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December
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January Hot Topics
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CWD
Researchers Killed in Snowy Highway Crash
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February Hot Topics
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Rift
Valley Fever in Senegal
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March Hot Topics |
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SDSU
Lab Asked To Join Network
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April Hot Topics
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Lamb
Referendum Dates Set
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May Hot Topics
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Application
Deadline for Ewe Lamb Program is January 13, 2005
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June Hot Topics
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MEP
Plea on Sheep Tagging
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July Hot Topics
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Sheep
Sector Prepares for Audit
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August Hot Topics
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UFU
Slams New Sheep IDs Plan
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September Hot Topics
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2005
Sheep Industry Convention
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October Hot Topics
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Warning
on Sheep Tagging Rules
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November Hot Topics
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Chronic
Wasting Disease Researchers Track Deer
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December Hot Topics |
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Landholders
Warned of Q Fever Threat
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Sheep
Program Aims to Enhance Genetics
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New
Form of Scrapie Found in Britain
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Chronic
Wasting Disease Found in Grand Island Deer
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SDLP
wants All-Island Move to Beat Scrapie
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MPR
Program Extended
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Sign-up
for Ewe-Lamb Program to End This Month
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Department
Confirms New Strain of Scrapie in Sheep
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New
Scrapie Fear After Sheep Tests
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New
Strain of Scrapie Hits Sheep Industry
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New
Form of Scrapie Found in Sheep
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American
Wool Trust Extended
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Congress
Approves Appropriations Bill
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Animal
Research Facilities did not Receive Funding, will not be Completed
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Nebraska
Governor Picked as Agriculture Secretary
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November
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EU
Says No Evidence Yet of BSE Risk for Goats
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Michigan
State Set to Open Hi-Tech Veterinary Clinics
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Spread
of CWD Appears to be Tapering Off in State
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Tagging
a Disease-Tracking Milestone
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Deer
Disease Found in Wyoming's Big Horns For First Time
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Register
Livestock Premises Now
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Disease
Information From the OIE
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GeneThera
Hopeful of Support for Rapid Live Animal Blood Test for TSE
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Mandatory
Price Reporting for Lamb Approved by Congress
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Tri-Lamb
Group Meets in Australia
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News
Flash - Possible Detection of BSE Agent in Goat in France
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Copper
Oxide Effective Against Nematodes in Small Ruminants
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New
Device Aims to End Mulesing
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Ewe
Lamb Replacement and Retention Program
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Meat
Delegates Line up for Lamb
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Scrapie
Rules Could Scrap Whole Flocks
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Veterinary
Clinic Holds Goat and Sheep Clinic
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Browne
in the Hotseat at Wexford Dinner
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Poots
Calls for Sheep Tagging Policy
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Lamb
Checkoff can go Direct to Board - Under Three Conditions
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Micro
Detectives: Grants help University Scientists Unlock Secrets of Biofilms,
Chronic Wasting Disease
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New
On-Line Service For Animal Records
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Parasites
No 1 Cause of Production Loss on Sheep Farms
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Federal
Register Notice - Establishment of the MUMS Office and a Request for
Comments
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Bush
to Consider Textile Limits
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International
Wool Student Exchange Program
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Scientists
Play Down Possibility of BSE Jumping Species
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Dairy
Sheep Symposium Slated for This Week
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New
Scheme to Tackle Fatal Sheep Disease
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October
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Experts
Test Goat for BSE
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UK
Experts Test for BSE in Goats
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Commission
Requests Analysis of Research Suggesting First Case of BSE in a Goat
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Ewe
Lamb
Sign-Up Open
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LRP-Lamb
Proposal Accepted by FCIC
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Questions
and Answers on TSE in Goats
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Colorado
Again Offers Testing for CWD
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IFA
Raises Fears Of Lamb Import Protest
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DNR
Launches CWD 'Sparks' Management Plan
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Goats,
Bulls, Horses also Attract Crowds at Sunbelt Expo
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DNR
Launches CWD 'Sparks' Management Plan
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108th
Meeting of USAHA
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CWD
Fears Spread Far and Wide
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EU
Fights Animal Diseases
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SSQA
Instructors and Auditors Trained
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EU:
EU Bans Export of Live Cattle, Goats, Sheep from South Spain
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Hunters
Asked to Help State with CWD Testing
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New
Lab Provides Key Research Into Animal Diseases
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USAHA
Sheep & Goat Meeting in North Carolina
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First-Ever
Lamb Livestock Risk Protection Plan Submitted to USDA
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Plan
for LRP-Lamb Insurance Submitted to USDA
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Genaissance
Pharmaceuticals Signs Two Agreements With the United States Department of
Agriculture
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New
Rules For Control of Scrapie
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Sheep
Growers Back Livestock Risk Protection Plan
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Wildlife
Officials will Test Game for Disease
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CLA
Now Seen as Major Threat to Flocks
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CWD
Tests Voluntary in NE Colorado
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State
Focuses on Testing Effort
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Walk-Through
Weigher a First
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September
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New
MSU Diagnostic Center Dedicated
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Bruce
Hall Awarded Alpharma AABP Award of Excellence
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GeneThera
Completes Acquisition of Veterinary Diagnostic Company, VDx, Inc.
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New
MSU Diagnostic Center to be Dedicated September 30
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Baaaaaardon
Me! Sheep Can't Stop Burping
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Alpaca
Facts
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Vaccine
Planned for Sheep, Cow Emissions
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Rural
Program Invests in Minnesota
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Arthritis
Outbreak in SA Sheep
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Study
Links Animal Bacteria to Crohn's Disease
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Sheep
Bug Linked to Crohn's Disease
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$84
Billion Ag Appropriation Passes Committee
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Free
Testing for Chronic Wasting Disease
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Key
to Sheep Tags Lies in ABC of S and R
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Drought
Threatens Wool Industry
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DNR's
Deer Policy Earns B Grade
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Deer
Tests Positive for Chronic Wasting Disease
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Two
States Offer Online Tools to Register Animal Premises
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USDA
Undersecretary Outline Animal ID System
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Proposed
Rule Published on Ewe Retention
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CWD
Testing will Continue in Wisconsin, Minnesota
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August
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Northeast
Wyoming Elk to be Tested for Brucellosis
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USDA
Proposes to Amend Regulations for Interstate Movement of Sheep and Goats
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GM
Sheep to be Used in Fight Against Cruel Disease
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New
Role for Sheep Industry Supremo
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Secretary
Ann M. Veneman Announces Appointments to the American Lamb Board
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Ram
Project Offers Genetic Testing for Scrapie
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Deer,
Elk Disease a Concern
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ALB
Appointments Announced
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Forum
Focuses on Deer Disease
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Goat
Tracker Wanted at USDA
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Texas
Sheep and Goat Raisers' Association Honors Extension Specialist
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Potential
Treatments for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
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Chronic
Virus that Hits Sheep
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STERIS
Announces Research Breakthrough in Inactivating Deadly Prions
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CWF
Says "Enough is Enough!" Renews Call For an End to Game Farms in
Canada
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Warning
to Tighten up on Sheep Tagging
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National
Scrapie Plan has now Collected Over One Million Blood Samples
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National
Scrapie Plan has now Collected Over One Million Blood Samples
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MUMS
Legislation Signed by President Bush
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Federal
Sheep Program Delayed
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G&F
Seeks Help Monitoring CWD
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July
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Synthetic
Prion Causes Neurological Disease in Mice
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Public
Called in to Help Erase Scrapie
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GeneThera
Signs Letter of Intent for the Acquisition of VDx, LLC
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Sheep
Capsule Debate Hots Up As Lambing Nears
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UNR
Stem Cell Research Focuses on Sheep
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Board
Opposes CDW Funding
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Government
Acts to Eradicate Scrapie as BSE Fear Continues
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Australian
Sheep Industry to Trial Advanced ID's RFID Technology
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MUMS
Legislation Passes Congress
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Brucellosis
Fuels Debate Over Elk Feedgrounds
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Game
and Fish Fine Tunes Wasting Disease Study
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USDA
To Provide Interim System to Register Locations as Part of the National
Animal ID System
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University
of Illinois to Move, Renovate Sheep Barn from 1915
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Spreading
the Word on Better Breeding
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Agency
Fine Tunes Search for Wasting Disease
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Ewe-Lamb
Payment Program
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Indemnity
Payment for Brucellosis in Sheep
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Deer
'Major Threat for TB in Cattle'
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Export
of Sheep, Goats Banned Due to Foot and Mouth Disease
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AWI
Releases Guide for Management of Sheep During Drought
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Green
Seeks Funds for CWD in Ag Budget
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County
Approves
Incinerator
Over Neighbors’
Objections
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Tests
Suggest Deer Pose 'Significant' TB Danger
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Texas
A&M Announces 31st Annual Sheep and Goat Field Day at San Angelo
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Wisconsin
Johne's Testing Money Runs Out for the First Time
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Wisconsin
Picked to Lead National Livestock Id Effort
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Goat
Exporter to Double Production
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Scrapie
in Slovenia
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U.S.
Expands Anti-Mad Cow Restrictions
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Vesicular
Stomatitis (VS) Caseload Climbs; Disease Detected in Colorado
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Sheep
Center Listening Session Announced
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Border
to Mexico Open
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U.S.
Sheep to World Sheep & World Wool Congress
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June
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GeneThera
Successfully Develops Cellular Model for Transmissible Spongiform
Encephalopathy (TSE) Vaccine
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Maryland
Sheep & Goat Producer Newsletter
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Scrapie in Finland
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Unexplained
Neurological Illness in Cattle and Sheep - Assessing the Potential Risks to
Human Health
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Vesicular
Stomatitis (VS) Confirmed in Texas Cattle
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Tommy
Thompson Endorses MUMS Bill
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Three
Nations Meet to Discuss Animal Health Livestock Identification Issues
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Vesicular
Stomatis (VS) Case Count Climbs in Texas
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Partnership
is Key to Animal Welfare
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Mad
Cow-Like Diseases Linked by Bacteria
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No
More Wasting Disease in Racine County Deer Herd
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Elk
Industry Ailing Due to Chronic Wasting Disease
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Obey
Secures Funding for Wisconsin Ag Projects in Budget
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Veterinary
Food Supply Coalition Formed
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Brucellosis
Found in Kosovo Goats
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Defense
Projects Being Developed in Montana get Early Approval
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Federal
Health Officials Alert to Threat of of New Mosquito Disease
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Update:
Vesicular Stomatis (VS) Case Count Climbs in Texas
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Wisconsin
Representatives Request $20 Million for CWD
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Scientists
Develop Antidote for Burping Sheep
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Sheep
Exports Hit the Wall
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ASI
Awarded Portion of $161 Million Export Allocation
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Group
Makes Brucellosis Recommendations
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High
Prices Lead to Slump in Sheep Industry
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More
Vesicular Stomatis [VS] Confirmed in Texas and New Mexico
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State
Audits Deer, Elk Farms
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UPDATE:
Peru Reports Foot/Mouth Outbreak, Says Controlled
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USDA
to Award Up To $11.6 Million for Animal ID
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Orchid
Awarded U.K. National Scrapie Plan Genotyping Contract Renewal
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TB
in Deer Getting Worse, Says Top Vet
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USDA
Announces Funding for Animal ID Cooperative Agreements
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DNR
Begins Audit of Deer, Elk Farms
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NSP
Clocks up 1,000,000 Sample
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Farmers
Fear EU Drive to Introduce Electronic Sheep Tagging
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Landmark
in Key National Scheme
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DNR
to Audit State Deer Farms
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ALB
Final Rule Published
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DNR
to Begin Audit of Cervid Operations
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Sheep
Center Announces 2005 Grants
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Statement
on Undiagnosed Nervous Condition in Ruminants
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Ag
Department on Lookout for Livestock Diseases
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USDA
to Hold Listening Sessions on National Animal Identification Program
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State
Investigating Elk Farm Fence
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Vigilance
Urged on Sheep Disease
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Deer
Cloning Boosts Big Antler Genetics
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Breeders
Flock to Support Initiative
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Iowa
Gears up for National Livestock ID System
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The
British Prepare for Possibility of BSE in Sheep
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Vesicular
Stomatitis (VS) Confirmed in New Mexico
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BSE
Outbreak in Sheep Could Lead to Cull of 25m Animals
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BSE
in Sheep Contingency Plan Published
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Commission
to Promote Prion Research
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Demand
for Goat Meat Increasing in Iowa
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Livestock
Groups Recommend Animal ID Plans
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May
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ASI
Supports Mandatory COOL
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French
Research on Scrapie
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USDA
Steps up Efforts to Track Livestock
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Wildlife
Officials Destroy Deer in Precautionary Move
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Whitetail
Deer on Racine Farm had CWD
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SA
Imposes Limits on Sheep Imports to Stall OJD Spread
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Brain-Disease
Proteins Found in Sheep's Muscle Tissue
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Fewer
Cases of Chronic Wasting Disease are Found
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Mad
Cow Agent Found in Sheep Muscle
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Malformed
Proteins Found in Sheep Muscle
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Sheep
still Contaminated by Chernobyl
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Attendance
at Animal ID Info/Expo Exceeds Expectations
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Mexico
Sheep Trade Update
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MPR
Reauthorization a Sheep Industry Priority
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Vesicular
Stomatitis Confirmed in West Texas
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Wool
Needs more Promotion to get Higher Market Share
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Microchips
Save Peru's Alpacas
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Wasting
Disease Spread in Deer Without Direct Contact
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New
Research Supports Theory that Indirect Transmission of Chronic Wasting
Disease
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Board
is Checking out CAP on Flocks
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Dead
Deer had Wasting Disease
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Mexican
Border Closed to Lamb Products
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Sheep
ID Recommendations Submitted
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Sheep
Show Rises from the Ashes of FMD
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WASTING
DISEASE: Study says Deer Disease can be Spread via Contamination
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Sheep
Disease Monitoring Goes High-Tech
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Sheep
Surgery Trains Doctors: Conference
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April
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DEP
Finds State's Deer Free of Wasting Disease
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Vet
School Receives USDA Grant
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International
Trade Missions
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Nutrient
Requirements for Small Ruminants
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Sheep
Producers Vote for OJD Exclusion Zone
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Deadly
Sheep Disease Bound for Britain
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Study
Confirms Sheepskins Prevent Bed Sores
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USDA
Awards $8.8 Million for Animal Disease Research
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System
to Track Animal Diseases
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CWD
NOT Found in Massachusetts Deer Tests
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Sheep
Found with BSE-Like Disease
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Funding
for FAST Approved
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Domestic
Goats are Suspects in Spread of Disease to Bighorn Sheep
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Mysterious
BSE-Like Disease Found in Sheep
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Agriculture
Groups Opt for Sheep Disease Management Plan
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New
Type of Sheep Brain Disease Discovered
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No
Cases of Bovine TB Found in Deer
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Disease
Not Found in North Dakota Deer, Elk
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Vaccinate
NOW for West Nile Virus
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March
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State
on Watch for Deer Disease
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Army
Farm Helping in Fight Against Bioterrorism
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DNR
Seeks Ways to Cut Deer In Areas with CWD
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Coming
to Grips with Johne's
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DNR
Sees Reduction in Deer Population in CWD Zone
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Chronic
Wasting Disease in Deer has been Recorded in DeKalb County
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Deer
Latest Target in Search for Bovine Tuberculosis
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Japan
to Exterminate 200 Pest Goats
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Goats
to Dine in Albuquerque Bosque to the Fall
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New
Test Shows Deer in Manitowoc, Marinette Counties with CWD
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Owners
Blame Feed Company for 100 Alpaca Deaths
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Senators
Unanimously Approve MUMS Bill
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"Downer"
Amendment Defeated Soundly by House of Representatives
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Firm
that Cloned Dolly the Sheep Near Bankruptcy
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American
Dairy Goat Association President Temporarily Resigns
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Animal
ID Testimony Presented
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Appropriations
Testimony
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February
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Ewe
Lamb Replacement and Retention Program
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TV
and Newspapers Feature Alpacas During the 2004 Fiber to Fashion Conference
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January
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None Available
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NEWS RELEASES
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NEWS
RELEASE: MUMS
Legislation Passed by Congress; Signed Into Law
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NEWS
RELEASE: AASRP Holds Annual Membership Meeting in Philadelphia
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NEWS
RELEASE: AASRP Joins Food Supply Veterinary Medicine Coalition
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NEWS
RELEASE: AASRP to Present Small Ruminant C.E. at Midwest Veterinary
Conference
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