A new video from the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) provides a basic explanation of drug resistance in livestock and management practices for retaining efficacy of products used on a farm.
Current animal disease traceability (ADT) rules have generally succeeded as a first step, but traceability will need to expand and improve in the future to meet domestic and international consumer expectations.
“Driving aids? We don’t even use driving aids,” said Colorado rancher Steve Wooten during a recent panel discussion on stockmanship practices and their relationship to beef quality assurance.
It comes as no surprise that the organic sector continues to grow at a faster pace than other agricultural production systems. And organic field crops have gained in acreage and value, according to a new USDA report.
All sectors of the animal food production industry and partners in human medicine and public health will come together around one of the most important topics in animal and human health today.
