If your dog is not eating and is vomiting, has diarrhea, stomach pain, and/or a fever, pancreatitis may be the reason.Pancreatitis in dogs is inflammation of the pancreas, a glandular organ in the abdomen that produces digestive enzymes as well as insulin. Symptoms of...
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What you need to know about avian influenza
Fighting avian influenza goes beyond simply using a good disinfectant like Intra Multi-Des GA… At this time, the world is once again affected by avian influenza and the virus has re-emerged on a large scale. We regularly receive questions about this highly pathogenic...
Brazilian farmer makes big gains from giant roosters
A Brazilian poultry producer has taken his hobby of raising a giant Indian breed of rooster that reaches a height of 1.2 metres into a very profitable business in the poultry farming sector. About 20 years ago, when Rubens Braz started raising poultry, he could not...
Raw Meaty Bones As Part of Your Dog’s Diet
RMBs that are commonly fed include chicken necks, backs, and leg quarters; turkey necks; lamb breast and necks; pork breast (riblets) and necks. Most of us who feed a raw diet to our dogs include whole raw meaty bones (RMBs), animal parts that are at least half meat...
Johne’s Disease – environmental and dam risks
Johne’s Disease is a chronic disease of ruminants, endemic in the UK and other nations, and is responsible for large economic losses in the dairy sector. The disease is caused by Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP), which typically infects calves...
Classical Swine Fever (Hog Cholera)
Occurrence: Absent, or eradicated from many countries and notifiable. Age affected: All ages. Causes: Classical Swine Fever (CSF) virus. Effects: Fever, inappetence, often nervous signs, diarrhoea, abortion, mummies and high mortality.Classical swine fever is caused...
Brazil confirms bird flu in main poultry-producing state
According to Brazil’s Official Veterinary Service, 2 new outbreaks have been confirmed in the country, this time in the state of Paraná, a state that accounts for 35% of Brazil’s poultry production. The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply updated...
What’s the Ideal Feeding Schedule for Dogs?
A recent study suggested that once-a-day feeding schedule for adult dogs is best, but one of the study authors says the data don’t support a blanket recommendation for all dogs. A study that made headlines last year found an association between dogs who were fed just...
ASF Russia: Coral fully recovered from massive outbreak
The Russian company Coral, that culled 414,000 pigs as a result of a massive African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in 2020, has fully restored operations, Alexey Simonenko, production director of Coral, disclosed during an industry conference. The outbreak has not pushed...