Health

 
  • From breeding stock to processing: the entire chain for your farm at the AGRAVIA exhibition
    From January 21 to 23, 2026, the entire agricultural industry will gather in Moscow: the international exhibition AGRAVIA will present modern production and processing technologies for agricultural professionals. This is a refreshed version of the renowned AGROS and AGROTECH Expo exhibitions, but now the thematic exhibits focus on the entire production chain—from field and farm to processing. Cont...
  • The Daily Beast Predicts Trump's Recall of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines
    Donald Trump The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to withdraw vaccines from the US market in the coming months.covid-19 , created on the basis of mRNA technology, The Daily Beast reports, citing one of the closest associates of Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., British cardiologist Asim Malhotra. He told the publication that a decision to pull the vaccine from the U.S. market w...
  • Rosselkhoznadzor may restrict supplies of veterinary vaccines from a Spanish manufacturer.
    According to the agency, laboratory animal tests of the drug have consistently revealed deviations in potency and safety. Russia has requested information from the Spanish Agency for the Control of Medicines and Drugs on the results of its investigation into these incidents, as well as on the measures taken to prevent the supply of substandard products to Russia. The report notes that the Spanish ...
  • Cattle Health: Key Aspects of Care and Feeding
    Proper housing helps protect livestock from adverse weather conditions and ensures access to feed, as well as safe conditions for calving and animal care. For example, windbreaks in pastures or the use of natural shelters provide cattle with shelter from strong winds. Basic housing conditions also include access to feed and the ability to separate animals when necessary. Nutrition is a critical co...
  • Increasing meat exports from the USA to Canada: challenges and prospects
    Canada is one of the US's key trading partners for beef and pork. In recent years, this country has held a stable position among the five largest importers of meat from the United States. However, despite significant trade volume, U.S. shipments sometimes face regulatory and documentation hurdles. One of the steps aimed at simplifying the export process was the introduction of the PHIS (Public Hea...
  • Dairy farm safety: combating avian influenza in cattle
    The process of creating a vaccine is under active research, conducted by 24 companies in the United States . The agency is also conducting its own research at a laboratory in Ames, Iowa, to find the best vaccine candidate and test its effectiveness. Despite the fact that developing a vaccine takes time, the efforts of the Ministry of Agriculture are aimed at creating an effective means of protecti...
  • Unprecedented outbreak: Japanese encephalitis virus hits Australian pig farms
    Chris Richards of Apiam AnimalHEALTH in Australia highlighted the wide range of symptoms observed, including prolonged gestation periods, stillborn piglets, congenital anomalies and neurological problems. Particularly concerning about this outbreak was the geographical spread of affected farms, some of which were separated by thousands of kilometres. The confirmation of JEV in south-eastern Austra...
  • 24/7 access: how Muscovites can monitor the progress of treatment directly from the hospital
    Patients in Moscow hospitals can now view the results of their tests, diagnostics and information about treatment in general online , right during treatment . Thus, not only the traditional discharge summary after hospitalization became available to them - now the treatment process can be monitored over time. This data is stored in an electronic medical record (EMR), to which Muscovites have had a...
  • Europe investigates cases of cattle deaths after vaccination
    This includes severe anaphylactic reactions, often fatal, recorded in cattle in Belgium, Italy, France and Spain following the use of vaccines and a number of other veterinary drugs administered parenterally. In France, since 2021, there has been an increase in cases of hypersensitivity and anaphylactic reactions in cattle following the parenteral administration of antimicrobials. According to the...
  • Spain changes system for identification and tracking of cattle, pigs and poultry
    The document establishes an updated system for the identification , tracking and registration of cattle , sheep, goats, pigs, horses, camels, deer, poultry, hares and fur animals, as well as bees and parrots. As the publication writes, the adopted rules regulate various aspects, some of which are being introduced for the first time. In particular, the law establishes mandatory electronic identific...
  • UK: Government pledges to stop live animal exports
    The Animal Welfare ( Livestock Export ) Bill will fulfill the government's December 2020 pledge to end the export of live animals. The bill was included in the King's Speech, in which King Charles III outlined the government's legislative proposals. The Animal Welfare Bill, previously the cornerstone of the government's animal welfare program, would have previously ended the export of live animals...
  • Bovine coronavirus detected on most dairy farms in Europe
    Исследование, проведенное на 130 молочных фермах в Испании, Бельгии, Чехии, Дании, Франции, Греции, Венгрии, Ирландии, Италии, Нидерландах, Польше, Португалии, Румынии, Швеции и Словакии, выявило присутствие BoCV в респираторном и энтеральном тракте у молочного скота. Отмечается, что инфекция была обнаружена в дыхательных путях у КРС в 73% стад, при этом все животные были серопозитивны к вирусу. К...
  • Veterinary science is moving from bivalent to trivalent vaccines for pig farming
    Today, vaccination is an integral part of the swine business, and although vaccine research and production is very complex and expensive, progress continues towards the development of multicomponent products. As Ed White reports in an article published on the Farmtario portal, a trivalent vaccine from Merck Animal Health is currently being commercialized in the United States to control porcine cir...
  • Which countries have a tax on "junk" food
    In Russia, from July 1, 2023, an excise tax on sweet drinks is in effect in the amount of 7 rubles per 1 liter. But Russia is not the first and most likely not the last country to introduce such a measure in an effort to improve the health of the nation. Sfera.fm found out which other countries introduced a similar tax , and also limited the advertising of unhealthy food. How countries tax junk fo...
  • Slaughterhouses in Spain are required to install video surveillance.
    Last year, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved a decree guaranteeing compliance with animal welfare laws. To this end, the installation of video surveillance systems in slaughterhouses became mandatory. According to the publication, Spain became the first country in the European Union ( EU ) to implement this measure. The decree will take effect for large slaughterhouses on August 23. Smalle...
  • Rosselkhoznadzor suspends circulation of four veterinary drugs due to non-compliance with quality and labeling requirements
    — AviPro® IBB vaccine (live dry vaccine against infectious bursal disease) (series F0517A, expiration date 07.2024) produced by Lohmann Animal Health GmbH ( Germany ) in terms of "Contamination with foreign viruses"; - "Vaccine against Aujeszky's disease and swine erysipelas" (series 2, expiration date ......
  • Spain lifts restrictions on the spread of bird flu
    The regime regulating the activities of farms and poultry farms in conditions of increased risk has been in force since December 20, 2022. Since February of this year, not a single outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been registered in Spain. The statistics for the last three weeks confirms the stable epizootic situation in the wild fauna. With the end of the spring migration period ...
  • Philippines: Livestock Disease Surveillance Strengthening Project
    A new One Health research project in the Philippines will strengthen animal disease surveillance capabilities to counter health security threats that are seriously impacting the country's livestock industry. This project, led by the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), will improve policy and managerial support for the detection of African swine fever ( ASF ), avian influenza (AI), and ...
  • Avian flu vaccine trial begins in US
    The United States government has begun trials of avian influenza vaccines in poultry following a record outbreak that killed more than 58 million chickens, turkeys and other birds. The trial, led by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service , is the first step towards the possible first use of vaccines to protect US poultry against the deadly virus. The USD...
  • Circulation of several batches of foreign vaccines suspended in Russia due to non-compliance with quality and labeling requirements
    vaccine "Nobilis® EDS" (against egg drop syndrome, inactivated, emulsified, H960A10 series, expiration date 03-2025, developed by Intervet International BV, the Netherlands) - in terms of "appearance, the presence of mechanical impurities and other foreign inclusions"; vaccine "Ingelvak® CircoFLEX" (inactivated against circovirus infection of pigs, series 3......
  • Russian farmers advised to switch to domestic veterinary drugs
    In the first three months of 2023, 5.2 billion doses of vaccines for all animal species were imported into Russia, Rosselkhoznadzor reports. This is a quarter more than in the same period last year, but Rossenlkhoznadzor experts believe that there may be problems with the supply of some drugs. In the message, the Rosselkhoznadzor emphasizes that there are no restrictions on the supply of foreign v...
  • Biden canceled the state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic
    US President Joe Biden has signed into law a law that lifts the national emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic . This is stated in a statement published on the White House website. The state of emergency has been in force in the country since March 1, 2020 and has been extended many times. On January 31, the press service of the White House Office of Management and Budget reported that the pr...
  • In the United States, cases of the birth of children with brain pathologies due to COVID were revealed
    In the US, two babies were born with brain damage due to the coronavirus their mothers contracted during pregnancy, according to a study from the University of Miami Health System and the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine. Both newborns had seizures, microcephaly, and developmental delay. The infants tested negative for COVID, but the antibody count was very high. According to scient...
  • Circulation of a number of foreign veterinary drugs has been suspended due to inconsistencies in quality and labeling
    The established violations indicate insufficient control on the part of manufacturers when producing vaccines for export. ⁃ Reomun-3 vaccine (preparation for reoviral avian tenosynovitis, series 103-273, expiration date 09/12/2024, manufactured by Biomune Company, USA ) - the activity of the vaccine strain is significantly lower than the norm established by the manufacturer, which may indicate a d...
  • Bird flu vaccine tested in the Netherlands
    “The vaccines not only protected poultry used in the laboratory from disease symptoms, but also prevented the spread of bird flu,” the government said in a statement. One vaccine was produced by the French company Ceva Animal Health and the other by the German Boehringer Ingelheim, according to an official document on the website of the Dutch government. Last year, bird flu swept across the world,...
  • FGBU "VGNKI" clarified the situation on inspections of foreign manufacturers of veterinary drugs
    Rosselkhoznadzor, after consulting with representatives of pharmaceutical companies and at their urgent request, decided to conduct remote inspections. Thus, inspections were carried out: in 2020 - 16, in 2021 - 32, and in 2022 already 42, while only in November-December 2022 15 inspections were carried out. First of all, I would like to note that the members of the Association of Veterinary Pharm...
  • Harm from antibiotics in milk
    Antibiotics are one of the most common and popular medicines. They can be used to treat or prevent diseases caused by bacteria, viruses or fungi. However, recently scientists have begun to pay serious attention to the fact that antibiotics that pass into milk can cause serious health problems. The consequences of using antibiotics in milk can be serious. First, it increases the risk of developing ...
  • Consumers in the US are interested in the traceability of meat products.
    The study explored the importance for consumers of transparency in the supply chains of animal products (meat, fish, eggs and dairy products), as well as their opinion about the impact of this factor on animal welfare and production sustainability. Transparency meant the ability to track the movement of food and its ingredients through the supply chain. In addition, the company analyzed the willin...
  • What is dangerous for China to abandon the draconian measures to combat coronavirus
    Cancellation of the policy of zero tolerance for COVID-19can turn into even more serious consequences for the Middle Kingdom,than so irritating residents of the country severe restrictions Not all Chinese companies have been affected by the "zero tolerance" policy towards COVID-19. Andon Health, a Shenzhen Stock Exchange-listed coronavirus test and medical device maker, saw a 32,......
  • The head of Tatarstan urged to partially return the mask regime in the region
    In Tatarstan, the mask regime may be reintroduced in institutions of all forms of ownership, the head of the republic Rustam Minnikhanov made such a proposal at a government meeting, the 116.ru portal reports. “Given the increase in the incidence, despite the earlier decisions to suspend restrictive measures, for the time being I recommend introducing a mask regime in the labor collectives of orga...