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Pets, touch and COVID-19 Why our furry friends are lifesavers
Lockdowns, job losses and social isolation have been the hallmarks of 2020 as COVID-19 tightens its grip on the world, not only infecting millions and leaving a mounting death toll, but also denying humans the most basic sense — touch. In the absence of human-to-human contact, in millions o...Read more -
Livestock expansion is a factor in global pandemics
The growth of global livestock farming is a threat to our biodiversity and also increases the health risks to both humans and domesticated animals. The patterns that link them are at the heart of a study published in Biological Conservation by a scientist from the Institute of Evolution Sciences ...Read more -
A Risk-Based Permitting Process for the Managed Movement of Animals and Products of Animal Origin as a Tool for Disease Management
During a foreign animal disease (FAD) outbreak, in addition to detecting, controlling, containing, and eradicating the FAD, one of the goals of response in the United States (US), and many other countries, is to allow the managed movement of non-infected animals and non-contaminated animal produc...Read more -
Meat Prices Go Up in Dar Amid Falling Cattle Supply
Dar es Salaam — Rising demand for meat, compounded by low cattle supplies, has pushed meat prices up in Dar es Salaam, with analysts projecting that a kilogramme of beef will cross the Sh10,000-mark during the festive season. Basically, the commercial city has two types of meat retailers. There a...Read more -
Fangtong Launches New Pet Medicines
Since this year, Fangtong Animal Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd has launched three new pet products to meet the market demand. The pet medicine market is the largest market segment in the global veterinary drug market at present, accounting for 36% of the total sales of the global veterinary drug marke...Read more -
Replacing red meat with plant foods may reduce the risk of heart disease
Substituting whole grains and dairy products for total red meat, and eggs for processed red meat, might also reduce this risk. Substantial evidence suggests that high consumption of red meat, especially processed red meat, such as bacon, hot dogs, sausages and salami, is associated with an increa...Read more -
Opinion – What does the EU’s extended silence on its Farm to Fork strategy mean for farmers and consumers
As EU farmers and farming unions wait for Brussels to publish its impact assessment of the new Farm to Fork policy, Copa and Cogeca Secretary General Pekka Pesonen raises concerns over the policy’s hazy details. “We are the first to examine the prospective impacts of the Strategies in their...Read more -
Global ag trade remains fairly steady, but uncertain through pandemic
Between a global pandemic and politically turbulent climate, livestock industries have eagerly looked toward international policies and trade. Now that 2020 has nearly come to an end, specialists in policy, trade and economics can evaluate trends and offer a future outlook, writes Jaclyn Krymowsk...Read more -
Covid-19′s impact on the global protein markets
While 2020 has been a year of volatility and uncertainty, in its most recent report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) offered a more positive outlook for 2021, projected 5 per cent global economic growth. Brett Stuart, President of Global Agri-Trends, shared his thoughts on this growth, as w...Read more -
China requires imported cold-chain food to undergo nucleic acid test before sale
China’s Administration for Market Regulation now requires imported cold-chain food products to undergo a nucleic acid test for COVID-19 before any products can be sold in China. Reuters reports that China is carrying out sweeping inspections on food importers, supermarkets, e-commerce platforms a...Read more -
Case Report: Intoxication in a Pig (Sus Scrofa Domesticus) After Transdermal Fentanyl Patch Ingestion
An experimental study on the effects of electroporation on pancreatic tissue was performed in pigs, and the fentanyl transdermal patch (FTP) was used postoperatively as part of multimodal pain management. Ingestion of an FTP, which resulted in fentanyl intoxication, was suspected 5 days after pla...Read more -
What is Mastitis Costing You
In the environment of today’s dairy industry, producers need to evaluate all areas of the farm to control costs and achieve optimum profitability. One way to control costs is by minimizing the rate of disease in your herd. The costliest disease found on dairy farms is mastitis. Mastitis can...Read more -
Unlocking the potential of the Merino Landsheep
Ben du Plessis, president of the Merino Landsheep Breeders’ Society of South Africa, started his Roebella Landsheep stud in 1987 while still at school. His grandfather, Roelf du Plessis, and later his father, Dirk, both ran Merino Landsheep studs. “I started the Roebella stud in 1987 and began fa...Read more -
Stress in cattle
Homeostasis is the tendency of a body to maintain a stable internal environment in response to changes in external conditions. On a very hot day, for example, an animal will instinctively seek to maintain stability by keeping in the shade, drinking more water and eating less. Stress is an externa...Read more -
Profitable small-scale sheep farming
It is perfectly possible to farm sheep profitably on a small piece of land, says Jannie Fourie, National Wool Growers’ Association production advisor. To do this, never exceed the carrying capacity of your land, manage your operation carefully, and keep a record of everything. To run sheep on a v...Read more -
Mycoplasma bovis An emerging global disease
The U.S. National Animal Health Monitoring Service (NAHMS) conducted a recent survey, which estimated during any single year, 20 per cent of 500+ cow herds in the US will have a positive mycoplasma mastitis bulk tank. “This means mycoplasma mastitis is infecting about one-fifth to one-quarter of ...Read more -
Antimicrobial Usage in Horses: The Use of Electronic Data, Data Curation, and First Results
The usage of antimicrobial drugs (AMs) leads to an increase in antimicrobial resistance(AMR). Although different antimicrobial usage (AMU) monitoring programs exist for livestock animals in Germany, there is no such system for horses. However, with the increasing usage of electronic practice mana...Read more -
More space for climate and cow in dairy barn
Future stables are expected to be more in line with the natural behavior of cows, climate control, limiting emissions, reuse of waste, quality of manure and capital efficiency. That says Paul Galama of Wageningen Livestock Research. Together with colleagues and an international team of scientists...Read more -
Mammary stem cells challenge costly bovine disease
Mastitis is the most expensive disease in the dairy industry. Each clinical case can cost a dairy farmer more than $400 and damages both the cow’s future output as well as her comfort. Bovine mastitis is typically treated with antibiotics, but with the potential threat of antimicrobial resistance...Read more -
Ireland makes payments on calf investment scheme
Agriculture Minister Calleary announces that payments have commenced under the Calf Investment Scheme. The Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Mr Dara Calleary TD, has announced that payments have now commenced under the Calf Investment Scheme. Commenting on the payments the Minister sa...Read more -
How Do I Get Started in Dairy Beef
With decreased crop profits and dairy profits, both dairy and grain farmers are looking for ways to increase income by sending feed stuffs off the farm on the hoof instead of in a hopper or tanker, writes Jason Hartschuh with The Ohio State University Extension. Many are questioning if one way to...Read more -
How covid-19 is affecting livestock prices
At the height of the recent coronavirus panic buying, Kantar data for the week ending 23 March showed a 45 percent increase in the amount of beef mince being sold. This means that over 60 percent of all beef sold through mainstream retailers was mince and other low value cuts. On the surface this...Read more -
Herding-cattle, wild buffalo from space
More than 1000 feral buffalo and unmanaged cattle roaming Northern Australia will be tagged and tracked as part a satellite herd-tracking program, announced today by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO. Coinciding with National Reconciliation Week this week, the $4 million, 3.5 year projec...Read more -
Are top-priced genetics really worth it
In 2014, a Dorper ram, Bolt, made history when Mickey Phillips sold it to Martin Compion, who farms at Lonziekvlei in the Northern Cape’s Bushmanland, for R600 000. The purchase, which took place at the Upington National Dorper Sale, represents the highest price ever fetched by a Dorper, and one ...Read more
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