je.st
news
Tag: antibiotics
Registration Opens for Antibiotics Conference
2013-09-12 16:48:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: National Institute for Animal Agriculture “Bridging the Gap Between Animal Health and Human Health” is a conference designed to bring together those within agriculture, human medicine and the environmental communities to resolve antimicrobial use and resistance concerns. The symposium will be held Nov. 12-14, 2013 at the Kansas City Airport Marriott in Kansas City, MO. Complete program details and registration information can be found at www.animalagriculture.org. or by calling (800) 237-7193. read more
Tags: registration
conference
opens
antibiotics
VMD Urges Responsible Use of Antibiotics
2013-08-28 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - In its latest Annual Review 2012-13, the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) says responsible antibiotic use is essential in both human and veterinary medicine.
Tags: responsible
urges
antibiotics
vmd
Learning from Other Countries about Antibiotics, Sow Stalls
2013-08-09 22:37:00| National Hog Farmer
The United States is not the only country wrestling with issues, such as use of both antibiotics in livestock production, and gestation stalls. This week Scott Hurd, DVM, associate professor and director of the Food Risk Modeling and Policy Laboratory at Iowa State Universitys College of Veterinary Medicine, makes some valid points about the rest of the story after Denmark banned preventive and growth-promoting antibiotics for pigs in 2000. In over 20 years of food safety research, I have seen quite a few antibiotic-free (ABF) animals, including the famous pigs in Denmark, he writes in his Hurd Health blog. While working in the processing plant, I could often tell when ABF pigs were coming down the line. The animals from the ABF farms usually appeared somewhat unthrifty. Often there was less uniformity in carcass size and more issues. National Hog Farmer Blog read more
Tags: learning
countries
antibiotics
stalls
New Antibiotics Guidelines for Livestock Producers Explained
2013-08-07 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - A veterinarian from the University of Kentucky explains new antibiotics guidelines for livestock producers.
Tags: guidelines
explained
producers
livestock
Senators Offer Bill to Restrict Use of Antibiotics in Food Animals
2013-06-28 17:13:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: The Hill Four senators — three Democrats and a Republican — have introduced legislation that would restrict the use of antibiotics in animal agriculture, according to a report from The Hill. The bill is a companion measure to legislation introduced earlier in the House by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY). It would ban farmers from using seven classes of antibiotics critical for human health to treat sick animals. read more
Sites : [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] next »