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U.S. meat packer JBS offers $100 to employees who get COVID-19 vaccine

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Meat-packer JBS USA and chicken company Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. said Jan. 21 they will pay $100 to U.S. employees who voluntarily receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The bonus is intended to encourage employees to get inoculations, after thousands of U.S. meat-packing workers became infected with the coronavirus last year. Outbreaks of the disease temporarily shut slaughterhouses
(PerformanceLivestockAnalytics.com)
Beef cattle, Livestock

Zoetis buys livestock data management firm

Performance Beef platform to expand drugmaker's 'precision' production offering

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The producer of livestock drugs such as Draxxin, Bovatec and Excede is buying space in the “precision livestock farming” market with a deal for a U.S. livestock data management firm. New Jersey-based Zoetis, which makes drugs and vaccines for the beef and dairy cattle, equine, swine, poultry and sheep sectors as well as cats and
(PrevtecMicrobia.com)
Hogs, Livestock

Elanco buys swine PWD vaccine maker

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Veterinary drugmaker Elanco Animal Health is expanding its space in the swine sector with a deal to buy the Quebec startup behind Coliprotec vaccines. Indianapolis-based Elanco announced Thursday it has paid $78.5 million to buy Prevtec Microbia, which is headquartered in Montreal with facilities in St-Hyacinthe. The Coliprotec line is meant to help protect pigs
A macrophage (immune response) cell in early stages of infection with African swine fever virus, magnified about 1,000x. (Keith Weller photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Hogs, Livestock

No proof natural compound prevents swine fever, China ag ministry says

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Beijing | Reuters — China’s ministry of agriculture said on Thursday a company which claimed a natural compound was effective in preventing African swine fever did not have government approval to research the virus and its assertions were not scientifically sound. Shopping mall operator Guangdong Highsun Group was questioned by the Shenzhen Stock Exchange earlier
Vaccinations are an important part of keeping your pet healthy.
Country Crossroads, Other

Be sure to vaccinate your pet

Vaccinations are a significant part of health care


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Vaccinations are a very significant part of your pet’s health care as they protect dogs and cats from infectious agents that can cause serious illness or may be fatal. As in humans, vaccines have had a major impact in decreasing infectious diseases and are very safe. Nowadays we don’t see many of these diseases —
Antibodies from cattle, combined with engineered antigens, can trigger an immune response. A similar technique could work in humans.
Did you know?, Livestock, News

Cow antibodies show a path to fighting human disease

Novel vaccines combine natural antibodies and engineer antigens 
to trigger immune response

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Old Bessie may have shown researchers a new way to fight human diseases. A recent paper from University of Guelph scientists says a novel vaccine that protects cattle from a viral-driven respiratory disease may hold the secret to creating similar treatments for human diseases, ranging from gut infections to HIV and cancer. Azud Kaushik, a
Veterinary researchers are currently testing a new vaccine against PEDv that was developed at the University of Saskatchewan.
Hogs, News

PEDv vaccine on horizon but biosecurity still key

A PEDv vaccine, field tested during the recent Manitoba 
outbreak, still needs to be registered in Canada


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Canadian pork producers are one step closer to having a powerful new tool in the fight against porcine epidemic diarrhea. A vaccine developed by the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, also known as VIDO-InterVac, at the University of Saskatchewan has entered its final phase of testing. But while the vaccine is a much
(Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Hogs, Livestock

Field testing underway on Canadian PED vaccine

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Field testing is underway and a corporate partner on board for development of a made-in-Saskatchewan vaccine to protect pigs against porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). The University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) said Monday its prototype vaccine, first announced last year, has moved into field testing in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Manitoba
Nose-to-nose contact is a primary means for transmission of respiratory diseases between horses.
Livestock

Biosecurity practices for horses

Horse Health: Infectious organisms are effective 'hitchhikers' so avoid sharing water buckets and equipment at shows

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Biosecurity measures do not need to be complicated or expensive undertakings to be effective. In fact the simplest of practices can make the most difference. Infectious and contagious diseases are not random events, rather the disease requires a chain of events to manifest — like the perfect storm. The viral, bacterial, parasitic or fungal pathogens
Beef 911: Watch for newer respiratory pathogens
Livestock

Beef 911: Watch for newer respiratory pathogens

Corona virus and B. trehalosi bacteria aren’t always easy to spot

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We have all heard of corona virus being one of the main causes of viral scours in our newborn calves. It and a couple of strains of rotavirus are the two main viruses we see in our scours vaccines. (It also causes a winter dysentery bloody diarrhea in mature cattle, especially housed dairy cattle in

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