 per cent on their stock market debut on Thursday, adding to investor enthusiasm for the fast-growing animal healthcare market. Elanco’s shares opened at $32.25 on the New York Stock Exchange, higher than their IPO price of $24 per share, giving the
Health Canada plan could harm veterinary drug market, CAHI warns
Livestock

Health Canada plan could harm veterinary drug market, CAHI warns

The organization says the department needs to get in step with other countries

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A Health Canada plan to impose service fees on human and veterinary medicines will keep many treatments for farm and companion animals out of the country, says Jean Szkotnicki, president of the Canadian Animal Health Institute. The Canadian animal health market is 2.5 per cent of the global market and shouldn’t be treated like the
Livestock, News

Landals named 2017 Carl Block Award recipient

The honour is to acknowledge a long career advancing animal health in Canada

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An Alberta veterinarian has been named the recipient of a national award for outstanding contributions to animal health. Dr. Duane Landals, of Onoway, Alta., has been given the 2017 Carl Block Award by the Canadian Animal Health Coalition. The award is in memory of Carl Block, who was chair of the CAHC when he passed
The joints of the lower legs of horses don’t move much, but they perform an important function and are a frequent source of lameness.
Livestock

Ringbone in horses

Horse Health: Abnormal and repetitive stresses are frequent causes of this source of lameness

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Ringbone is one of the most common forms of arthritis diagnosed in the horse and is a “catch-all” term used to describe an osteoarthritis that afflicts the coffin joint (low ringbone) or the pastern joint (high ringbone). Degeneration of the joint interferes with function, mobility and flexibility of the lower limb and ultimately leads to
Early detection of coccidiosis is important for getting calves treated, NDSU Extension livestock specialists say.
Beef cattle, Livestock

Coccidiosis affecting young calves in North Dakota

Cattle producers in North Dakota have been losing young calves to coccidiosis this spring, 
an intestinal disease that affects several animal species

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Cattle producers in North Dakota have been losing young calves to coccidiosis this spring, according to Gerald Stokka, the North Dakota State University Extension Service’s veterinarian. Coccidiosis is an intestinal disease that affects several animal species. In cattle, it may produce clinical symptoms in animals from a month to one year of age, but it

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