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• FDA issues ruling on use of cephalosporin antimicrobial drugs
  

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency) has issued an order prohibiting certain extralabel uses of cephalosporin antimicrobial drugs in certain food producing animals. The order was issued based on evidence that certain extralabel uses of these drugs in these animals will likely cause an adverse event in humans and , therefore, present a risk to the public health. Ruling becomes effective April 5, 2012.

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• BSE in goats can be mistaken for scrapie
  Bovine spongiform encephalopathy in goats could be misdiagnosed as scrapie in the absence of appropriate discriminatory tests, and such misidentification occurred at least once before such tests were developed, according to a report released in December. AVMA news

   

• Llama antibodies might help treat C. difficile
  Antibodies found only in llamas may hold an important key to fighting off an infection commonly found among hospital and nursing home patients who are taking antibiotics, according to research from the University of Calgary and the National Research Council. The infection, Clostridium difficile, causes severe diarrhea and occurs when antibiotics kill beneficial bacteria that ordinarily keep the nastier bacteria in the intestines in check. CBC.ca (Canada)/The Canadian Press
   
•  USDA Proposes to Allow Importation of Ovine Meat from Uruguay:
  The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to amend regulations to allow, under certain conditions, the importation of fresh (chilled or frozen) ovine meat from Uruguay.
  
  The proposed regulations would allow the importation of ovine meat while continuing to protect the United States from an introduction of foot-and-mouth disease, or FMD. The requirements for both ovine meat and beef would be nearly identical.
  http://www.aphis.usda.gov/newsroom/2011/02/ovine_meat_from_uruguay.shtml
   
• Veterinarians exempt from Red Flags Rules
• Sites to track sick animals key early warning for humans
   
• Areas of consensus developed among industry and
  regulatory leaders in ongoing animal disease
  traceability debate:  Detailed in White Paper 
   
• Frequently Asked Questions about Extralabel Drug Use and AMDUCA
  
• AVMA creates new Web-based externship locator
  

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