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Field testing underway on Canadian PED vaccine

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 22, 2016

Field testing is underway and a corporate partner on board for development of a made-in-Saskatchewan vaccine to protect pigs against porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). The University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre (VIDO-InterVac) said Monday its prototype vaccine, first announced last year, has moved into field testing in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Manitoba […] Read more

Cow-Calf, News, News Roundup

Intranasal vaccination could protect young calves from BRD

News Roundup from the May 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 6, 2016

Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a major animal health problem in feedlot cattle. Presently, BRD makes up about 65 to 80 per cent of feedlot diseases and 45 to 75 per cent of deaths in many lots. The financial toll of BRD on North America’s cattle industry is more than $1 billion per year. Previously, […] Read more

There are right ways and wrong ways when it comes to cleaning syringes.

Features, Livestock

Proper care of syringes and needles

By Heather Smith Thomas January 22, 2016

Dr. Steve Hendrick of the Coaldale Veterinary Clinic, Coaldale, Alta., urges his clients to clean their syringes every time they are used. “For the syringes and pistol-grip syringe guns we use for administering killed virus vaccines, bacterins, toxoids or the products that give protection against bacterial pneumonia, we can clean with a mild dish detergent. […] Read more

Livestock, Vet advice

Understanding the value of vaccines

By Dr. Ron Clarke October 28, 2015

Although vaccines have been used commercially for more than 70 years, the bulk of vaccines available on the market has not changed significantly. They are still mostly the products of either live or killed whole virus or bacterial culture. Research has yielded improvements to adjuvants (components that stimulate immunity), introduction of genetically engineered subunit and […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

USDA moves to build vaccine stockpile for bird flu return

By P.J. Huffstutter, GFM Network News August 19, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday it has put out a request for proposals to help the nation’s veterinarians have access to bird flu vaccines for poultry this fall, in preparation for the potential return of the fast-spreading avian influenza virus. The agency’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

USDA refuses farmers’ requests on avian flu vaccine

By Reuters June 3, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it would not allow commercial release of a poultry vaccine to fight the worst outbreak of bird flu in U.S. history because it was not effective enough. The agency said in a notice that additional criteria must be met before a vaccine can be […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. bird flu causes egg shortage, emergency measures

By Bill Berkrot, P.J. Huffstutter, GFM Network News May 25, 2015

Chicago/New York | Reuters — As a virulent avian influenza outbreak continues to spread across the Midwestern U.S., some egg-dependent companies are contemplating drastic steps — importing eggs from overseas or looking to egg alternatives. A spokeswoman for Archer Daniels Midland said that as egg supplies tighten and prices rise, the food processing and commodities […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. could use vaccines being developed to fight bird flu in poultry

By P.J. Huffstutter, Tom Polansek April 22, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Faced with a deadly bird flu outbreak that has infected millions of chickens and turkeys, the U.S. Agriculture Department could turn to what it has always seen as a last resort: readying and deploying a vaccine to fight the disease. Up to now, USDA has said it would prefer not to […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. developing bird flu vaccine, no distribution plans yet

By Tom Polansek March 23, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. government is developing a vaccine to protect poultry from new strains of avian flu that have recently killed birds from Arkansas to Washington state. Within two months, scientists at a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research lab in Georgia will test the vaccine on chickens to see how well […] Read more

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Tag Archives Vaccine

Field testing underway on Canadian PED vaccine

Intranasal vaccination could protect young calves from BRD

Proper care of syringes and needles

Understanding the value of vaccines

USDA moves to build vaccine stockpile for bird flu return

USDA refuses farmers’ requests on avian flu vaccine

U.S. bird flu causes egg shortage, emergency measures

U.S. could use vaccines being developed to fight bird flu in poultry

U.S. developing bird flu vaccine, no distribution plans yet

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