2004 archives

Headlines

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

NEWS RELEASES
   
NEWS RELEASE: MUMS Legislation Passed by Congress; Signed Into Law    
NEWS RELEASE: AASRP Holds Annual Membership Meeting in Philadelphia    
NEWS RELEASE: AASRP Joins Food Supply Veterinary Medicine Coalition    
NEWS RELEASE: AASRP to Present Small Ruminant C.E. at Midwest Veterinary Conference  
 
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