Weekly Livestock-Equine News: August 19, 2024

AAEP updates internal parasite control guidelines

The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) recently issued revised Internal Parasite Control Guidelines to help minimize the risk of parasitic disease and maintain the effectiveness of current drugs for as long as possible by delaying further development of anthelmintic resistance.

Global poultry markets recover amid tougher trade conditions

According to the RaboResearch Global Poultry Quarterly Q3 2024 report, the outlook for global poultry markets is further improving, driven by accelerated growth in poultry meat consumption (+1.5% to 2%) and disciplined supply growth in many markets. After four years of highly disruptive conditions, demand for value-added poultry products is recovering in line with expectations, due to gradually rising spending power and lower costs.

U.S. to expand bird-flu testing of beef in slaughterhouses

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that beginning in mid-September, it will expand bird-flu testing of beef entering the food supply as part of its response to the ongoing outbreak among dairy cattle, Nearly 200 herds in 13 U.S. states have contracted bird flu since March after the virus jumped from wild birds to cows, according to USDA data.

Registration open for 2024 U.S. CattleTrace Symposium

Registration is open for the 2024 U.S CattleTrace Symposium, scheduled to take place Nov. 18-19 at the American Royal Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The 2024 symposium will offer attendees the opportunity to deepen their understanding of current animal disease traceability tools within the U.S. and to contribute to the ongoing development of a voluntary contact tracing tool to enhance future response efforts.

U.S. undercounts bird flu in cattle as farmers shun testing

The U.S. bird-flu outbreak in dairy cattle is much larger than official figures suggest due to farmers’ reluctance to test their animals and risk the economic consequences of a positive result, according to Reuters interviews with dairy experts, veterinarians and farmers in six states with known cases. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has counted bird flu in about 190 dairy herds in 13 states since March.

dsm-firmenich will offer Mycofix®FUMzyme® to help manage mycotoxins in feed

dsm-firmenich Animal Nutrition and Health – a global science-based company focused on nutrition, health and sustainable living – has received the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) approval of a novel enzyme, fumonisin esterase, to help swine and poultry producers manage mycotoxins in feed. dsm-firmenich will offer a new product which includes the fumonisin esterase called Mycofix®FUMzyme® for use in swine and poultry diets in Canada.