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Purdue Standards may rescue purebred dog sales
Many involved in the breeding and sale of purebred dogs are understandably concerned about the torrent of ordinances and statutes recently adopted which essentially or outright ban the sale of...
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Animal testing saves animals and people too
Justin Goodman, PETA’s director of laboratory investigations as David Grimm recently described in the article titled “The Insurgent” published in Science, Vol. 347, Issue 6220, January 23, 2015...
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Fifth Circuit Rejects USDA’s Attempts to Increase Enforcement of the Horse...
The Fifth Circuit rejected, on constitutional grounds, USDA’s attempts to impose mandatory lifelong penalties against alleged violators of the Horse Protection Act, specifically against individuals who...
View ArticleVeterinarians on the lookout for foreign pests on imported dogs
Dogs and other animals can transport pests and diseases into the country. In 2007 and 2010, New World screwworm larvae, classified as a foreign pest by USDA, “were found on a dog that had recently...
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Avian Influenza continues to take flight
USDA is actively tracking and reporting on the continued spread of highly pathogenic H5N2 Avian Influenza virus in backyard flocks, commercial flocks and wild birds throughout the United States....
View ArticleOn a wing and a prayer
For animal health officials across the country, one of the most dreaded events, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has arrived full force, spreading like wild fire throughout the country,...
View ArticleFDA’s authority over livestock production and food labeling.
As discussed in USDA, FDA, and EPA-confusing authority over livestock production and food labeling, several federal agencies have varying control over livestock production and the food resulting...
View ArticleSnippets from ACI’s Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on Animal Health...
I attended the first ever Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on Animal Health and Veterinary Drugs and Therapeutics, “a comprehensive guide to the latest developments affecting drugs for companion...
View ArticleACI’s Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on Animal Health and Veterinary...
A number of presenters at this recent conference described the landscape of federal and state oversight of veterinary drugs and therapeutics. Here is a quick primer on the topic: USDA’s Center for...
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Foot and Mouth Disease Concerns Resurfacing
It has been some time since I have been focused on Foot and Mouth Disease, a virus affecting hoofed stock, including livestock, considered the most infectious virus on the planet. During and after...
View ArticleMisleading and factually incorrect coverage of animal research at the University
Originally published in The Daily Princetonian on April 29, 2015 By Guests Laura Conour and Stuart Leland Two articles published recently in The Daily Princetonian contained factual inaccuracies and...
View ArticleFeds Taking a Closer Look at Raw Pet Food
As discussed in prior postings, there are animal and public health concerns associated with the growing practice of feeding raw food to pets. The Centers for Disease Control (“CDC”) recently reported...
View ArticleWhat Did Avian Flu Mean to You?
This week is the most important to the turkey producers of America, when many will enjoy a Thanksgiving meal with family and friends dining on turkey and all the accoutrements routinely accompanying...
View ArticleANIMAL HEALTH CONCERNS LEADING TO INDOOR HOUSING OF LIVESTOCK
Farmers are often accused of raising livestock on “factory farms” and therefore treating their animals cruelly if they are house their animals indoors. Of course the opposite is true. The purpose of...
View ArticleRhode Island proposes bill to amend the veterinary practice act
A bill recently introduced in Rhode Island, S2180, would amend that state’s veterinary practice act by “allowing non-veterinarians to perform certain husbandry procedures that are commonly performed by...
View ArticleProposed Amendments to the Animal Welfare Act
USDA has recently published proposed amendments to the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) regulations: concerning the humane handling, care, treatment, and transportation of marine mammals in captivity. These...
View ArticleScientific Advances in Animal Agriculture
The humane standards of care of animals are constantly changing, as informed by scientific advances. Animal agriculture, in particular, has been evolving for decades. Livestock housing techniques, like...
View ArticleProposed Amendments to the Horse Protection Act
USDA, authorized and tasked with enforcing the humane treatment of horses pursuant to the Horse Protection Act, has published amendments to its regulations pursuant to the Act. According to a 2010...
View ArticleAdvances in Animal Agriculture Part I
Animal agriculture, like other animal-related industries, is a constantly evolving enterprise, informed by results from scientific studies focused on the best methods to raise livestock so as to...
View ArticleUSDA proposes thresholds for additional exemptions from licensing under the...
The Animal Welfare Act was amended by the 2014 Farm Bill to provide “the Secretary of Agriculture with the authority to determine that animal dealers and exhibitors are not required to obtain a license...
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