The National Pork Board presented its Innovation Award to R. Dean Boyd of The Hanor Company for research he presented at this year’s Midwest ASAS/ADSA meeting in Des Moines, Iowa. Sharing in the award with Boyd were co-authors Catherine Zier-Rush, C. Groom, and M. Tillman with The Hanor Company and Janet Remus with DuPont subsidiary, Danisco Animal Nutrition. The National … Read More
Zoetis Offers Tips On Anaplasmosis Prevention
It is difficult to quantify the risk of anaplasmosis in any given herd in any given time of year, but when an outbreak occurs, it can result in devastating consequences for a cow/calf herd. Daniel Scruggs, DVM, managing veterinarian with Zoetis, offers some tips for cattle producers to reduce the risk of anaplasmosis, and what treatment options are available to … Read More
FDA Reopened Comments for Combo Drug Medicated Feeds
The FDA has reopened the comment period to seek public input on Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) draft recommendations for modifications to the current review processes for new animal drug applications (NADAs) for the use of multiple new animal drugs in combination drug medicated feeds. In preparing these recommendations, CVM considered the input it previously received from the public. The … Read More
AgriLabs Expands Animal Health Vaccine Opportunities
AgriLabs® has entered into the vaccine manufacturing business with a new USDA-licensed facility in Lincoln, Nebraska. They have also acquired Lincoln-based Antelope Valley Bios and Benchmark Biolabs, and Benchmark’s ownership interest of VaxLiant®. AgriLabs will now offer complete concept-to-commercialization services for vaccines used in swine, cattle, poultry and other species. “By adding state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities to our U.S. marketing and … Read More
iNOVOTEC smaXtec SMART Monitoring & Feedback System
iNOVOTEC Animal Care, LLC, smaXtec’s exclusive partner in the Americas, announced the new 3.0 version of the smaXtec SMART Monitoring and Feedback System, which now includes animal activity tracking in addition to rumen pH and temperature capabilities. iNOVOTEC now offers two indwelling rumen sensors: – NEW Combination Sensor – Track pH, temperature and activity with a single bolus. This is … Read More
Grandin Honored by American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Temple Grandin, Colorado State University professor of animal sciences was elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences among 213 new members. Her worldwide reputation as a leader in the field of humane animal handing and autism advocacy has led her to this honor. Grandin is an internationally recognized leader in animal handling innovations, and her expertise has been utilized … Read More
Merial Keeping Focus on Equine Gastric Health
Stomach ulcers are a major veterinary health concern throughout the entire equestrian sport community, as two thirds of competition horses suffer from them, and the Merial equine health team made gastric health a priority in their presentations at the 2016 Midwest Horse Fair. Dr. Andy Bennett, DVM, Veterinary Services Manager for Merial, sat down with AgWired during the Horse Fair … Read More
Alltech Hosting Webinar on Mineral Programs
Dr. Richard Murphy, research director at Alltech’s European Headquarters and Bioscience Center in Dunboyne, Ireland, will be presenting the latest research comparing different forms of minerals and the hidden ways in which mineral programs can impact poultry and swine operations during an upcoming live webinar “Form matters: Three reasons your mineral program might not be up to par.” The webinar … Read More
Joint Therapy Highlighted at Midwest Horse Fair
Joint therapy plays an incredibly important role in the management of joint health for horses of all kinds, whether they compete on a national show circuit or take on the trails each week, and the use of joint injections has become an increasingly popular form of regenerative and therapeutic veterinary medicine, especially in recent years. As the technology behind joint … Read More
Alltech Analyzes Mycotoxins in DDGs
Since the release of Alltech’s 2015 North America Harvest Analysis results, some pork and poultry producers have found that dried distiller’s grains (DDGs), a byproduct of ethanol production that is gaining popularity as a pork and poultry feed, are a new source for mycotoxin contamination. DDGs are created during ethanol production, when yeast utilizes the highly digestible starch materials to … Read More