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Hydrotherapy — Fancy Name For A Simple Process – for Aug. 19, 2010

In veterinary medicine the benefits of water spray therapy (hydrotherapy) on cuts, wounds, and swellings have long been known. It is cheap, requires some labour but provides many benefits to the animal. Water therapy comes with no slaughter or milk withdrawal, requires no injections and is extremely cheap, another plus when it comes to production-animal
Livestock

French Halal Meat In Doubt – for Aug. 19, 2010

The lack of a central body in France to oversee the authenticity of halal meat has made some experts doubt that animals have been slaughtered following the correct Islamic procedures. Estimates of the amount of meat labelled halal that does not meet the strict religious standards range from 40 to as high as 80 per
Livestock, News

Monitor Herds For Anthrax – for Aug. 12, 2010

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The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer is alerting livestock owners that anthrax can be responsible for sudden death on summer pastures. Anthrax is a preventable disease when appropriate vaccination programs are used. Producers who will graze their livestock in areas of the province that have had previous anthrax cases, or in areas with alkaline
Livestock, News

Monitor Herds For Anthrax – for Aug. 12, 2010

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The Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer is alerting livestock owners that anthrax can be responsible for sudden death on summer pastures. Anthrax is a preventable disease when appropriate vaccination programs are used. Producers who will graze their livestock in areas of the province that have had previous anthrax cases, or in areas with alkaline
Livestock

EU Moves To Relax BSE Feed Rules

The European Union could lift a ban on the use of animal protein in pig and poultry feed – imposed in 2001 as part of efforts to fight mad cow disease – under plans published by the bloc’s executive July 16. The idea is one of several moves to relax EU measures against bovine spongiform
Livestock

Study On Farmers’ Health Seeks Participants

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Farmers face many challenges and difficulties related to their work, not the least of which is the way their occupation affects their long-term health. As one of the highest-risk occupations in Canada, farmers face greater work-related injuries and occupational illnesses than among the general population. Nonetheless, research into the impact of illness on both the
Country Crossroads

How Clean Is Clean Enough?

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We live in a fairly sanitized world with all sorts of anti-bacterial products available to consumers. In fact, some medical researchers have questioned whether we might be a little too clean. Antibacterial products are linked by some researchers to the development of “superbugs” resistant to antibiotics. The products kill the normal bacteria in our environment,
Cereals, News

In Brief… – for Jul. 15, 2010

Winnipeggers out of cluck: It looks as if there won’t be backyard chickens in Winnipeg after all. Winnipeg City Council’s property committee has decided to take no action on a request to allow city residents to keep a few hens in their backyards for fresh eggs. The committee voted to receive the request as information,
Livestock

On The Lookout For FMD

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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is reminding veterinarians across Canada to consider serious animal diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in their list of differential diagnoses. The recent outbreaks of FMD in Japan and other Asian countries are strong reminders of the importance of spotting the disease early, and practising sound biosecurity when visiting
Beef cattle, Hogs, News

Fda Advises Against Drugs In Livestock Feed

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An American health regulator has moved a step closer toward recommending a ban on the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in livestock feed. The U. S. Food and Drug Agency last week issued a “draft guidance” to reduce the risk of antimicrobial resistance in veterinary drugs used in raising food-producing animals. The document, released for public

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