A new federal study released today has found that it’s possible that cow manure contaminates wells in a county in Wisconsin and causes Cryptosporidium illnesses. The researchers looked at private wells in Kewaunee County, which is in northeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan. The county has a population of about 20,000 people, but there are 100,000 … Read more
Contact with farm animals might be a bigger cause of bovine-associated salmonellosis in humans than we thought, according to a study published in the December volume of Emerging Infectious Disease, a scientific journal produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). So, prevention efforts, which mostly focus on foodborne transmission, should be broadened to … Read more
One week after an undercover video prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to suspend operations at Central Valley Meat in Hanford, Calif., for what it described as “disturbing evidence of inhumane treatment of cattle,” the company says it is reopened for business. “Sunday afternoon, the USDA informed us that it has accepted our action plan … Read more
The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMC) of the Department for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs in the United Kingdom has approved the importation of Bioniche Life Sciences’s E. coli 0157 vaccine for use in cattle. The vaccine will be used under conditions of a Special Treatment Certificate (STC). The vaccine reduces E. coli 0157:H7 shedding … Read more
Anthrax has killed one cow and is suspected to have killed 50 others on a Logan County ranch in Colorado, according to the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA). The ranch has been quarantined. None of the cattle left the location prior to quarantine or entered the food chain. CDA and public health officials are conducting an … Read more