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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New Salmonella Vaccine In Works
By Suzanne Schreck on
Brooke Deatherage received her Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Washington in December of 2009 for her work with Salmonella. Since the publication of her first article, “Biogenesis of Bacterial Membrane Vesicles,” in the…
Cargill Field Tests E. coli Vaccine
By Dan Flynn on
A dozen or so feedlots around the Fort Morgan, CO beef plant owned by Cargill Meat Solutions have been enlisted in a field trial for a vaccine against E. coli O157:H7.
The plan, according to…
E. coli Vaccine Could Save Millions
By Dan Flynn on
An Iraqi scientist at Michigan State University has discovered a vaccine for Enterotoxigenic E. coli infections that could save millions of children around the world.
The vaccine, developed by Dr. Mahdi Saeed, which will likely…