by Doug Mayo | Jan 13, 2017
Source: USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 01/09/2017 The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) in a stray dog near...
by Doug Mayo | Dec 16, 2016
Source: FDA CVM Animal Feed Safety System Team As of January 1, 2017, animal producers will not be able to purchase feeds over the counter that contain antimicrobials deemed important for human health. Instead, to buy and use feeds containing those antimicrobials,...
by Mark Mauldin | Jul 29, 2016
Last summer the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported 181 people from 40 states got Salmonella infections from contact with their poultry. This year, through the end of June 2016, 611 people from 45 states have gotten sick from Salmonella infections related to...
by hdbignell | Nov 20, 2015
With decreasing temperatures on the way, poultry farmers should implement proper management techniques to insure their animals’ health, safety, and productivity during the winter. Now is a good time to take into consideration the light, heat, ventilation, food and...
by Mark Mauldin | Jul 10, 2015
There are currently four multi-state outbreaks of human Salmonella infections associated with contacting live poultry being investigated by the United States Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) and Centers for Disease...
by Judy Biss | May 22, 2015
You may have heard about avian Influenza, otherwise known as “bird flu” in the news over the past few years. Bird flu is a virus, and is in the same class of viruses (Type A) that cause swine flu, equine flu, and human flu. Just as with human flu, there...
