Posted on September 28th, 2007 by Bob Gould
The number of rabies cases is up in Lapeer County and health officials are urging pet owners to get their animals vaccinated.
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According to Walt Rodabaugh, chief of the Lapeer County Animal Shelter, three positive cases of rabies have been reported this year. All three incidents involved bats. Rodabaugh stressed vaccines as a form of rabies [...]
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Filed under: Industry, Veterinary Medicine, Watching
Posted on September 28th, 2007 by Bob Gould
…to make wishes come true for critically ill children
FORT WORTH, Texas—Most teenagers imagine $14,000 in the form of a vehicle, college tuition or maybe a dream vacation with several of their closest friends, but American Junior Paint Horse Association (AjPHA) member Garrett Stewart has a different perspective.
The 14-year-old knows $14,000 will grant four wishes to [...]
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Posted on September 27th, 2007 by Bob Gould
aq WASHINGTON–If there’s one message the government wants you to know about analog televisions going dark in early 2009, it’s this: don’t panic.
Federal officials say American households will have plenty of time to make sure their gadgets are ready for the congressionally mandated switch to all-digital broadcasts after February 17, 2009.
The key is knowing what [...]
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Posted on September 26th, 2007 by Bob Gould
America’s Horse, September 25, 2007 – S Ranch LTD of Billings, Montana, is the winner of the 2007 AQHA/Bayer Best Remuda Award.
“Cattle and horses far outnumbered people when John Scott’s great-great grandfather, a friend of Davy Crockett and a Mississippi Supreme Court judge, settled in the Republic of Texas,” explains the Scott family about their [...]
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Posted on September 26th, 2007 by Bob Gould
New regulations aimed at protecting Texas cattle from tuberculosis (TB) will go into effect Oct. 13.
Texas livestock health officials adopted the new regulations after recent findings of cattle TB infection in two New Mexico dairies, a Colorado bucking bull herd, and an Oklahoma beef herd.
The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) hopes its new entry, testing [...]
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Posted on September 26th, 2007 by Bob Gould
IFTON, GA. –Georgia Department of Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin says that horse abuse and neglect is on the rise statewide.
A drought that led to hay shortages, the closing of horse slaughterhouses, a downturn in the economy and equine inspectors spread too thin are among the factors that have led to abuse and neglect, the Tifton [...]
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Posted on September 26th, 2007 by Bob Gould
Bravo!, of Vernon, Connecticut, has recalled three of its poultry products for cats and dogs. The pet food is being recalled because two of the products have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, while the other product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Recalled products are:
Product: Bravo Original Formula [...]
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Posted on September 26th, 2007 by Bob Gould
The AVMA staff has been in communication with veterinarians who believe certain brands of jerky treats from China could be causing illness in pets. Signs of illness have included vomiting, lethargy, and anorexia.
The Food and Drug Administration is aware of consumer complaints relevant to chicken jerky for dogs. Laura Alvey, director of the communications staff [...]
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Posted on September 25th, 2007 by Bob Gould
WASHINGTON–As controversy rages over forthcoming federal Real ID requirements, state officials should be plotting public relations strategies to counteract the well-publicized rebellion, past and present state motor vehicle administrators advised their colleagues Monday.
Civil liberties and privacy groups, as well as organizations like the National Governors Association, have attacked the 2005 law as insufficiently protective of [...]
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Posted on September 25th, 2007 by Bob Gould
CHICAGO (AP) — The nation’s last horse slaughtering plant could be forced to permanently close after a federal appeals court Friday upheld an Illinois law prohibiting the slaughter of horses for human consumption.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals cited measures banning bullfights and cockfights to help explain why it was [...]
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