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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Position Announcement: Production Veterinarian
Premium Standard Farms is seeking a Production Veterinarian for our farms operation based in Princeton, Missouri. The Production Veterinarian is responsible for monitoring herd health, identifying clinical signs of disease and creating and implementing appropriate herd health strategies. This individual is also responsible for developing and auditing biosecurity practices and procedures and coordinating farm staff to achieve goals of maintenance of herd health. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
U.S. Veterinary Students: Become a Part of Operation Main Street!
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) and the National Pork Board (NPB) are sponsoring a unique opportunity for veterinary students to become ambassadors for the livestock industry. Groups opposed to today’s modern production practices (such as HSUS and PETA) are using emotional arguments to challenge science-based practices, and are taking their propaganda to college campuses and even veterinary schools. Veterinarians and veterinary students are in a great position of leadership and knowledge to help set the record straight about animal agriculture through fact-based public education.
USDA – Better Measures to Reduce Antibiotic Use
The USDA needs to take more steps to strengthen measures to reduce the “overuse of antibiotics” in livestock production. This is according to House Rules Committee Chair Louise Slaughter in a letter to Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack.
An AASV Foundation Holiday Poem
Over the river, and through the wood,A fishing we will go;Nugent knows the way if you’re willing to payIn search of brown and rainbow. Over the river, and through the wood–On our way to Mexico!We’ll have a taco and then we’ll goSightseeing with Stephano. Over the river, and through the wood,In Indy we will stay.The […]
USDA Changes Disease Status of the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina with Regard to Certain Ruminant and Swine Diseases
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending its regulations governing the importation of certain animals and animal products by adding the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina to the list of regions we recognize as free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), rinderpest, swine vesicular disease (SVD), classical swine fever (CSF) and African swine fever (ASF). APHIS is also adding Santa Catarina to the list of regions that are subject to certain import restrictions on meat and meat products because of their proximity to or trading relationships with rinderpest- or FMD-affected countries.
Mexican Trucking Dispute Hurting U.S. Pork
U.S. pork exports to Mexico have fallen by a whopping 20 percent since the Mexican government added pork to the list of U.S. products against which it is retaliating for the failure of the United States to live up to a trade obligation.
Iowa Pork Industry Center to Offer PQA Plus® Advisor Recertification Session
People who become certified as Pork Quality Assurance (PQA) Plus® Advisors under the National Pork Board’s PQA Plus® program are required to recertify every three years. That means those certified during the initial training period in 2007 need to complete a recertification training and testing session in 2010. The Iowa Pork Industry Center (IPIC) at Iowa State University (ISU) has scheduled a recertification session for Dec. 9 in Ames.
Germany: Abandonment of Piglet Castration Realistic
The German meat industry continues to be optimistic about the feasibility of a pig industry without the castration practice in young male piglets.
Destron Fearing RFID Swine Premise Tag Approved by USDA
Digital Angel Corporation has announced that its subsidiary Destron Fearing has received USDA approval for its 840 RFID Swine Premises Tag.