Posted: March 4, 2008 at 7:44 pm
By News Editor
Pfizer Animal Health has announced that the therapy PIRSUE® has received approval for extended treatment. Be sure to ask your veterinarian for more information.
Dairy producers can now use PIRSUE® (pirlimycin hydrochloride) Sterile Solution for extended duration therapy treatment of subclinical and clinical mastitis. Pfizer Animal Health recently received the supplemental approval for PIRSUE, which is indicated for the treatment of both clinical and subclinical mastitis in lactating dairy cattle. PIRSUE is labeled for intramammary infections associated with Staphylococcus species such as Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus species such asStreptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus dysgalactiae and Streptococcus uberis.
“This new approval allows your vet to prescribe PIRSUE once daily for up to eight consecutive days,” said Austin Belschner, DVM, Director, Pfizer Dairy Veterinary Operations. “This provides true flexibility in designing treatment protocols for a wide variety of Gram-positive mastitis pathogens on your dairy.”
“By using extended therapy treatment on mastitis cases, you’re more likely to obtain a bacteriological cure and thus lower the risk of re-treating the animal,” said Belschner.
Posted: October 4, 2007 at 5:38 pm
By News Editor
There’s a new website out there that is attempting to deal with this country’s critical shortage of large animal veterinarians. The site includes resources for veterinary medicine colleges, state associations, allied partners and the agricultural industry.
Today, only about 17 percent of veterinarians work in food supply, which includes private and public practice veterinarians involved in the entire food chain from farm to fork.
Research forecasts a shortfall of four percent to five percent per year in the ranks of food supply veterinarians.
We are at a crossroads. Americans are demanding, now more than ever, healthy and wholesome food, and there aren’t enough veterinarians on the front lines helping to make sure their expectations are met.
Many entities are working to spread the news that food supply veterinary medicine is at a critical juncture and deserves national attention. They are sharing information, building coalitions, lobbying for legislation and trying to recruit more students into the food supply field.
These Web pages are part of that effort, and they complement the many ongoing efforts currently under way to increase the number of food supply veterinarians around the country, particularly in rural areas. The links below will guide you to valuable information about the food supply veterinary shortage, what’s being done to address it, and tools that you and your organization can use to meet one of society’s greatest needs - a safe and healthy food supply.
Posted: April 2, 2007 at 4:33 pm
By News Editor
The International Dairy Federation has made available the “Proceedings of the first ParaTB Forum,” the publication of the outcome of the first ParaTB forum on surveillance, control and eradication programmes on paratuberculosis in dairy herds. To order your own electronic copy, visit IDF’s website.
Paratuberculosis is an infectious disease that has emerged to become one of the leading causes of economic loss to the dairy cattle and small ruminant industries. The First ParaTB Forum was held in Shanghai, China, in October 2006 prior to the IDF World Dairy Congress 2006 with the aim of creating a synergy effect among national and regional control programmes on paratuberculosis. Updating and reporting progress on national and regional programs is essential for the successful maintenance and development of strategies for control of paratuberculosis globally.
