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Feed Not Suspect in Equine Herpes Virus Outbreak

By News Desk on May 23, 2011

Feed is not on the list of common transmission sources for the the dangerous herpes virus that has killed horses in several states in the West and Midwest.

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Cost Impedes Use of New E. coli Vaccine

By Gretchen Goetz on May 19, 2011

In January, Pfizer Animal Health began marketing a new vaccine with the power to reduce the prevalence of E. coli O157:H7 in beef cows by 85 percent. One would think that such a miracle drug

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Is a Vaccine for Norovirus Near?

By News Desk on March 16, 2011

Ohio State University scientists say they could be well on their way to developing a safe vaccine against norovirus — the pathogen that causes millions of gastrointestinal illnesses every year in the United States.

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Vaccine Sent for South Korea's FMD Outbreak

By News Desk on February 2, 2011

The North American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Bank, administered jointly by commissioners from the United States, Canada and Mexico, is providing the Republic of Korea with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine needed to assist the country with

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If I Had a Magic Wand for Food Safety

By Dr. Richard Raymond on January 13, 2011

Editor’s note: If you had a magic wand, how would you conjure up sustainable ways to make the food supply safe?  We asked several people to consider the possibilities. Here is another response, from Dr.

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Pfizer-Owned E. coli Vaccine Gets Big Push

By News Desk on January 8, 2011

After acquiring worldwide rights to the promising E. coli O157:H7 vaccine, Pfizer Animal Health is putting its considerable marketing clout behind the only product known for reducing E. coli O157 shedding and prevalence at the

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West Virginia Hepatitis A Outbreak Sickens 11

By News Desk on December 30, 2010

The Cabell-Huntington County Health Department in West Virginia has vaccinated 236 people in two free community clinics after 11 individuals were infected with hepatitis A in the Milton area.  

No source for the outbreak

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Pre-Harvest Vaccines in the Pipeline

By Michelle Greenhalgh on June 11, 2010

With the plethora of beef recalls over recent years, companies and scientists are teaming up to develop pre-harvest vaccines for livestock used for food.  Pre-harvest vaccines are administered to livestock to minimize the presence of

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Raising Awareness: World Hepatitis Day

By Alexa Nameth on May 19, 2010

This month marks the fifteenth Anniversary of Hepatitis Awareness Month in the United States; May 19 is World Hepatitis Day.  

World Hepatitis Day was launched by the World Hepatitis Alliance in 2008.  The goal

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FDA Says Indiana Dairy Misused Antibiotics

By Dan Flynn on April 10, 2010

A Central Indiana dairy farm sold a small herd of cattle for slaughter as food that tests showed had higher than permissible levels of various antibiotics in kidney and liver tissues, the U.S. Food and

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Vets Argue Against Antibiotics Ban

By Helena Bottemiller on April 2, 2010

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) held briefings on Capitol Hill Monday to educate lawmakers and their staff about antibiotics in agriculture and to push back against proposed federal legislation that would ban the routine

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