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1. New state veterinarian named [MN]
By Forum News Service
Perham Focus
April 12, 2016
ST. PAUL -- Dr. Beth S. Thompson is Minnesota's new state veterinarian.
She replaces Dr. Bill Hartmann, who earlier announced his retirement for June 1. He has led the State Board of Animal Health and been state veterinarian since 2001. He has worked for the board since 1988.
Thompson joined the board as a senior veterinarian in 2008 after graduating from the University of Minnesota Veterinary School in 2007 and spending a year as a swine production system veterinarian for a Minnesota company.
She is assistant board director.
Thompson's new job was made public Tuesday during a House Agriculture Finance Committee meeting.
The board deals with a variety of livestock issues, the most visible of which was last year's bird flu outbreak that resulted in the deaths of 9 million Minnesota turkeys and chickens.
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2. UPDATE: Supporting Documents for Proposed Rule Titled Brucellosis and Bovine Tuberculosis; Update of General Provisions
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Bulletin
April 12, 2016
Last month, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) extended the comment period for the proposed rule titled Brucellosis and Bovine Tuberculosis; Update of General Provisions by 60 days-May 16, 2016-to give interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.
As an aid to review the proposed rule, USDA APHIS has posted a supporting document titled Interstate Movement Requirements Chart to the Regulations.gov website. This supporting document reflects some of the common movement scenarios based on area designation, type of animals moving, and intended use for the animals being moved. It also comes with a list of the applicable interstate movement requirements for the various scenarios. This supporting document may be found at the following link: https://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0044-0080.
The proposed rule consolidates the domestic regulations governing brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis and revises the bovine tuberculosis- and brucellosis-related import requirements for cattle and bison. It also makes these requirements clearer and assures that they more effectively mitigate the risks of introducing these diseases into the United States.
We will consider all comments that we receive on or before May 16, 2016. Comments may be submitted by either of the following methods:
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comments to Docket No. APHIS-2011-0044, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238.
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3. Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory researchers evaluate space-time pattern and environmental drivers of bovine anaplasmosis
By Joe Montgomery, K-State Research and Extension
High Plains Journal
April 10, 2016
Researchers at the Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and the Center of Excellence for Vector-borne Diseases, both in the university's College of Veterinary Medicine, have established a set of models to evaluate the space-time pattern and environmental drivers of a devastating cattle disease, bovine anaplasmosis, in Kansas.
The results appear in PLOS ONE, "Bayesian Space-Time Patterns and Climatic Determinants of Bovine anaplasmosis." Data used in the study were from diagnostic samples submitted to the diagnostic laboratory between the years 2005-2013. The study results indicate the number of bovine anaplasmosis positive submissions in Kansas have steadily increased and have originated from newer geographic areas during the same period.
Bovine anaplasmosis affects beef and dairy production in almost all the U.S. states, causing significant economic losses to producers. The control of this disease currently relies primarily on infection-avoidance, although an experimental vaccine is used in many areas of the U.S. The causative bacterium anaplasma marginale lives in red blood cells and causes a hemolytic disease in cattle, which manifests as anemia, abortion, icterus and lethargy. It can cause death, primarily in older animals. Cattle that survive infection are persistent carriers of the bacteria and are a source of infection for other cattle through inadvertent mechanical transmission via blood-contaminated multiuse needles and surgical equipment, as well as via tick and fly transmission.
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4. Antibiotic resistance genes increasing
Michigan State University
ScienceDaily.com
April 12, 2016
Summary:
Around the world, antibiotic use and resistance is increasing while the discovery of new antibiotics has nearly halted. This troubling trend is exacerbated by concentrated animal feeding operations. Results from the study show that in large swine farms where antibiotics are used continuously in feed for growth promotion and disease prevention, multidrug-resistant bacteria are likely the norm rather than the exception.
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Around the world, antibiotic use and resistance is increasing while the discovery of new antibiotics has nearly halted.
In new research conducted by Michigan State University and published in the current issue of the journal mBio, this troubling trend is exacerbated by concentrated animal feeding operations. Results from the study show that in large swine farms where antibiotics are used continuously in feed for growth promotion and disease prevention, multidrug-resistant bacteria are likely the norm rather than the exception.
The research team, led by James Tiedje, MSU Distinguished Professor of microbiology and molecular genetics and of plant, soil and microbial sciences, studied large-scale swine farms in China and one population of pigs in the U.S. They confirmed the presence of many partner genes -- resistance genes and mobile genetic elements found together. Simply put, when one gene increased or decreased in abundance, partner genes increased or decreased in nearly identical fashion.
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5. Two state lawmakers urge Gov. Walker, state to act on Chronic Wasting Disease [WI]
WKOW.com
April 12, 2016
MADISON -- Two Democratic members of the Wisconsin Assembly have sent a letter to Governor Scott Walker, asking him to take action to slow the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease(CWD) in Wisconsin.
State Representative Nick Milroy (D-South Range) and State Representative Chris Danou (D-Trempealeau) are members of the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, and describe themselves as avid sportsmen.
Milroy claims Wisconsin is failing to acknowledge the spread of CWD in the state's deer herd.
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6. National Organic Program; Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices; Proposed Rule
Federal Register Volume 81, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 13, 2016)
Proposed Rules
Pages 21955-22009
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-08023]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 205
Document Number AMS-NOP-15-0012; NOP-15-06PR
RIN 0581-AD44
National Organic Program; Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) proposes to amend the organic livestock and poultry production requirements by: adding new provisions for livestock handling and transport for slaughter and avian living conditions; and expanding and clarifying existing requirements covering livestock health care practices and mammalian living conditions.
DATES: Comments must be received by June 13, 2016.
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