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Probiotics Useful But No Substitute For Antibiotics

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“We need to use antibiotics effectively.” – JAMES PETTIGREW The TV ad showing a person’s tummy doing a belly dance after eating yogurt may be coming to a hog barn near you. That particular yogurt contains probiotics – beneficial bacteria aimed at improving digestion and general wellbeing. Probiotics are big these days as North Americans
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Funds To Implement Food Safety

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The federal government will spend $75 million during the next few years to implement the 57 recommendations from special investigator Sheila Weatherill for preventing listeria and improving food safety. “We are making significant investments to hire more inspectors, update technologies and protocols and improve communication so that Canadians have the information they need to protect
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In Brief… – for Aug. 6, 2009

El Nińo coming: Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology says an El Nińo weather system in the Pacific Ocean would be established by September-November at the latest. The bureau said there was now agreement between international weather models that an El Nińo, which can bring drought conditions to Australia and weaken Asian monsoons, would be established by
Livestock

No Escape For Government Bodies In Listeria Report

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Health Canada, the Public Health Agency and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency have all been cited for contributing to a breakdown in the food inspection system during last summer’s deadly listeria outbreak. To prevent a repeat of it, special investigator Sheila Weatherill proposed 57 recommendations to improve food safety. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said they
Forages, Livestock

Timely Reminders For Silage Quality

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Forages form the base of the dairy nutrition food pyramid. Poor forage quality quickly erodes that foundation and contributes to a host of feeding challenges on dairies, according to North Dakota State University Extension Service dairy specialist J. W. Schroeder. Forage quality impacts cow performance and health. With spring forage harvest in full swing, here
News, Oilseeds

Salmonella Found In Canola Meal

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Two rail car shipments of canola meal from Bunge’s Canadian crushing plants tested positive for salmonella after inspection by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration at the border in May, Bunge Ltd. said on June 12. One shipment that tested positive in early May traces back to the Bunge plant in Hamilton, Ontario, said
Crops, Forages

Boosting Legume Nitrogen Fix

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McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, and Becker Underwood, Ames, Iowa, have signed a commercial licensing agreement granting Becker Underwood exclusive rights to patented nitrogen-fixing technology developed by a team of McGill researchers. Becker Underwood is a developer, marketer and producer of bioagronomic products for agriculture. Legumes such as soybeans, peanuts, peas, lentils and alfalfa form symbiotic
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Manitoba Dogs Monitored For Lyme Disease

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Manitoba’s veterinarians are tracking the incidence of Lyme disease in dogs to contribute to veterinary and public health official understanding of the geographic presence of this bacterial infection transmitted to animals and humans through deer tick bites. A simple in-clinic blood test typically run in conjunction with heartworm testing identifies to veterinarians if a dog
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Listeria Warning Signs Missed

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Maple Leaf Foods president Michael McCain put his finger on the weak link in his company’s efforts to prevent contamination of its ready-to-eat meats during his testimony before the Commons food safety subcommittee April 20. He said the company was properly testing its products and sanitizing its plant. What it missed was analyzing the results
Hogs, Opinion

Cause For Concern

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The last thing this province’s struggling hog sector needed was a global pandemic named after swine. Although the origins of the disease outbreak in Mexico have not at this time been traced back to pigs, the paranoia that has grown as it spreads human to human across the globe has been disastrous for the pork

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