JAVMA, Vol 223, No. 11, December 1, 2003 A part of its mission to help ensure that foods of animal origin are free of violative chemical residues, the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) offers 2 advisory services to veterinary practitioners. The first is a comprehensive online database (VetGRAM) of drugs approved by the US FDA/Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) for the treatment o...

While glucosamine supplementation is very common and a multitude of commercial products are available, there is currently limited information available to assist the equine practitioner in deciding when and how to use these products. Low bioavailability of orally administered glucosamine, poor product quality, low recommended doses, and a lack of scientific evidence showing efficacy of popular ...

Di-tri-octahedral smectite was effective in neutralizing Clostridium difficile toxins A and B as well as Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin in vitro. However, di-tri-octahedral smectite did not inhibit the growth of Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens, nor did it interfere with the activity of metronidazole. Di-tri-octahedral smectite may be a useful option for the treatment of c...

These reports were analysed taking three major criteria into consideration: location of Veterinary Public Health (VPH) responsibilities, scope of VPH activities, level of Veterinary Services/VPH collaboration with other sectors. Individual reports were reviewed to answer the following questions: Does a VPH unit exist and if so, where is it located? If not, what administrative structure(s) carri...

Prevalence of underrun heels in 90 Oklahoma racehorses of different breeds examined postmortem by the Oklahoma Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory exceeded 97%. Severity of the underrun heels was significantly greater in racehorses experiencing catastrophic suspensory apparatus injuries than a control group whose deaths were not related to the musculoskeletal system. Lengths of toe grabs were ...

(1) Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, St Kitts, West Indies (2) Global Alliance for Rabies Control, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America (3) French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, OIE Reference Laboratory for Rabies, Nancy, France (4) Canadian Food Inspection Agency, OIE Reference Laboratory for Rabies, Ottawa, Canada (5) Animal Health and Ve...

ANN HILLBERG SEITZINGER,a,d KENNETH W. FORSYTHE, JR.,b AND MARY LISA MADELLc aCenters for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA bCenters for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521, USA cTrade Support Team, International Services, Animal and Plant Hea...

The performance of the official Veterinary Services is determined by a number of factors, including, among others, the interaction of three different but complementary types of knowledge: (A) biological and veterinary science (including epidemiology); (B) organisational knowledge; and (C) economic knowledge. This paper argues that knowledge types (B) and (C) will be of increasing importance in ...

John C. Fyfe, Marilyn Menotti-Raymond, Victor A. David, Lars Brichta, Alejandro A. Schäffer, Richa Agarwala, William J. Murphy, William J. Wedemeyer, Brittany L. Gregory, Bethany G. Buzzell, Meghan C. Drummond, Brunhilde Wirth, and Stephen J. O’Brien Laboratory of Comparative Medical Genetics, Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State Univer...

The first outbreaks of viral haemorrhagic disease (VHD) of rabbits were reported from eastern Slovakia in 1987. In 1988, the infection spread throughout the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic. Electron microscopy was used by the Veterinary Research Institute in Brno to diagnose the disease during the early stage of infection. At present, the regional laboratories of the veterinary investigation ...