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Animal Health & Veterinary

USDA opens insect research laboratory facility in Texas

Facility will provide the U.S. cattle industry with innovative tools and advanced technologies to manage and eliminate the invasive fly and tick pests that threaten the U.S. cattle industry.

Animal Health & Veterinary

FDA issues emergency use authorization for Zoetis NWS treatment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for Zoetis Inc.’s Dectomax/Dectomax-CA1 injectable solution for the prevention and treatment of New World screwworm (NWS) infestations in dairy cattle.

Animal Health & Veterinary

WOAH: Animal health receives as little as 0.6% of global health spending

As defense budgets soar, report warns aid cuts leave the world dangerously exposed to transboundary diseases, food insecurity and the next pandemic.

Animal Health & Veterinary

NPPC urges swift approval of NovoFly to prevent New World screwworm in US

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) recently applied to register NovoFly – a technology incorporating a genetically engineered female-lethal trait that results in male-only sterile flies – for use in combatting NWS.

Animal Health & Veterinary

Florida issues import restrictions on Texas animals to prevent NWS

The Texas agriculture commissioner is responding to actions taken by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to restrict importation of animals into Florida from counties in Texas that are at high risk for New World screwworm.

Livestock & Poultry Diseases

Alert sounded for international spread of foot-and-mouth disease

As China records its first ever detection of the SAT 1 variant of the foot-and-month disease (FMD), further cases are confirmed in the Palestinian territories, Europe and southern Africa.

Avian Influenza

New tool can warn of avian influenza before infection spreads

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a tool that can predict where and when the risk of infection is highest.

Animal Health & Veterinary

FDA allows emergency use of injectable ivermectin to prevent NWS in cattle

Boehringer Ingelheim's Ivomec may be effective for the prevention of infestations caused by NWS larvae in cattle when administered within 24 hours of birth, at the time of castration or when a wound appears.

Avian Influenza

Avian influenza antibodies found in European dairy cow for first time

Avian influenza antibodies have been detected in a dairy cow at a dairy farm in the Netherlands, the country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature announced on January 23.

Animal Health & Veterinary

Simulation suggests microplastics impair ruminal fermentation

Interactions in the rumen may increase the odds that plastics enter the blood stream, but more research is needed to understand health effects in livestock.

Dairy Cow Health & Disease

H5N1 capable of spreading in raw milk and cheese, researchers say

Dairy producers should monitor their herds for signs of illness as H5N1 continues to circulate, researcher says.

Livestock & Poultry Diseases

Research suggests new culprit in mad cow disease

The devastating disease can be caused without the presence of infectious prions, University of Alberta study shows.

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