This session this afternoon -- and I've been asked to make
some general comments as a preliminary with regard to the Department of
Agriculture's activities and positions -- is very timely, as timely as
most of the others have been today.
And, of course, we are going to talk about foot and mouth disease and
Mad Cow disease.
And I think the question has changed from September 11th to a statement,
I'm sorry to say.
And then we're going to talk about food safety and microbial contamination.
Moreover, agricultural byproducts can already be the source of clean-burning
fuels and industrial ethanol, even with the simplest of technologies.
ackermann
http://merrill.ku.edu/PDFfiles/ackermann.pdf The biological relationship between animals and humans has
never been more intertwined.
The persistent outbreaks of diseases such as Escherichia coli O157:H7,
the malicious spreading of anthrax spores, the emergence of West Nile
Virus, and the economic impact of non-zoonotic diseases such as Foot and
Mouth Disease, have gripped the attention and, in a peculiar way, the
lure of the general public and scientific community (Table 1).
These events, coupled with the plethora of other animal diseases that
range from cancer to mastitis, have triggered introspection of animal
health as it relates to human health, national security, and the national
economy.
cwd_20
1. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a neurological disease
found in wild deer and elk herds in portions of northeastern and northwestern
Colorado, southeastern Wyoming, western Nebraska, southwestern South Dakota,
New Mexico and Saskatchewan.
Recently the first confirmed case of CWD in wild deer populations east
of the Mississippi River was found in Wisconsin.
Within this group of diseases there are three predominant variants, which
affect animals: scrapie in sheep, bovine spongiform encephalopathy in
cattle (sometime referred to as Mad Cow Disease) and CWD in deer and elk.
6. Notwithstanding the lack of absolute information regarding CWD, management
efforts are being undertaken, in a scientific manner, throughout the United
States and Canada.
public
In Australia we are very lucky -- we have no Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy (BSE) in our cattle and no case of vCJD has been found
in humans.
When the first case of vCJD is identified in Australia, it will most likely
be in a person who has travelled regularly to or lived for some time in
Britain and eaten meat infected with the BSE agent.
This document is a guide to show the Australian population how the Commonwealth
Government will respond to this event and to outline precautionary measures
already undertaken to help prevent the Australian public from developing
vCJD.
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A follow up survey of an earlier report on aflatoxins (IP Advice
June 99 issue) in peanut products did not find any aflatoxins in the samples.
It is reassuring that both these studies suggest that there is a low risk
to consumers from aflatoxin contamination of the food products tested.
During the last three years, aflatoxins have been isolated in almost 1%
of pistachio nuts and peanuts (raw, blanched, chopped and salted) that
were tested by ESR under the imported products surveillance programme.
These products are usually rejected for sale in New Zealand, therefore
not reaching retail outlets.
If you are importing tobacco products, ensure that you comply with the
following provisions of the Smoke Free Environments Act 1990.
release030403
Washington, DC, March 4, 2003 -- Trust for America's Health
(TFAH), a nonprofit advocacy group focused on improving the nation's health,
today issued a "Critical Care" Watch List of crucial public
health programs at risk for cuts in state budgets.
Several proposed state budgets for FY'04 include drastic cuts to programs
urgently needed to protect communities from a wide range of health threats,
including bioterrorism and diseases like cancer.
TFAH is calling for a concerted public health response to terrorist threats,
which can also protect communities from a range of existing and emerging
health threats.
Trust for America's Health (TFAH) is a national nonprofit whose mission
is to protect the health and safety of all communities from current and
emerging threats by strengthening the fundamentals of our public health
defenses.
November2001
I do not like to write on rumors in the newsletter; however
no Ag-Focus Newsletter will be published in December, and this information
will be pertinent to all sheep producers.
While it appears that the intent of WSDA was to limit the use of Crossbow
to apple trees, this limitation is not included on the current version
of the SLN.
Insurance for Foot-and-Mouth Disease and "Mad Cow Disease" is
being sold by Farm Credit Services (FCS).
Anthrax is found naturally in soils in Asia, Africa, and the US (primarily
rural Texas and Oklahoma).
Federal and Washington State Sheep and Goat Scrapie Programs have created
some confusion amongst producers and marketers in the state of Washington.
19990311
MR SPEAKER (Mr Cornwell) took the chair at 10.30 am and asked
members to stand in silence and pray or reflect on their responsibilities
to the people of the Australian Capital Territory.
The effect of this motion is simply to ensure that the time limits that
operated in this debate on Tuesday continue in the debate today.
In a bizarre process the Government sought a letter of approval from the
Chamber of Commerce only, not from the key community groups whose core
business is education.
The final recommendation of the report is that unless these previous three
recommendations - that is, about selection processes, training and support
- are implemented, the department must withdraw from the project.
chronicwastin
http://www.agdepartment.com/PDFFiles/chronicwastin.pdf To date, CWD has never been found in captive or wild deer or
elk in North Dakota.
The ND Department of Agriculture's Board of Animal Health initiated mandatory
CWD surveillance testing in 1998 of any captive elk or deer that dies
from any cause that is more than 12 months of age.
If CWD is found in a captive animal, the farm would be quarantined and
the disease eradicated using recommended disease control strategies.
The mode of transmission between animals is not completely understood,
but is thought to be likely through animal-to-animal contact and/or contamination
of the habitat by a diseased animal.
111index
http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2002/111index.pdf · Anaphylaxis and anaphylactoid reactions, prevention,
recognition, and emergent treatment.
· Compensating for daily glucose fluctuations in patients with diabetes.
· Assessment of risk for coronary artery disease.
· Cardiovascular risk in patients with end-stage renal disease, control
of.
· Effect of hormone replacement therapy and its analogues on cardiovascular
risk.
· Use of intravenous heparin for acute coronary syndrome.
· Insulin pump therapy in the 21st century, successful use in adults,
adolescents, and children.
· Laboratory workup for evaluation of seizure.
· Adverse effects of over-the-counter cough and cold medications
in infants under 1 year old.
· Blood pressure management in patients with kidney disease.
