AnimalNet Dec. 18/03 -- II
Message from
OIE
Italy
reports new mad cow disease case
Namibia
lifts self-imposed beef ban
NPPC forms
new committee to address animal health, food security issues
Ohio
livestock officials questioned about egg farm's permits, past problems
Impact of
localized badger culling on tuberculosis incidence in British cattle
Deadline
nears for scientific presentations at landmark IMAWRC meeting"
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Message
from OIE
December 18, 2003
Animal Health Information Department
Office international des epizooties (OIE)
Recent rumours indicated that there was a severe outbreak of salmonella in
poultry in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand. Further to a request by the OIE Animal Health
Information Department, the Delegate of Thailand informed on the following:
Information received on 18 December 2003 from Dr Yukol Limlamthong, Director
General, Department of Livestock Development, Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperatives, Bangkok:
Date of report: 17 December 2003.
By mid-November, there was an outbreak of mixed infection due to Pasteurella
multocida type A (fowl cholera) and P. haemolytica (acute pasteurellosis) in one
layer farm of about 68,000 birds in Nakhon Sawan province. The hens were
separated by age groups, from 12 to 86 weeks, in 15 houses. In one house, 5,000
birds died out of 5,500 affected birds of 86-week old. These layers were due to
be removed within the next few weeks. An epidemiological investigation revealed
that the last vaccination against fowl cholera was longer that five months.
A stamping-out measure was employed, due to the farm sanitation and to the
" 2004 Food Safety Year in Thailand ". The farm was depopulated,
cleansed and disinfected by 23 November 2003. The outbreak was completely
contained. The area was put under close surveillance for a 30-day period, i.e.
until 22 December 2003. Additionally, animal movement control has been conducted
within a radius of 60 kilometres in order to meet with most of the minimum
animal health requirements of the poultry trade partners of Thailand.
Italy
reports new mad cow disease case
December 18, 2003
Associated Press
ROME -- The Health Ministry was cited as reporting Thursday that an Italian cow
from a breeding farm in central Italy has tested positive for mad cow disease,
bringing the nation's total to 115 cases.
Namibia
lifts self-imposed beef ban
December 18, 2003
Associated Press
Martin Boer
Agriculture officials were cited as saying Thursday that Namibia is resuming
beef and mutton exports to the European Union, its largest market, after
improving animal health controls.
The story adds that beef is one of Namibia's main exports, and Europe is its
biggest market.
NPPC
forms new committee to address animal health, food security issues
December 18, 2003
National Pork Producers – Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has established a
new Animal Health and Food Security Committee to consider science-based
approaches to these and emerging related issues facing the U.S. pork
industry.The committee is comprised of 17 members with expertise in a variety of
swine health, welfare and food security issues. Members include veterinarians,
scientists, pork producers and others engaged in the business of providing safe
and wholesome pork products to the marketplace. “Since September 11, 2001,
concerns have been raised about the potential for terrorism aimed at the
nation’s food supply,” said Joy Philippi, a pork producer from Bruning,
Nebraska and chair of NPPC’s Animal Health and Food Security Committee.
“Food safety is a high priority for all stakeholders in the pork industry and
we are all going to have to be increasingly vigilant about enhancing security
measures on the farm level,” she said. Through the Committee, NPPC will
continue to communicate our concerns and offer science-based solutions to both
Congress and government officials working together to strengthen our efforts to
ensure the continued good health and value of the U.S. pork industry.”
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is one of the nation’s largest
livestock commodity organizations. It has producer members in 44 affiliated
state associations and provides a unified voice for America’s pork producers
on a wide range of industry and public policy issues. NPPC’s website is at
www.nppc.org.
Ohio
livestock officials questioned about egg farm's permits, past problems
December 18, 2003
Knight-Ridder Tribune
Tim Rausch, The Lima News, Ohio
LaRUE, Ohio--Staff members from the Ohio Department of Agriculture were cited as
saying it would be easy to see if the potential buyer of Buckeye Egg Farm's
buildings are doing their jobs in controlling flies and odors, should they be
allowed to take over.
The story explains that 25 people gathered at Elgin High School near LaRue
Tuesday for the first of two information sessions on Ohio Fresh Eggs application
to run the Buckeye Egg Farm barns in Hardin and Wyandot counties.
The agriculture department this year ordered Buckeye Egg to shut down for
violating the terms of its state operating permits. Kevin Elder, who is the
director of the state's livestock permitting program, was cited as saying that
shut down is underway in Marseilles, and that the purchase of Buckeye Egg barns
in Mount Victory, Goshen and Marseilles by Ohio Fresh Eggs is contingent on the
proposed new owners getting the permits.
Ohio Fresh Eggs applied in June for permission to purchase Buckeye Egg Farm's
barns and run its own egg producing business in them.
Impact
of localized badger culling on tuberculosis incidence in British cattle
December 18, 2003
Nature 426, 834 - 837
Christl A. Donnelly1,2, Rosie Woodroffe1,3, d. R. Cox1,4, John Bourne1, George
Gettinby1,5, Andrea M. Le Fevre2, John P. Mcinerney1,6 & W. Ivan Morrison1,7
1 Independent Scientific Group on Cattle TB, c/o Department for Environment,
Food & Rural Affairs, 1A Page Street, London SW1P 4PQ, UK
2 Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial
College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
3 Department of Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology, University of
California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
4 Nuffield College, New Road, Oxford OX1 1NF, UK
5 Department of Statistics and Modelling Science, University of Strathclyde,
George Street, Glasgow G1 1XH, UK
6 Centre for Rural Research, University of Exeter, Lafrowda House, St German's
Road, Exeter EX4 6TL, UK
7 The Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary
Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9RG, UK
Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to C.A.D. (c.donnelly@imperial.ac.uk).
Pathogens that are transmitted between wildlife, livestock and humans present
major challenges for the protection of human and animal health, the economic
sustainability of agriculture, and the conservation of wildlife. Mycobacterium
bovis, the aetiological agent of bovine tuberculosis (TB), is one such pathogen.
The incidence of TB in cattle has increased substantially in parts of Great
Britain in the past two decades, adversely affecting the livelihoods of cattle
farmers and potentially increasing the risks of human exposure. The control of
bovine TB in Great Britain is complicated by the involvement of wildlife,
particularly badgers (Meles meles), which appear to sustain endemic infection
and can transmit TB to cattle1. Between 1975 and 1997 over 20,000 badgers were
culled as part of British TB control policy, generating conflict between
conservation and farming interest groups2. Here we present results from a
large-scale field trial3-5 that indicate that localized badger culling not only
fails to control but also seems to increase TB incidence in cattle.
Deadline
nears for scientific presentations at landmark IMAWRC meeting"
December 31, 2003
American Meat Institute
The deadline for scientific research to be presented at poster sessions during
the 2004 International Meat Animal Welfare Research Conference is Dec. 31, 2003.
The IMAWRC, the first of its kind in the industry, is set for Kansas City, Mo.,
on Feb. 17.
The conference, co-sponsored by the AMI Foundation and The Federation so Animal
Science Societies, is actively seeking submissions in the following research
areas:
* Best practices research for such on-farm management practices as castration,
branding, and dehorning
* ·Handling livestock during transport
* ·Handling non-ambulatory cattle and pigs
* ·Housing and environmental conditions
The poster presentations are intended to stimulate in-depth discussion in the
various research areas of animal handling and animal welfare. There will be two
designated poster sessions during the conference, each one hour in length.
Posters will be displayed throughout the day, although presenters are expected
to be present during their designated session.
For online submission guidelines and poster requirements, visit http://www.meatami.com/
and click on the Conferences and Meetings tab.
For more information on IMAWRC registration, contact AMI's Katie Brannon via
e-mail at kbrannan@meatami.com
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