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• Royal Society report on FMD pre-emptive culling urges better targeting of control measures

  

  Scientists from the Universities of Edinburgh and Warwick have highlighted the necessity of properly targeting reactive control measures in any future outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease.…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 28 Jul 2009
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• Mixed financial results for animal health sector companies

  

  Only one out of six major animal health companies, that have recently reported second quarter results for 2009, has a financial picture to write home about; but that was largely the consequence of an acquisition, as were the favourable first half results…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 25 Jul 2009
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• Does Skype offer hair-brained possibilities for vet practice consults?

  

  A hairdressing salon in the US may just have shaped an idea using Skype that could be groomed by veterinary practices to add additional style to client consultations.…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 24 Jul 2009
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• Writing on the wall for animal health preventive antibiotic usage

  

  Amid widespread concern about overuse of antibiotics, the Committee on Rules of the US House of Representatives has held a hearing on the Bill proposing severe restrictions on antibiotic use on farms.…

  By: Ross Tiffin
  Published: 22 Jul 2009
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• Not so much a brand more a sign of life

  

  Countless brands around the globe use animals and plants to encapsulate what they represent. After years of profiting from those species' images, such companies and organisations are now being asked to help preserve and protect the animals themselves thro…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 17 Jul 2009
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• Wyeth announces moxidectin to be used in trial to treat river blindness in humans

  

  Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, the parent company of Fort Dodge Animal Health, has announced clinical trials of moxidectin in three African countries as a potential treatment for onchocerciasis, or 'river blindness', one of the leading infectious causes of human…

  By: David Watson
  Published: 16 Jul 2009
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