Animal Health
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
Canada & US To Discuss Animal Health
September 24, 2003 Canada & US To Discuss Animal Health  Canadian and U.S. health authorities will discuss animal health issues affecting bilateral trade on Wednesday as officials from the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Sa ...
Monday, September 22, 2003
E.U. Ban On Animal Antibiotics Challenged
September 22, 2003 E.U. Ban On Animal Antibiotics Challenged The ban on antibiotic growth promoters may harm animals without any benefit to consumers, say critics of the proposed European Union law. A panel of experts have revealed that the ...
Thursday, September 18, 2003
US Meat Safer From E. Coli This Year
September 18, 2003 US Meat Safer From E. Coli This Year The U.S. Agriculture Department has announced on Wednesday that ground beef products now have a much lower rate of E. coli infection than last year food. This, the USDA said, because o ...
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Lower Mekong To Prevent Foot-And-Month Disease
September 17, 2003 Lower Mekong To Prevent Foot-And-Month Disease Countries in the lower Mekong region have agreed on measures to control the outbreak and spread of foot-and-month disease, which is the world's most infectious livestock dise ...
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
New Case of Newcastle Disease in Denmark
September 16, 2003 New Case of Newcastle Disease in Denmark Denmark's agricultural authorities confirmed Tuesday that Newcastle Disease, a highly contagious poultry virus, had been found in a flock of 5,000 wild ducks. There was no indicati ...
Monday, September 15, 2003
Massachusetts Firm Recalls Meat, Poultry Products For Listeria
September 15, 2003 Massachusetts Firm Recalls Meat, Poultry Products For Listeria Kayem Foods Inc. of Chelsea, Mass., is voluntarily recalling about 9,230 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that may be contaminated with Lister ...
Thursday, September 11, 2003
Japan Schools Still Avoid Beef Due To BSE Fears
September 11, 2003 Japan Schools Still Avoid Beef Due To BSE Fears Hundreds of Japan's public elementary and junior high schools with student lunch programs are still refusing to use beef because of worries about mad cow disease, according ...
Thursday, September 11, 2003
Aphis Cancels Visit To Argentina Because Of FMD
September 11, 2003 Aphis Cancels Visit To Argentina Because Of FMD The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (Aphis) has canceled plans to visit Argentina in October because of an outbreak of foot- and- ...
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
Chile Bans Argentine Beef Imports On Foot & Mouth Outbreak
September 10, 2003 Chile Bans Argentine Beef Imports On Foot & Mouth Outbreak   Chile has temporarily suspended imports of Argentine beef due to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in its neighbor across the Andes, Chile's government agr ...
Monday, September 8, 2003
Argentina Confirms Foot-And-Mouth Outbreak; Brazil Bans Argentine Beef Imports After the Confirmation
September 8, 2003 Argentina Confirms Foot-And-Mouth Outbreak; Brazil Bans Argentine Beef Imports After the Confirmation Argentina's food and animal inspection agency, Senasa, on Friday confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease at a sl ...
Wednesday, September 3, 2003
Foot-and-Mouth Symptoms in Argentina Confirmed
September 3, 2003 Foot-and-Mouth Symptoms in Argentina Confirmed Presence of livestock with symptoms of the foot-and-mouth disease in a slaughter house of the city of Tartagal, in the Argentine province of Salta, near the border with Bolivi ...
Tuesday, September 2, 2003
Antibiotics in Pig Feed May Put Human Health on Risk
September 2, 2003 Antibiotics in Pig Feed May Put Human Health on Risk  Consumers today face a fresh food scare amidst claims that banned growth drugs are being pumped into pig meat. West-based organisation the Soil Association (SA) alleges ...
Tuesday, September 2, 2003
Tainted Beef Products in England's Windsor Caused Meat-Related Sickness
September 2, 2003 Tainted Beef Products in England's Windsor Caused Meat-Related Sickness Public-health officials from the Windsor-Essex health unit are investigating the epidemiological links among 56 people from Windsor, who reported stom ...
Monday, September 1, 2003
CIS Countries Plan to Adopt Unified Rules for International Shipping of Livestock Freight
September 1, 2003 CIS Countries Plan to Adopt Unified Rules for International Shipping of Livestock Freight Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries plan to adopt unified rules of veterinary oversight for international shipping of ...
Tuesday, August 5, 2003
Philippines Plans Mass Vaccinations To Contain Newcastle Disease
August 5, 2003 Philippines Plans Mass Vaccinations To Contain Newcastle Disease In the Philippines, incidence of Newcastle Disease occurs mainly in backyard poultry farms. It accounts for 57 percent of total mortality in backyard-raised flo ...

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