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6,000 Turkeys Slaughtered at Czech Bird Flu Farm

...cks in the area, around 1,000 birds in all," Czech veterinary services spokesman Zbynek Semerad told AFP. "That should be completed today (Friday)," he added. The H5N1 strain of bird flu was confirmed on Thursday at the Tisova farm, in the centre of the country, the first time it has been detected in Czech do...

H5N1 Bird Flu Confirmed at Czech Turkey Farm

...h Republic would be "re-evaluated" at a meeting of veterinary experts from EU member states in Brussels on June ...scow, Alexei Alekseenko, a spokesman for the state veterinary inspectorate Rosselkhoznadzor, told AFP that a Russian ban on Czech poultry -- covering live birds, ...

Europe's Last Dancing Bears Sheltered After Years of Abuse

...s character. "What was going on here was slavery," veterinary doctor Amir Khalil, who manages the Dancing Bears Park near Belitsa, told AFP. He said the bears were captured as cubs and forced to 'dance' on hot metal plates while their gypsy masters played music on their rebecs. Once fully trained, they were ...

Sierra Leone Contains Rabies Outbreak

...s to a massive vaccination campaign carried out by veterinary officials. Doctors at the main referral Connaught Hospital are worried about a lack of rabies antidotes to combat dog bites. The hospital has had to rely heavily on anti-rabies drug handouts from international agencies such as the World Health Orga...

Sierra Leone Contains Rabies Outbreak

...s to a massive vaccination campaign carried out by veterinary officials. Doctors at the main referral Connaught Hospital are worried about a lack of rabies antidotes to combat dog bites. The hospital has had to rely heavily on anti-rabies drug handouts from international agencies such as the World Health Org...

Gaps In Food Safety Systems Must Be Plugged :UN

... and fish feed and the unauthorized use of certain veterinary drugs in intensive aquaculture. The agencies blame...gredients including unauthorized food additives or veterinary drugs for the recent spate of food safety incidents. During the last 12 months, an average of up t...

Bird Flu Antibodies Found in Migrant Birds in Siberia

... birds in five Siberian regions, a spokesman for a veterinary regulator said here Tuesday . "Out of over 4,000 samples taken in the area this year, samples from 50 wild birds were found to contain genetic material of the A-H5 virus and antibodies in their blood serum," he said. The spokesman said the prese...

Czech Authorities Kill 70,000 Birds at H5N1 Farms

...entially fatal to humans, was confirmed this week, veterinary authorities said Friday . Czech authorities have... even though bird flu has not been detected there, veterinary service spokesman Josef Duben. "Around 70,000 have been killed," at two farms near the village of ...

Vets To Team Up With Human Health Specialists

...According to Roger Mahr, outgoing president of the veterinary association, a task force will map strategy, but o...egory Hammer:"We're really approaching a crisis in veterinary medicine. Too few young people are entering the field. By 2025, it's estimated we'll have a shortage...

Contamination of the Environment by Antibiotics Fed to Livestock

... manure containing Sulfamethazine, a commonly used veterinary antibiotic. This antibiotic was taken up by all three crops. Concentrations of antibiotics were found in the plant leaves. Concentrations in plant tissue also increased as the amount of antibiotics present in the manure increased. It also diffused in...

Fat Horses Face Health Problems

...ation of Dr. Thatcher, an internationally renowned veterinary nutritionist, on the innovative research project. ...besity in the horse can be immediately utilized by veterinary clinicians and owners who can now consider altering their existing feeding and management programs. ...

Ships to the Rescue of Medically Deprived Assamese

...tribals, are cattle herders the ships also carry a veterinary team each, which trains local to treat their animals. A team of 25 personnel, which includes doctors and nurses of the local health department, is conducting 15 to 20 camps every month. It travels on the ships for around 7 to 10 days a month. The...

Dozens More H5N1 Bird Flu Cases in Germany

...rmany's Friedrich Loeffler Institute, the national veterinary laboratory, has suggested the disease could have jumped the border from the Czech side where it has infected turkey and chicken farms. In Germany, the new outbreak has been restricted to swans, geese and other wild birds and has not affected poultr...

Stray Kerala Dogs Face Keyhole Surgery to Control Birth Rate

...ve was started here recently by SPCA officials and veterinary doctors at the Mattancherry Veterinary Hospital by conducting keyhole surgeries on eleven stray dogs - seven female and four male. The dogs are first given vitamins vaccinations and devorming medicines a day before the operation. By applying local...

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