Avian InfluenzaWhat is Avian Influenza? Avian Influenza Virus (AIV), often called 'bird flu' is a contagious viral infection causes by avian...
The Cost of CompassionThe price of a pet is more than just its purchase. Learn how prices are established for the services your pet needs.
Biosecurity in Practice - Cleaning and DisinfectionCleaning and Disinfection (C and D) Disinfection in On-Farm Biosecurity Procedures Source: Ohio State University Disinfection in...
Livestock Lightning SafetyThe United States Department of Agriculture estimates that lightning is responsible for 80% of all accidental livestock deaths...
Canada's Eco-Friendly Beef ProducersCanada’s beef producers continually strive toward improvement, and it shows. Their commitment to responsible agriculture has led...
Are You Being Misled About Healthy Beef?Marketing spin or evidence based fact? Healthy food comes from healthy animals and healthy animals are a result of...
Are antibiotics good or bad for livestock?What is an antimicrobial? Antimicrobials are a class of medications that kill or inhibit the growth of microorganisms, including...
Are You Being Misled About Healthy Beef?Marketing spin or evidence based fact? Healthy food comes from healthy animals and healthy animals are a result of...
APRUMA: A BackgroundThe Alberta Best Practices Framework for the use of Antimicrobials in Food-Producing Animals is intended to provide information...
Avian InfluenzaWhat is Avian Influenza? Avian Influenza Virus (AIV), often called 'bird flu' is a contagious viral infection causes by avian...
Biosecurity in Practice - Cleaning and DisinfectionCleaning and Disinfection (C and D) Disinfection in On-Farm Biosecurity Procedures Source: Ohio State University Disinfection in...
Biosecurity in Practice - PlanningIntroduction The Tool Kit is an integral part of Biosecurity in Practice. It contains many of the "how to's" and resource...
CIPARS Surveillance Bulletin: Emergence of Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Campylobacter in Retail Chicken in BC & SaskatchewanThe Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) has identified an emerging trend (>10%...
Court orders FDA to address antibiotic overuse in livestockCiting the threats to human health by overuse of antibiotics in animals , a federal judge has ordered the Food and Drug...
EU to phase out antibiotics for farm animal diseasesThe European Parliament has backed the phasing out of antibiotics on farm animals for disease prevention in order to ensure such...
Farmyard drug use a US battlefield and a Canadian WastelandJune 13, 2012 Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal online, by Paul Christopher Webster The contrast is alarming, experts...
FDA Changing Course on antibiotics in livestockUS: FDA changing course on antibiotics in livestock 09.jan.12 Los Angeles Times Jill U. Adams http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he...
FDA Final Rule Cephalosporin Use in Food Producing Animals issuedRe: See message below with attached Federal Register and brief statement from Animal Health Institute as attachments. The U.S...
Key Messages from Pharmaceutical Issues Priority Action TeamFrom: Alberta Farmed Animal Health and Welfare Steering Committee Pharmaceutical Issues Priority Action Team August, 2012 Dear...
Letter to Editor – Re: Editorial, Farm-Grown Superbugs: While the world acts, Canada DawdlesDear Canadian Medical Association Journal: Re: Editorial, Farm-grown Superbugs: While the world acts, Canada dawdles The Alberta...
Netherlands Reports Declining Antibiotics Use in Livestock FarmingSource: Feedstuffs June 25, 2012 The policy objective in the Netherlands of a 20% reduction in the use of antibiotics in the...
Research Points to Millennia of Antibiotic Resistance in bacteriaIndustry News – AM By Lisa M. Keefe, 4/17/2012 Bacteria may have a built-in resistance to antibiotics that can be traced back...
