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1. CWD finding leads to feeding, baiting ban in three counties [WI]
By Joe Knight
Leader-Telegram
June 26, 2015
A ban on deer feeding and hunting over bait in Eau Claire, Clark and Jackson counties will take effect Aug. 1 after a doe died of chronic wasting disease at a Fairchild area deer farm, according to the state Department of Natural Resources.
The deer, a 7-year old doe, died in early June. Testing results at the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Ames, Iowa, recently confirmed the deer had CWD.
State law requires that feeding deer and hunting over bait be banned in counties within a 10-mile radius of where a CWD-positive deer is found.
Records show that since CWD was discovered in the state in 2002, the DNR has tested 651 wild deer in the 17 towns within 10 miles of the deer farm and has not found a CWD-positive animal, said Tami Ryan, chief of the DNR's Wildlife Health Section.
Full text:
http://www.leadertelegram.com/News/Front-Page/2015/06/26/CWD-leads-to-nbsp-local-limits.html
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2. Website helps producers learn more about changes in antibiotic use
By Andrea Johnson, Assistant Editor
Farm and Ranch Guide
June 24, 2015
Livestock producers who want to learn more about Veterinary Feed Directives have a new resource on the Internet, called VFD Central.
Typing "VFD Central" in your web browser will pull up a new site hosted by Elanco and "Feedstuffs" magazine. [ http://feedstuffs.com/vfd.aspx ]
Leaders from the global animal health company and the agribusiness news source know that livestock producers need a place to study new rules about the use of antibiotics.
VFD Central offers a location to get easy-to-understand information.
Full text: http://tinyurl.com/q4ggbqr
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3. Test results on Louth dairy cow prove positive for BSE [Ireland[
Eoin Burke-Kennedy
Irish Times
June 25, 2015
Laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of BSE in a dairy cow in Co Louth, marking the first new case of the disease in Ireland in nearly two years.
The five-year-old Rotbunt cow, a rare breed here, was part of a herd that had BSE in the early 2000s.
The Department of Agriculture said final test results from the Pirbright Laboratory in Britain confirmed the recent suspect case to be an "isolated case" of classic BSE in a single animal.
Classic or typical BSE normally occurs in animals which have consumed contaminated feed or in the progeny of animals which have contracted the disease.
The department said all animals potentially exposed to the BSE agent that caused this incident, which include those born and reared on the birth-farm one year either side of the positive animal and her progeny, had been traced, slaughtered and excluded from the food chain.
It said all 63 cohort animals and her four progeny tested negative for BSE.
Full text: http://tinyurl.com/qemzymn
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4. USDA OK's, Places on Hold, Conditional License for Vaccine Against Equine Disease
ReleaseWire
DigitalJournal.com
June 25, 2015
Tampa, FL -- Ailment commonly known as pigeon fever can cause debilitating conditions in horses.
On March 5, 2015, the United States Department of Agriculture granted a conditional license for a vaccine to treat Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, more commonly known as pigeon fever, which has been afflicting a growing number of horses in the United States. However, only one month later, on April 9, the USDA placed a stop sale on the vaccine.
A soil-borne bacteria that can persist for months in different environmental conditions and primarily transmitted to equines through open wounds or flies, pigeon fever most commonly manifests itself in the form of external abscesses in a horse's pectoral region or ventral abdomen, but it can also trigger internal abscesses or even the severe limb swelling known as ulcerative lymphangitis. The disease, which had been largely associated with hot, dry climates in the American West, has been spreading to more humid climes in Florida and Kentucky.
Though not associated with fatality rates anywhere near as high as the up to 40 percent of horses afflicted with internal abscesses that die, lymphangitis is nonetheless a very debilitating disease that requires the administration of antibiotics and anti-inflammatories as well as extensive physiotherapy in order for the animal to fully recover.
"The legs are such a vital part of a horse's anatomy that must bear enormous weight while performing a variety of tasks, sometimes at a high rate of speed," said Greg Grambor, president of Vascular PRN, which is headquartered in Tampa, Fla. "Vascular PRN's horse compression system, which combines sequential compression and cold therapy for maximum therapeutic effectiveness, is a particularly helpful treatment for the rehabilitation of horse's limbs adversely affected by lymphangitis."
The USDA ordered a voluntary halt to sales of the vaccine, marketed by Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., after reports surfaced that some horses showed unexpected post-vaccination gastrointestinal tract events.
Full text:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/2595179
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5. Ohio House Agriculture Committee Receives Status Update on Avian Flu
West Bend News
June 25, 2015
The Ohio House of Representatives Agriculture and Rural Development Committee received a status update today from State Veterinarian Dr. Tony Forshey and Executive Vice President Jim Chakeres of the Ohio Poultry Association regarding Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI or avian flu), an extremely contagious virus that primarily affects domestic poultry and is believed to be spread by wild, migrating waterfowl.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of the virus in the U.S. in late 2014. Although Ohio is currently virus-free, the Ohio Department of Agriculture proactively canceled all live bird exhibitions, where co-mingling birds pose a high risk of unintentionally spreading the disease.
"Minimizing the potential for exposure is the best defense against having one of these viruses becoming established in Ohio," said Dr. Forshey.
Ohio is the second largest egg producer in the country, and its egg, chicken, and turkey farms employ more than 14,600 jobs and contribute $2.3 billion to the state's economy.
"We have been actively working with all of our commercial members to implement biosecurity plans and protocols on their farms," said Jim Chakeres. "Statewide biosecurity meetings, training and implementation of elevated biosecurity practices have been implemented in the past 120 days."
Full text: http://tinyurl.com/q6hs6bx
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6. Senate commits to quick COOL action
By Jacqui Fatka
Feedstuffs.com
June 25, 2015
The main message during a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing was the need for the United States to quickly address the country-of-origin labeling in order to avoid retaliatory tariffs. However, changing mandatory to voluntary in the statute for beef and pork may not offer the needed solution, those who testified added.
The top two members of the Senate Agriculture Committee recognized that inaction from the Senate is not an option and the Senate needs to move quickly. "Retaliation is fast approaching and the responsibility sits squarely on our shoulders to avoid it," said chairman Pat Roberts (R., Kan.).
The House previously approved a full repeal by a vote of 300-131 leaving the next action in the Senate's court. The World Trade Organization has ruled against the United States four times and arbitration process started for Canada on June 17 and Mexico on June 29 for them to begin arguing for their sanction levels surpassing $3 billion.
Ahead of the hearing Senate Agriculture Committee ranking member Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.) floated a draft discussion which first removes beef and pork from the mandatory labeling provisions deemed non-compliant by the WTO. It establishes a completely voluntary Product of U.S. label for beef and pork, which she said is similar to the voluntary Canadian label.
Leo McDonnell, executive officer of the United States Cattlemen's Assn., helped write the original COOL statute and said it was needed to help differentiate U.S. product. Although he's disappointed efforts are being abandoned ahead of the arbitration process playing out, he supports the voluntary label as a way to preserve the integrity of the U.S. beef label which would continue to allow for the label to be used on product that is born, raised and slaughtered in the U.S.
A majority of those who testified in the Senate hearing said the voluntary label may be too risky to satisfy Canada and Mexico and avoid looming tariffs.
Full text:
http://feedstuffs.com/story-senate-commits-quick-cool-action-45-129237
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