Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
 May 3, 2009
Washington -- The cost of implementing a National Animal Identification System (NAIS) in the cattle sector is $175.9 million annually, which represents 91.5 percent of the total cost of the program, according to a study released by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
May 3, 2009
Washington -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will hold a series of listening sessions on the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) this month.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
May 1, 2009
National Report -- The pleading of agriculture groups against using the term "swine flu" for the new multi-species strain of swine influenza got results. Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced they would now refer to the pandemic-causing virus as influenza A/H1N1.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
May 1, 2009
Washington -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a final guidance document April 30 about the substances prohibited for use in animal feed, relating to its new rule to protect against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
April 30, 2009
The first full genome of a female Hereford cow has been sequenced.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
April 29, 2009
Manhattan, Kan. -- A new Web site dedicated to Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus is now available.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
April 28, 2009
The World Health Organization will try to shed light on how a new strain of swine influenza developed and is being spread among humans.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
April 27, 2009
Veterinarians have been called on to keep the new swine flu strain out of U.S. swine herds.
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Source: DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
April 27, 2009
St. Paul, Minn. -- A poultry feed typically used by small flock owners has been voluntarily recalled by its manufacturer.
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