vaccinations

The USDA granted a conditional license for a vaccine to protect the country’s honeybees from foulbrood disease.  Earth.com said the bacterial infection weakens and kills honeybee colonies and has no treatment.  The vaccine was developed by Dalan Animal Health and brings hope for a weapon against a disease that regularly ravages colonies that are highly important to food pollination.   In parts of

Ag Labor remains one of the chief concerns for the farming community, not only due to increasing costs, but limited availability in 2022. Dan Newhouse, chair of Western Caucus said unfortunately, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, which has already cleared the House is stalled in the Senate ...

A federal appeals court recently pushed the pause button on efforts by the Biden Administration to mandate that all companies with 100 employees or more require the COVID-19 vaccination to maintain employment, but that does not mean the possibility of such a mandate has gone away ...

A vaccine for African Swine Fever? Not yet, but there is work going on in southeast Asia that USDA officials call "the most promising vaccine to date". Dr. Jeff Silverstein with ARS said a company in Vietnam working with US researchers, has come up with a vaccine which has performed well in lab tests so far and the company has recently gotten approval for field tests in Vietnam ... Read

Early vaccination of calves can enhance herd health and produce quality animals sought by feed yards, packers, and consumers. Dr. Daniel Cummings, professional services veterinarian with Boehringer-Ingelheim, says there are challenges calves can face leading up to weaning ...