The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s 2022 Summary Report on Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed for Use in Food Producing Animals has been released. It includes some good signs and some bad signs in terms of curbing antimicrobial use (AMU) in the US, but it’s clear we still have a lot of room to improve.
COVID-19 in Animals Review Part 7: Cattle
I’m going to have to go back to the start soon and update previous reviews of COVID-19 in animals, but there are still a couple of more species worth mentioning first. Cattle are an obvious consideration because they are important food animals that are widely raised in countries around the world, and they are
Steps to help prevent the next COVID-19: Proposed changes to animal farming rules in China
At some point, we’ll be able to look back on this pandemic. It will be interesting to see what long-term changes occur. Memory and motivation for change are often surprisingly limited, but I’m sure we’ll exit this with a least a few changes to how we live, work and play – and in some areas,