Livestock Antibiotics Now Require a Veterinarian Prescription

Livestock Antibiotics Now Require a Veterinarian Prescription

  Just in case you have not heard already, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has implemented changes to how antimicrobials (antibiotics) will be sold for livestock production starting June 11th, 2023 through the Guidance for Industry (GFI) #263.  None of the...
Protecting Your Poultry Flock From Bird Flu

Protecting Your Poultry Flock From Bird Flu

  Samantha Wisely & Bridget Baker, UF/IFAS Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation   Bird flu or avian influenza is a virus that circulates among wild birds around the world. Often when the virus comes into contact with domestic birds, like...
Asian Longhorned Tick found on North Georgia Cow

Asian Longhorned Tick found on North Georgia Cow

Jennifer Whitaker, Georgia Farm Bureau The Asian Longhorned Tick – an invasive species with the potential to cause severe anemia and tick fever in livestock – has been positively identified on a cow in Pickens County (North Central GA), the Georgia...