UK: Industry task force announces new farm antibiotic targets
The sector-specific targets were developed over the past year by a ‘Targets Task Force’, facilitated by the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) Alliance.
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Post-weaning diarrhoea in piglets: preventive practices
List of practical measures applied in our daily work with good results. Those measures must be considered as a whole and never individually.
United Kingdom: Record low for sales of antibiotics for use in animals
Sales of antibiotics for use in animals in the UK have fallen to their lowest level since records began, exceeding a government target to combat the threat of antibiotic resistance (AMR) two years early.
EU scientific opinion: how to assess progress on reduction of antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial consumption
A set of indicators will assist European Union (EU) Member States to assess their progress in reducing the use of antimicrobials and combatting antimicrobial resistance.
Use of processing fluids for PRRSV diagnostics
We propose to use the processing fluids, the liquid accumulated at the bottom of the pail when farmers collect tails and testicles during routine procedures as a sample.
United States: FDA releases 2015 National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with its National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) partners, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, released the 2015 NARMS Integrated Report.
Russia forbids the entrance of pig products and live animals from South Ossetia
Russia has imposed a temporary prohibition on the entrance of pork from South Ossetia due to the presence of ASF.
United States: NIFA invests in research to maintain healthy agricultural animals
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced support for research to help maintain healthy agricultural animals.
Delaying pigs from the normal production flow is associated with health problems and poorer performance
In practice, delaying pigs from the normal production flow translates into higher feeding costs, increase number of days to slaughter and increased labour requirements reducing production efficiency for the pig operation.
Syringe and vial carrier
You can use old wicker baskets, builder’s buckets, etc., but I will now show you a syringe carrier at zero cost made with recycled materials.
Germany: new drop in the commercialisation of veterinary antibiotics
Since 2011, the German pharmaceutical industry has the obligation of recording, yearly, the amount of commercialised veterinary medicines, specially antibiotics, and of reporting these data to a central register.
Modeling the growth dynamics of multiple Escherichia coli strains in the pig intestine
Besides dosing factors, epidemiological factors (such as number of competing strains and bacterial excretion) influenced resistance development and need to be considered further in relation to optimal treatment strategies.
Sales of veterinary antimicrobial agents in the UE in 2015
A total of 30 European countries — 29 European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland — submitted data on sales or prescriptions (two countries) of antimicrobial veterinary medicinal products (VMPs) to the European Medicines Agency for 2015.
France: decrease in the exposure of animals to antibiotics
The goals regarding the decrease in the use of antibiotics have not only been attained but exceeded.
The immune system and immunity in swine. Specific humoral immunity (1/2): Ig types and structure
Specific humoral immunity is mediated by glycoproteins called antibodies or immunoglobulins.
OIE, FAO and WHO enlarge their collaboration commitment to face health challenges
Se extenderá el ámbito de su colaboración con el fin de ampliar el enfoque “Una sola salud”, reconociendo la interconexión entre la salud humana, la sanidad animal y el medio ambiente.