The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) intended to enhance NARMS surveillance, one of the key activities in the National Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance Bacteria. NARMS, launched in 1996, is a partnership between the FDA, the CDC and the USDA that tracks resistance to intestinal bacteria from retail meats, human clinical … Read More
Accurate, Credible Info on Animal Antibiotics
Public health concerns about antibiotic resistance are on the rise and Phibro Animal Health has launched AnimalAntibiotics.org to provide accurate and credible information while still creating open dialogue about animal agriculture and the use of antibiotics. The site allows consumers to explore all issues surrounding animal antibiotics. Consumers can view a video series explaining how and why animal antibiotics are … Read More
Veterinarians Seek to Understand Client's Needs
Tom Burkgren, DVM, Executive Director of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV), was a one of the panelists to take part in a discussion at the Ceva Swine U.S. Launch and Scientific Symposium, which took place just before the AASV annual meeting. The panel gave Dr. Burkgren a better perspective on how the producers in the group viewed veterinarians, … Read More
Ceva Panelists Discuss Antibiotic Movement
Ceva Swine U.S. Launch & Scientific Symposium recently featured a panel discussion entitled “Swine Industry Expectations, Innovations & Transformations.” Chuck Zimmerman caught up with a few of the panelists and got their take on solutions for antibiotic use. Bob Ruth is President of Country View Family Farms, a supplier for Hatfield Quality Meats. The company harvests about 10,000 hogs a day, … Read More
Antibiotic Stewardship White Paper Available
At the 2015 National Institute of Animal Agriculture’s (NIAA) Antibiotic Symposium, funded in part by the beef checkoff, experts and other stakeholders gathered to continue the conversation. The theme of the event, Antibiotic Stewardship: From Metrics to Management, highlighted a complex, global problem that has resulted from the actions of the within all of the diverse areas of human and … Read More
CFI Conference on Animal Agriculture
The Center for Food Integrity’s (CFI) 2016 North American Strategy Conference on Animal Agriculture will take place May 18-19, at McDonald’s Hamburger University in Chicago and is sponsored by the United Soybean Board. The event will focus on closing the gap on issues driving consumer distrust in animal agriculture. Those issues include animal housing, emerging genetic advancements and antibiotics use. … Read More
Workshop On Antibiotic Research Announced
Farm Foundation, NFP, and the USDA’s Economic Research Service are collaborating to present a workshop next month on the use of antibiotics in food animals. The workshop will be held in Washington, DC, from March 17-18, 2016. The workshop was developed in response to the increasing concern seen in human medicine regarding the decline in the number of new antibiotics … Read More
BIVI Talks Cattle Health Concerns
Dr. John Davidson, Professional Services Vet for Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI), played a central role in this year’s Cattle Industry Convention by giving several presentations on cattle health trends at the Convention’s Learning Lounge. A major discussion point this week was Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD), which has begun to raise concerns among veterinary professionals, as the disease is becoming … Read More
Nutrition Key Player In Antibiotic-Free Production
Both the poultry and pork production industries have recently seen a major push from consumer retailers for supplies that have been raised without the use of antibiotics. While this request has presented several major animal health challenges for producers, the innovators behind Novus International have been focused on creating solutions for successful production under these new constraints. Brad Lawrence, from … Read More
Novus Offers Sustainable Antibiotic-Free Platform
While the conflicts surrounding successful antibiotic-free animal production are already a hot-button issue in the industry this year, the team at Novus International is choosing to focus on the company’s innovative solutions for their customers concerned about antibiotic-free production. Ajay Bhoyar, Executive Global Poultry Marketing Manager for Novus, sat down at the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) for an … Read More