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May 28, 2008
USDA Announces CRP Permitted Use For Livestock Feed Needs
Eligible CRP Acres Allowed to Hay and Graze; $1.2 Billion Forage Made Available Washington, D.C., May 27, 2008 - Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced that USDA has authorized certain acreage enrolled under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to be available for hay and forage after the primary nesting season ends for grass-nesting birds. http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal?contentidonly=true&contentid=2008/05/0137.xmlPosted by sball at 01:24 PM | Comments (0)
Economic Impacts of Foreign Animal Disease
Economic Research Report No. (ERR-57) 80 pp, May 2008 As more is learned about the impacts of foreign animal-disease outbreaks, questions arise regarding the efficacy of existing animal disease-impact models for capturing the array of effects across many economic sectors and time. http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err57/Posted by sball at 01:21 PM | Comments (0)
May 23, 2008
US Plans More Primate Research
Nature.com reports US scientists are planning on increasing the number of non-human primates they use for research. http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080521/full/453439a.htmlPosted by sball at 12:30 PM | Comments (0)
Post-Derby Tragedy, 38% Support Banning Animal Racing
Gallup polled Americans on the treatment of animals in the US. http://www.gallup.com/poll/107293/PostDerby-Tragedy-38-Support-Banning-Animal-Racing.aspxPosted by sball at 12:24 PM | Comments (0)
May 22, 2008
Stray Japan Parrot Talks Way Home
BBC News reports a parrot was reunited with its owner after repeating its name and address. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7414846.stmPosted by sball at 02:34 PM | Comments (0)
Hurricane Proof Your Horse
PNJ.com reports on a workshop that focused on horse and stable preparation prior to hurricane season. http://www.pnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080514/NEWS05/805140320/1006/NEWS01Posted by sball at 02:31 PM | Comments (0)
May 21, 2008
Multistate Outbreak of Human Salmonella Infections Caused by Contaminated Dry Dog Food --- United States, 2006—2007
CDC collaborated with public health officials in Pennsylvania, other states, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a prolonged multistate outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype Schwarzengrund infections in humans. This report describes the outbreak investigation, which identified the source of infection as dry dog food produced at a manufacturing plant in Pennsylvania. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5719a4.htmPosted by sball at 02:01 PM | Comments (0)
Now Available: Peer Review Panel Report on the Validation Status of New Versions and Applications of the Murine Local Lymph Node Assay (LLNA)
In March 2008, the National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM), in collaboration with the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM), convened an independent international scientific peer review panel (hereafter, “Panel�) to evaluate new versions and applications of the LLNA, an alternative test method for assessing the allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) potential of chemicals and products. The Panel’s report from this meeting is now available, as announced in today’s Federal Register (Vol. 73, No. 98, pp. 29136-29137, May 20, 2008). http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/methods/immunotox/llna-panelDocs.htmPosted by sball at 01:58 PM | Comments (0)
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer Announces Plan To End Exceptions To Animal Handling Rule
"FSIS will draft a proposed rule to remove the exception that allows certain injured cattle to proceed to slaughter. This action is expected to provide additional efficiencies to food safety inspection by removing the step that requires inspection workforce to determine when non-ambulatory cattle are safe to slaughter." Press Release http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2008/05/0131.xmlPosted by sball at 01:56 PM | Comments (0)
Pain Free Without Numbness - Substance Combination With Chili Peppers
MedicalNewsToday.com reports Clifford Woolf, professor at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital, and his colleagues have developed a combination of two agents which is able to specifically block pain without producing numbness or motor paralysis. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/107535.phpPosted by sball at 01:54 PM | Comments (0)
Towards Humane End Points: Behavioral Changes Precede Clinical Signs of Disease In A Huntington's Disease Model
Proceedings of The Royal society report behavioral change can be an early indicator of disease onset. http://journals.royalsociety.org/content/97k417t067t52x44/Posted by sball at 01:41 PM | Comments (0)