Editorial Blog
As I watched my daughter arrange and rearrange her misshapen pumpkins on our porch, I couldn’t help but smile. In her eyes they were all absolutely perfect. She didn’t see the blemishes and imperfections.
As we enter a new year and a new decade, antibiotic stewardship remains on the top of issues affecting food-animal veterinarians.
Generally speaking, farm kids just seem healthier than their city cousins.
Control measures for CWD have mostly evolved on a state-by-state basis, with the exception of some broader controls over movement of captive cervids.
The FDA has issued a new Guidance for Industry (GFI #181), which provides content and format regulations for the representative “Blue Bird” labeling to be used for Type B and Type C medicated feeds.
The biomass method would adjust antibiotic sales data by livestock population, providing more valuable information than the current use data.
When a technology advances as quickly as genomics has in recent years, yesterday’s goals begin to look like nostalgia.
Another peer-reviewed study shows beef production is a minor contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.
Zoonotic diseases, such as campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis, continue to build resistance against common antimicrobial drugs, according to a new European report.
Our editorial team has developed a comprehensive package of content focused on Cannabis and its potential across U.S. agriculture.
U.S. sales of medically important antimicrobials for use in food animals dropped considerably last year according to the latest summary report from the FDA. The decline in 2017 accelerated a trend that began in 2016.
The greatest potential for improving sustainability of livestock production depends on scientific innovation to boost productivity while reducing environmental impacts.
Last week, the USDA confirmed a case of atypical BSE in a Florida cow. The industry assessed the situation appropriately, while American consumers and our export partners responded with a collective shrug.
With mixed feelings, the February 2020 issue is my last as I’ve announced plans to retire from my position as editor of Bovine Veterinarian.
Like other pathogens and agricultural pests, antibiotic-resistant bacteria do not recognize international borders.
When the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef formed in 2012, participants quickly realized sustainability goals, practices and measurements would need to reflect regional differences in beef-production environments.
Veterinarians and animal scientists likely attend at least one or two poster sessions each year during scientific conferences, but might not learn as much as they could.
Hardly a day goes by without someone telling us about the foods we shouldn’t eat, fueling perceptions that consumption of “bad” foods damages our health.