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Producers who suspect their beef or dairy cattle are showing signs of epizootic hemorrhagic disease should report those symptoms to their local veterinarian. Bill Shulaw, an Ohio State University Extension veterinarian, said the recent outbreaks of foot and mouth disease and bluetongue in the United Kingdom should remind producers that reporting signs of illness or unusual behavior is important to keeping foreign animal diseases under control. “Though EHD is a non-reportable...
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A new, single-dose antibacterial that provides more effective treatment of bovine respiratory disease (BRD) has been developed by Pfizer Animal Health. Clinical studies and field trials demonstrate that new DRAXXIN is highly efficacious for treating naturally occurring respiratory disease in cattle. "Our goal in developing DRAXXIN was to set a new standard of effectiveness for treatment of costly livestock diseases," said Ann Jernigan, DVM, PhD, vice president, Veterinary Medicine...
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Australian scientists are developing new methods for detecting insect-borne livestock diseases soon after they enter northern Australia.
CSIRO Livestock Industries' Dr David Boyle says the three-year project, funded by the Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre, will provide training in the use of rapid detection techniques such as microarrays to identify and characterise viruses isolated as part of the National Arbovirus Monitoring Program (NAMP).
"NAMP is jointly funded by...
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Government proposals to value TB reactors using a category card system based on average GB market prices, have been rejected as unfair by the industry.
Farmers claim the system will turn disease compensation into a lottery with some animals undervalued and others overvalued.
Pay-outs - for bovine TB, brucellosis, BSE and enzootic bovine leukosis - will depend on the animal's age, sex, pedigree status and sector.
Similar plans were put forward for consultation last year but there are...
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The circulation of the bluetongue virus was detected in a number of sentinel cattle in the Province of Cadiz, southern Spain, on Wednesday.
Bluetongue is an easy-spreading viral disease of domestic and wild ruminants transmitted by insects. It is not known to affect humans.
As a safeguard measure, the European Commission has adopted a decision banning the dispatch and export of live animals and their semen, embryos and ova of the bluetonguesusceptible-species (sheep, goats, cattle and...
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