Jaguar Animal Health, Inc announced earlier this month that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued Notices of Allowance in two pending patent applications for NP-500, licensed exclusively by the Company for veterinary use. NP-500 is the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) in candidates for drug products to treat and manage diseases related to equine insulin-resistance, potentially including deadly … Read More
USDA Helps Provide Vet Services to Rural Areas
The USDA awarded more than $4.5 million to 49 American veterinarians to help repay a portion of their veterinary school loans in return for serving in areas lacking sufficient veterinary resources. The awards, made through the Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) administered by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), will help fill shortages in 26 states. “Rural … Read More
Merck Connects with Future of Ag
For Merck Animal Health, the 88th National FFA Convention wasn’t about teaching students about their products, they focused on where students get their information about science, food and agriculture. I spoke with Merck’s Jim Miles, marketing manager for the fed cattle business, in their booth to learn more about their commitment to the future of agriculture. “It’s making them realize … Read More
Changes to BIVI's PRRS Research Awards Program
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.’s (BIVI) Swine Division has supported PRRS and respiratory disease research for more than a decade. They have donated more than $1 million to fund research that has increased the swine industry’s understanding of PRRS and other respiratory diseases. BIVI is excited to announce some significant and exciting changes to their research award program, including: – increased … Read More
Swine Health Series Focuses on Influenza
The latest At The Meeting (ATM) audio program with moderator Bob Morrison, DVM, PhD, provides listeners with a review and discussion of the influenza virus, an ever-evolving threat facing swine producers. The Swinecast series includes information on how the virus is identified, effective sampling and vaccination protocols used to protect against it, and also features disease, research and practical producers … Read More
K-State Research Fires Back at PEDv
Kansas State University researchers are jumping full force into studies of the deadly Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus(PEDv), which is said to have a 100 percent mortality rate in piglets less than 7 days old, and is estimated to have killed 8 million pigs in 2014. While European farmers have been dealing with PEDv since the 1970s, the disease first exploded … Read More
Qiagen Pathogen Kit Ensures Swine Health
New studies performed by QIAGEN show that the recently launched MagAttract 96 cador Pathogen Kit, which is based on the cador family reagents and uses magnetic bead technology, is equivalent in performance to the swine industry’s worldwide recognized gold standard QIAamp Viral RNA Mini Kit in swine oral fluid pathogen DNA and RNA extraction. The addition of the new pathogen … Read More
Pork Industry Reacts to Subway Announcement
Pork producers are questioning Subway’s announcement this week that the chain is moving to serving “only protein from animals that have never received antibiotics.” During a press call this morning coordinated by the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, Dr Jennifer Koeman with the National Pork Board said the restaurant chain has not said how they expect to accomplish this action … Read More
Farm Trials Prove Effectiveness of FACTREL®
The results of three on-farm studies of more than 12,000 cows have shown that FACTREL® Injection (gonadorelin injection) from Zoetis, when used alongside LUTALYSE® Sterile Solution (dinoprost injection), is able to effectively help synchronize estrous cycles and achieve equivalent conception rates as compared with other on-farm fixed-time artificial insemination (AI) protocols in lactating dairy cows. One of those studies was … Read More
Dairy Care 365 Provides Key Training & Proven Success
Dairy Care 365 is a tool from Merck Animal Health to train employees on dairies about animal stockmenship. The series of educational videos are available in multiple languages and provide an assessment at the end. Dr. Mike Bolton serves as the Dairy Technical Services Manager for Merck Animal Health and has been behind the training tool since it’s beginning. I … Read More