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Featured Changes in a horse’s heart size due to dehydration might lead to a misdiagnosis of heart disease based on echocardiogram findings
FORT WORTH, Texas – The American Paint Horse Association (APHA) recently announced Michael McMullen of Troy, Texas, as the new Membership Services Manager. The main responsibility of this position is membership recruitment and retention for both APHA and the AjPHA membership rolls. McMullen graduated from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, with a Bachelor of Science as well as a Masters of Science in Agriculture. He worked seven years with the U. S. Department of Agriculture as a County Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency. He was also a Park Ranger for the Texas Parks and
The Texas Animal Health Commission reminds Texas producers, marketers and veterinarians that maintaining a Foot and Mouth Disease-free U.S.A. requires constant awareness and vigilance. Anyone involved with livestock needs to recognize the general signs of FMD and how to report suspicious symptoms. FMD is not contagious to people, but the viral disease that affects cattle, hogs and other cloven hoofed animals is characterized by the presence of vesicles in the mouth, or on the muzzle, teats and feet. The FMD virus can accidently be carried on people’s clothing, footwear and vehicles from one farm location to another.
The battle against E. coli contamination in the nation’s food supply has a new weapon, but consumers are not likely to see its benefit anytime soon. Epitopix, a Minnesota-based veterinary vaccine company, recently released a vaccine that promises to help prevent cattle from carrying E. coli O157 — a bacteria strain that, although harmless to livestock, can be deadly to humans. Yet critical barriers stand in the way of implementation — the need for additional research and a high price tag. Read more…
While several states, including Nebraska, work on a legal route to reopening horse processing plants, the U.S. Department of Agriculture appears to be holding firm on not allowing processed horse meat to be exported for human consumption. “There is no possibility under the current law for a state-inspected meat plant to ship any meat, interstate or internationally, for human consumption,” said USDA spokesman Neil Gaffney. The sponsor of the Nebraska bill (LB305), Sen. Tyson Larson of O’Neill, and the Legislature’s Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Carlson of Holdrege aren’t buying it. Read more…
MONTREAL – A Canadian-led research team has derived transformative stem cells from a horse, which they hope will help speed healing of injured animals and provide a model for better understanding and possibly treating similar problems in people. Led by Andras Nagy of the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and Dr. Lawrence Smith of the University of Montreal’s faculty of veterinary medicine, the team also included researchers from Pittsburgh and Kyoto, Japan. Their findings were published Monday in the journal Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. Researchers generated induced pluripotent stem cells, or