LivestockAPHIS's second report from its Feedlot 2021 study shows light calves falling ill most often and large feedlots far more likely than small ones to hold a written biosecurity plan.
LivestockMohammad Amin Ur Rashid warned new BCS fisheries and livestock officers that antibiotic residues reaching people through food are raising the risk of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
LivestockA review by Chinese researchers calls the bacterium one of the most promising alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters, with the strongest evidence in weaned piglets and weak evidence in cattle.
HealthTaking painkillers or antibiotics for long periods without a doctor's advice can cause indigestion and, without early symptoms, kidney damage; painkillers taken several times a week for weeks put strain on the kidneys.
HealthWith an infection, any two of a temperature above 100.4°F or below 96.8°F, a heart rate over 90 a minute or breathing over 20 a minute should raise suspicion of sepsis, a medical emergency, writes a Dhaka medicine specialist.
LivestockThe FAO has recognised Utrecht University's veterinary faculty and Wageningen Bioveterinary Research as a joint reference centre for antimicrobial resistance, to support surveillance in animals and the food chain, guidelines, training and capacity building in low- and middle-income countries.
LivestockUpdated Veterinary Council guidance from 1 January 2027 expects antibiotics at dry-off to be justified cow by cow; DairyNZ says fewer than 5% of herds gain from treating every cow.
HealthIn 173 cancer patients on antibiotics before stem cell transplants, each extra 99 grams or so of sweet food was linked to about 24 per cent less gut microbial diversity, a study published in Nature found.
FisheriesAt a meeting in Chattogram, State Minister Sultan Salauddin Tuku pressed fisheries and livestock officers to cut farmers' costs, curb needless antibiotic use and prepare the sector for meat exports.
LivestockIndiscriminate use of antibiotics without a vet's advice is making farm bacteria drug-resistant; a Department of Livestock Services study found E. coli on poultry farms up to 98 per cent resistant to 19 antibiotics.
A mobile court in Goalanda, Rajbari, fined four pharmacies near Ujanchar bazar a total of Tk 20,000 under the Drugs Act 1940 for selling unapproved medicines and antibiotics without a registered doctor's prescription.
HealthMost fevers are viral and antibiotics do nothing for them, says Dr Kakoli Haldar of Dhaka Medical College; measuring temperature, drinking fluids and resting come first.
HealthMeasuring two white-cell proteins, CD64 and CD169, a test sorted bacterial from viral fever in 85 infants within 15 to 20 minutes, researchers told the European Emergency Medicine Congress; it could cut needless antibiotics.
