CDQAP Quality Assurance Update – December 2023
Despite 2023’s significant challenges, including historic flooding and persistent supply chain issues, CDQAP and our partners made considerable headway on some stubborn issues.
Farmers vs Bird Flu
Avian Influenza outbreaks in Northern California have consumers asking where the disease came from and how dangerous it is to people…
BSE detected in South Carolina Beef Cow, but U.S. Beef is Still Safe!
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) detected in South Carolina Beef Cow, but U.S. Beef is Still Safe!
Workshop supports protection of our food supply
A FARAD workshop held in September helped launch future working relationships between the School of Veterinary Medicine, WIFSS, and NAU, to increase educational and research collaborations related to One Health in food safety and food supply drug residue avoidance.
Antibiotic Resistance Spreads to Birds, Other Wildlife
New research provides evidence that antibiotic resistance has spread beyond hospitals and farms to wildlife. According to the CDC at least 2 million people each year in the United States alone are sickened by infections resistant to drugs.
Novel Method Makes FMD Vaccine Production Safer
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccines can be produced safely using a new patent-pending technology developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists reports the United States Animal Health Association.
Disease: The Next Big One
Sixty percent of human infectious diseases, including the worst of the old ones and the scariest of the new are zoonotic. What are the public health issues to be faced as we prepare for the next global pandemic? What role are disease ecologists playing in the efforts to limit the scope of coming pandemics?
Record-high Antibiotic Sales for Meat and Poultry Production
The Pew Charitable Trusts reports record-high numbers of antibiotics sold for use in meat and poultry. Could the practice of treating healthy animals with the same antibiotics used to treat sick people be contributing to the emergence of drug-resistant superbugs?
Antibiotic /Antimicrobial Resistance
According to a report released by the CDC the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant infections is increasing in the United States. More than two million people in the U.S. get drug-resistant infections annually and about 23,000 die from these diseases that are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics.