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Province urges caution to avoid exposure to hantavirus

November 9, 2012

The virus has recently claimed another victim Manitoba Public Health is urging Manitobans to use caution when working around or cleaning out areas where it appears that mice are living. Hantavirus infection, also known as hanta virus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), is a very rare viral disease which can be fatal. The virus is found in

Hogs, Livestock, News

Flu season is here again — and not just for humans

By Shannon VanRaes October 26, 2012

Claude Vielfaure is rolling up his sleeves, but he’s not heading into the barn, he’s getting his flu shot. “I think it is important to protect yourself against the flu and we like all of our employees to get the shot,” said the La Broquerie hog producer. He was one of dozens to line up

Livestock, News

Swine dysentery is back and in a new strain

By Shannon VanRaes October 26, 2012

For years it has been absent from western Canadian hog barns, but now swine dysentery is back in Canadian and American herds. “From my understanding it was in the mid-1990s when classical swine dysentery, brachyspira hydosenteriae, sort of went off the radar,” Joe Rubin told the 2012 Canadian Swine Health Forum in Winnipeg last week.

Livestock, News

Research looks for antibiotic alternatives

By Shannon VanRaes October 17, 2012

Plant-based peptides could offer alternatives to antibiotics currently used in livestock production, if research at Prairie Plant Systems pans out. The Saskatoon-based company is examining the possible applications of peptides possessing antibacterial properties. “It’s pretty preliminary research, but the idea behind it is to see if it’s possible to have feed amendments that could prevent

Livestock, News, Other livestock

Pet owners and sheep producers warned about tapeworm threat

By Sheri Monk October 17, 2012

Here’s one more reason to hate coyotes. The predators frequently carry tapeworms in their gut that can infect dogs and possibly humans. Tapeworms passed on by canine species can also result in sheep measles, a costly disease for sheep and goat producers. One type of tapeworm found in coyotes, Echinococcus multilocularis, is receiving new attention

Livestock, News

Genetically engineered cow makes anti-allergy milk

October 17, 2012

Genetically engineered cow makes anti-allergy milk london / reuters / Researchers in New Zealand have genetically engineered a cow to produce milk with very little of an allergy-causing protein. The technique, called RNA interference, reduces activity of certain genes without eliminating them completely. With mothers breastfeeding less, cows’ milk is an increasing source of protein

News

How do you like them apples?

October 17, 2012

The old adage “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” holds up to scientific scrutiny, especially when it comes to heart health, new research from Ohio State University (OSU) suggests. In a study of healthy, middle-aged adults, consumption of one apple a day for four weeks lowered by 40 per cent blood levels of

Crops, Livestock, Other livestock

Aflatoxin corn allowed in U.S. livestock feed

October 10, 2012

Aflatoxin contamination prompted a series of U.S.  pet food and livestock feed recalls last December

Reuters / The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will allow grain handlers in Iowa and Illinois to blend corn containing aflatoxin, a naturally occurring toxic substance, with other grain to make animal feed. Aflatoxin is the byproduct of a corn mold that tends to spread in drought years. Following the worst drought in the Corn

Hogs, Livestock, News

Ontario man contracts H1N1 variant after contact with pigs

October 10, 2012

Reuters – An Ontario man has been infected with an H1N1 variant influenza virus after having had close contact with pigs. “I would like to reassure Ontarians that this variant influenza virus rarely spreads from animals to humans,” said Arlene King, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health. “Subsequent human-to-human transmission is also rare. I would

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap, Aug. 9

By Lorraine Stevenson August 10, 2012

RecipeSwap New rules for labelling help those with allergies Reading the label on food products just got easier for those living with allergies or celiac disease — and squinting at the fine print. Last week Health Canada unveiled new rules for what must be declared on food labels so you can tell at a glance

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures rise on expectations of tight supplies

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans fall, but achieve first annual gain in three years

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola unlikely to have a good start to 2026

Tag Archives Medicine

Province urges caution to avoid exposure to hantavirus

Flu season is here again — and not just for humans

Swine dysentery is back and in a new strain

Research looks for antibiotic alternatives

Pet owners and sheep producers warned about tapeworm threat

Genetically engineered cow makes anti-allergy milk

How do you like them apples?

Aflatoxin corn allowed in U.S. livestock feed

Ontario man contracts H1N1 variant after contact with pigs

Recipe Swap, Aug. 9

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