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McDonald’s investor renews push to cut antibiotics in all meat

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Reuters — A McDonald’s Corp. shareholder is redoubling efforts to convince the fast-food chain to stop all of its global restaurants from serving the meat of animals raised with antibiotics that are vital for fighting human infections. More than 70 per cent of medically important antibiotics in the U.S. are sold for livestock use. Scientists […] Read more
Scientist analyzing bacterial colonies
Comment/Columns, Livestock, Straight from the hip

Ending antimicrobial resistance with a SNAPP

Straight from the Hip with Brenda Schoepp

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The United Nations has declared antimicrobial resistance a global fundamental threat. It is interesting that the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has really taken a short time in our human history to become a near epidemic. Today antibiotic use is considered suboptimal and in many cases unnecessary because of the widespread use without the confirmation […] Read more
Flies may not be the only way pinkeye is being spread in herds, according to this Alberta project, which has management implications.
Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Livestock

Potential new causes of pinkeye uncovered

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Findings from a recent Alberta project have implications for management practices that could help prevent the spread of pinkeye (infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, IBK) within a herd. Relatively little attention has been given to pinning down the cause and prevention of pinkeye even though it is the most common eye disease of cattle worldwide, and highly […] Read more
Not all lameness is foot rot
Features, Livestock

Not all lameness is foot rot

Animal Health: Two things need to be present for foot rot to occur

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Foot rot is an infectious disease that causes swelling, pain, heat and inflammation in the foot, resulting in severe lameness that appears suddenly. The opportunistic pathogens require a break in the skin, however, to enter the foot. The main bacterium we deal with is Fusobacterium necrophorum. Importance of diagnosis Lameness may be from a nail […] Read more
Dr. Edouard Timsit, University of Calgary faculty of veterinary medicine.
Beef Cattle, Bovine Respiratory Disease, Features, Livestock

Pneumonia: the disease that won’t go away

The three categories of pneumonia and how to tell them apart

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Environment, germs and immunity are top of mind when thinking of all the risk factors that could set the stage for pneumonia in cattle. The forgotten factor is one beyond producers’ control and the reason why pneumonia will always be a problem — anatomy. Bovine lungs are very small relative to the animal’s oxygen requirements, […] Read more
E. coli bacteria.
Livestock, Vet advice

Fighting AMR: A true test of human resilience

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The ongoing explosion of antimicrobial-resistant infections continues to plague global health care. Our inability to mount significant countermeasures to resistance, while at the same time enduring the decline in research and development of new antibiotics creates a “perfect storm” and the fear we may be on final approach to a pre-antibiotic era of serious and […] Read more
vaccinating a calf
Beef Cattle, Cow-Calf, Livestock

Criteria for selecting the right antibiotic

There are a lot of factors at play and all of them need to be 
considered in every case where antibiotics are an option

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Although a few very effective antibiotics have been removed from the marketplace over the years, the choice has never been greater. The challenge is there are so many factors hinging on the outcome, so deciding which antibiotic to use — or if one is necessary at all — can be a very difficult decision. Also […] Read more

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