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June 19, 2017 — Harry Snelson [Pharm.]
The issue of extra-label drug use was a topic of discussion during the AASV members-only session at the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, IA on June 8. Dr Harry Snelson provided a review of the Animal...
May 17, 2017 — [Pharm.]
The FARAD manages the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank and has been serving the veterinary profession for 35 years. It is funded and sponsored by the USDA National Institute of Food and...
March 15, 2017 — [Pharm.]
Since the VFD (Veterinary Feed Directive) rules went into effect, veterinarians are now becoming more aware of how medicated feeds are being used on their clients' operations. Unfortunately,...
March 7, 2017 — [Pharm.]
Bacteria found in humans, animals and food continue to show resistance to widely used antimicrobials, says the latest report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria by the European Food Safety...
March 1, 2017 — [Pharm.]
Reducing the use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals, replacing them where possible and re-thinking the livestock production system is essential for the future of animal and public health....
January 11, 2017 — [Pharm.]
The Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank, or FARAD, hosted by Kansas State University, is continuing its work helping protect the nation's food supply. [Source: K-State News and Communications,...
January 4, 2017 — [Pharm.]
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it has completed the implementation of Guidance for Industry #213, a process begun in 2013 to transition antimicrobial drugs with...
December 27, 2016 — [Pharm.]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today published its annual report summarizing sales and distribution data for all antimicrobial drugs approved for use in food-producing animals. The report...
December 27, 2016 — [Pharm.]
In preparation for implementing the changes outlined in Guidance for Industry #213 (GFI #213), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued three Federal Register documents to update the Code of...
December 12, 2016 — [Pharm.]
In preparation for expanded Veterinary Feed Directives (VFDs) on January 1, 2017, GlobalVetLINK (GVL®) has announced that current and transition FDA-approved VFD drugs are active in its FeedLINK®...
December 7, 2016 — [Pharm.]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today it is entering the next phase of its efforts to mitigate antimicrobial resistance by focusing for the first time on medically important...
December 7, 2016 — [Pharm.]
A Professor with the University of Saskatchewan says the livestock industry has a role to play in contributing to reducing antimicrobial resistance. "The Use of Vaccines and Our Social License...
November 30, 2016 — [Pharm.]
Antibiotics are critical tools for control of diseases in livestock. Antibiotic resistance threatens the use of antibiotics in livestock for two important reasons. If resistance develops, the...
November 23, 2016 — [Pharm.]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released its 2014 National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) Integrated Report, highlighting antimicrobial resistance patterns in bacteria...
November 21, 2016 — [Pharm.]
Starting January 1, 2017, medically important antimicrobials in medicated feed will become veterinary feed directive (VFD) drugs, and the resulting VFD feed must be authorized by a licensed...
November 16, 2016 — [Pharm.]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today it is entering the next phase of its efforts to mitigate antimicrobial resistance by focusing for the first time on medically important...
November 14, 2016 — Harry Snelson [Pharm.]
The Iowa State University's Iowa Pork Industry Center (IPIC) held...
November 10, 2016 — [Pharm.]
This month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) observes the 20th anniversary of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (
November 9, 2016 — Harry Snelson [Pharm.]
AASV has received a number of requests to provide access to Veterinary Feed Directive forms for use by our veterinary members. In response to these requests, we are publishing links to forms provided...
November 9, 2016 — [Pharm.]
A Veterinarian with Warman Veterinary Services says antibiotic benchmarking offers farms an opportunity to better monitor and manage their use of antibiotics. The ability of antibiotic benchmarking...
November 2, 2016 — [Pharm.]
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published today the sixth report on the sales of veterinary antibiotics in Europe, highlighting a continuing downward trend between 2011 and 2014. 28 countries...
October 26, 2016 — [Pharm.]
In order to improve transparency and public access to information about approved animal drugs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine is launching Phase I of the...
October 19, 2016 — [Pharm.]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today it is entering the next phase of its efforts to mitigate antimicrobial resistance by focusing for the first time on medically important...
October 19, 2016 — [Pharm.]
Today GlobalVetLINK (GVL®) released a new Veterinary Feed Record (VFR) feature that offers veterinarians a tool for managing and tracking non-VFD, feed-grade antibiotics (ie. carbadox, bacitracin,...
October 5, 2016 — [Pharm.]
The Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS) collects, analyses, and communicates trends in antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in selected bacteria...
September 28, 2016 — [Pharm.]
Animal health expert David Burch dives deep into antimicrobial legislation and summarised it clearly on a global scale. Which developments are going on at different places around the globe? Besides...
September 14, 2016 — [Pharm.]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today it is entering the next phase of its efforts to mitigate antimicrobial resistance by focusing for the first time on medically important...
August 17, 2016 — [Pharm.]
The Scottish pig sector has made online recording of antibiotics compulsory for members of the Quality Meat Scotland assurance scheme. The move follows a trial on five Scottish commercial pig farms....
July 6, 2016 — [Pharm.]
This CVM Update is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s fifth progress report highlighting its recent actions to promote the judicious use of antimicrobials in food-producing animals. [Source:...
June 8, 2016 — [Pharm.]
USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), and Office of the Chief Scientist will hold a stakeholder webinar on Antimicrobial Resistance on...
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Category abbreviations: AASV=Membership information, announcements, and other information from the American Association of Swine Veterinarians; Abs.=Abstracts from journal articles of general interest to swine veterinarians.; ALERT=Used to create email alerts; An.H.=Animal Health; Conf.=Conference announcements and other continuing education opportunities; FAD="Foreign" Animal Disease and other news most significant to regions outside of North America.; Food=Food Safety; Gov.=Information about legislation, regulations, and rulemaking that may affect the swine industry or swine veterinarians.; Hum.H.=Human health; Ind.=News from the pork industry, including NPPC and Pork Board activities.; International=Information regarding swine health and production internationally.; Jobs=Position announcements, primarily seeking swine veterinarians.; Meet=Provides a short synopsis of meetings of importance to swine veterinarians.; News=Agriculture related news events.; Nutr.=Swine nutrition; OP-ED=Opinion or editorial articles expressing the thoughts of individual Association members.; Pharm.=Pharmaceuticals and biologicals; PRRS=Articles from the AASV PRRS Task Force; Practice=Information associated with practice management or development.; Research=Research topics of interest to swine veterinarians.; Students=Information of interest to AASV student members.; USDA=US Dept. of Agriculture activities of interest to swine veterinarians.; Welfare=Animal welfare issues