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1. Chronic wasting [disease] found in Lincoln Co. [WY]
Mule deer found near Thayne tested positive
Green River Star
June 8, 2016
A doe mule deer near Thayne was found dead and a Wyoming Game and Fish Department employee sent it to the Wildlife Health Laboratory in Laramie for testing, and it came back positive for CWD. The mule deer was found near Thayne in deer hunt area 145. West of the continental divide, a moose tested positive for CWD in Star Valley in 2008 and in 2012 three mule deer tested positive in the city limits of Green River.
"Seeing a deer test positive for CWD west of the continental divide again is concerning," Scott Edberg, Deputy Chief of the Wildlife Division, said. "We have tested thousands of deer, elk and moose in this area and have not seen a positive for many years. Game and Fish will look closely at this case to see if we can gain additional information and will continue to monitor aggressively in the area."
In the just-completed round of testing, two additional doe mule deer near Cody also tested positive for CWD. One deer was found dead east of Wapiti in deer hunt area 111, the other was in the city limits of Cody in deer area 113 and showed signs of illness. These two deer and the deer found near Thayne represent new CWD positive deer hunt areas. Over 2,600 CWD samples have been collected in and adjacent to deer hunt areas 111 and 113 since 2003. These tests come on the heels of Game and Fish updating its CWD management strategy and receiving direction from its Commission to intensify efforts to further manage the fatal disease.
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2. Game Commission considering options in controlling chronic wasting disease [PA]
By Bob Frye
Tribune-Review
June 6, 2016
HARRISBURG - It could be called the Donald Trump approach to containing wildlife disease.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is trying to figure out ways to stop the spread of chronic wasting disease.
It's an always-fatal ailment that kills deer, elk and other cervids. One idea discussed briefly Monday during a work group meeting was building a deer-proof fence around half or more of the 2,800-square-mile disease management area 2.
It takes in all or parts of Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon, Fulton and Somerset counties.
The hope is that putting a fence along highways would slow, if not stop, sick deer from moving elsewhere.
Wayne Laroche, director of the commission's bureau of wildlife management, admitted the proposal is one "people might think is hairbrained."
Executive director Matt Hough said a fence probably would be too expensive to undertake. But something needs to be done, and soon, he said.
States that have allowed the disease to go untreated have seen it spread, he said.
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3. ACVIM Adopts Term 'Equine Asthma' in Consensus Statement
By Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
TheHorse.com
June 7, 2016
For the first time since 2007, a group of equine internal medicine experts collaborated and updated the consensus statement on inflammatory airway disease to help facilitate the industry's understanding of this common, performance-limiting, and potentially debilitating respiratory condition in horses.
"Recurrent airway obstruction, or heaves, seen in older horses and inflammatory airway disease noted in younger horses both resemble asthma in humans," explained Laurent Cou�til, DVM, PhD, section head of Large Animal Internal Medicine at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and lead author of the 2016 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Inflammatory Airway Disease Consensus Statement. "Specifically, they are characterized by airway inflammation and accumulation of mucus in the airways."
Recognizing the similarities between inflammatory airway disease (IAD) and recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) in horses (and humans, for that matter) and asthma, one of the important updates in the consensus statement was the recommendation to adopt the term "equine asthma syndrome" for all horses with IAD or RAO.
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4. Keeping cattle hydrated helps fight off heat stress
Midwest Producer
June 8, 2016
Summer has arrived and, with it, heat stress.
Heat stress occurs when an animal's attempt to dissipate heat is unsuccessful or overwhelmed. The result is poor health, lower performance and mortality.
High temperatures are not always the sole reason for heat stress conditions as humidity is also a factor. The Temperature Humidity Index (THI) illustrates this combination of conditions and provides a guideline of when cattle are susceptible to the negative effects of heat stress.
Entering the danger zone
While feedlot cattle can generally handle air temperatures of up to 75-80 degrees without any negative effects on health or performance, every cattleman needs to know when to intervene. Cattle are in potential danger of death from heat exposure when the following occur:
* The heat index is 75 or greater for a 72 hour period
* The heat index during a 48-hour period is no lower than 79 during the day and no lower than 75 during the night
* The daytime heat index reaches 84 or higher for two consecutive hours
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5. USDA to Spend $1 Million Looking for Antibiotic Bugs in Cow Manure
By Jim Dickrell, Dairy Herd Management, Dairy Editor
AgWeb.com
June 8, 2016
USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture is embarking on a $1 million research project to look at antibiotic-resistant bugs in dairy cow manure, how they survive treatment systems and whether any residuals end up on farm fields.
To date, there has not been any direct evidence of antimicrobial resistance spreading as a result of antibiotic use on dairy farms. But there is the risk that it can occur.
"Animal manure is recycled to a farm's land base for use as organic fertilizer for growing crops to feed cows," says lead researcher Diana Aga, Henry M. Woodburn Professor of Chemistry in the UB College of Arts and Sciences. "This means that there is the potential for antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria to escape from the manure into the environment, potentially entering waterways or being taken up by plant material used as cow feed."
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6. MN Farms Mostly at Full Production After Bird Flu
Associated Press
KDUZ.com
June 7, 2016
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota's turkey and chicken farms are mostly back to full production after last year's bird flu outbreak devastated more than 100 poultry operations in the state.
The state announced its first case of the H5N2 strain of avian flu in March 2015 and confirmed its last case last June.
Minnesota Public Radio News reports there haven't been any new cases of bird flu in the state since then.
The outbreak led to the deaths of 49 million chickens and turkeys in 15 states.
Pullet Connection chicken farm near Redwood Falls, Minnesota, had to destroy more than 400,000 birds. The family farm's barns are now nearly full of young birds.
Co-owner Barb Frank said the process was "so difficult ... that you never want to do it again."
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7. Register by July 8 for Online Emerging and Exotic Diseases of Animals Course
Center for Food Security and Public Health Press Release
Iowa State University
June 7, 2016
The web-based course Emerging and Exotic Diseases of Animals (EEDA) will be offered July 25-September 2, 2016. This online course, currently used at all US veterinary schools, can be taken by anyone interested in high consequence animal diseases and the response to them. The course is an excellent refresher for veterinarians and veterinary technicians, animal health industry employees and government officials.
The course covers the causes and consequences of foreign animal diseases (FAD), how FAD's are transmitted and introduced, the entities involved in a response to a FAD outbreak, what to do if a FAD is suspected, how veterinarians can be involved in a FAD response, and effective communication strategies. It consistently receives high ratings from users.
Cost to take the course is $175. Participants receive a copy of the 2016 textbook, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases of Animals, a $75 value (if outside the U.S. additional fees apply to cover shipping costs for the textbook). The course has been approved for up to 46 hours of Continuing Education (CE) through RACE (Registry of Approved Continuing Education of the American Association of Veterinary State Boards).
The course is moderated by Dr. Jesse Hostetter, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University.
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