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May 9, 2009
National Report -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to know more about organic dairy farming and whether it's as healthy for cows as it is for people.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
May 3, 2009
Washington -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will hold a series of listening sessions on the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) this month.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
May 3, 2009
Washington -- The cost of implementing a National Animal Identification System (NAIS) in the cattle sector is $175.9 million annually, which represents 91.5 percent of the total cost of the program, according to a study released by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
May 1, 2009
Washington -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a final guidance document April 30 about the substances prohibited for use in animal feed, relating to its new rule to protect against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
May 1, 2009
National Report -- The pleading of agriculture groups against using the term "swine flu" for the new multi-species strain of swine influenza got results. Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced they would now refer to the pandemic-causing virus as influenza A/H1N1.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
April 30, 2009
The first full genome of a female Hereford cow has been sequenced.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
April 27, 2009
St. Paul, Minn. -- A poultry feed typically used by small flock owners has been voluntarily recalled by its manufacturer.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
April 23, 2009
The so-called BSE rule will go into effect Monday, but those affected get 6 months to comply.
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Source: DVM360 MAGAZINE
April 17, 2009
East Lansing, Mich. -- A researcher with Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Human Medicine has developed a working vaccine for enterotoxigenic E. coli, which is responsible for 60 percent to 70 percent of all E. coli diarrheal disease.
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