organic and vaccination
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:52:39 +0100
Just seen on Country File where a farmer vaccinating cattle for Blue Tongue
was explaining that although they were organic - or "nearly organic"
whstever that means, possibly in conversion, - she needed a derogation (sp)
from the Soil Assoc to do the vaccination.
Why? Animals do not become non-organic if they ha ...
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Australian Pork Production/Welfare for Swine Video
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:23:40 -0700 (PDT)
Dear Mr. Gardiner: Your peers continue to tout the so-called UK
superiority to producing pigs. That's history. Others in the world
shout how good they are now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Bjb3ZS_5bw&NR=1
Well, I fail to find anything validating that claim. Instead, we
continually read your expo ...
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Animal Welfare - The Essence of the Debate/Confinement or Open Lot
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:15:01 -0700 (PDT)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6wDiHuysq8&NR=1
This is an Aussie production on You Tube. Two sides of the story
presented.
It does not really address what choice one has to be profitable. My
interpretation is that, knowing and having raised pigs under both
types of systems, the open lot is better for the ...
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And On This Farm video/ northern Missouri
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:46:25 -0700 (PDT)
Corporate Hog Production: Watch this.
Burkie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GmOR8EthX0&NR=1
The same principles apply to you in the UK, especially with your own
news these past weeks. ...
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World's Fishermen Ready to Kill World's Farmers
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:54:32 -0700 (PDT)
Ocean dead zones become a worldwide problem
By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP Science Writer Randolph E. Schmid, Ap
Science Writer
Thu Aug 14, 3:09 pm ET
WASHINGTON ? Like a chronic disease spreading through the body, "dead
zones" with too little oxygen for life are expanding in the world's
oceans.
"We have to re ...
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BPEX reports the PMWS - PDNS - Circovirus news
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:27:24 +0100
Pat's Note:
BPEX - that's Defra in disguise playing at being businessmen and women
is highlighting PMWS and PDNS in their news this week published
yesterday.
It is another one of those "independent" outfits that are nothing of
the kind, but who can be dumped on when things go wrong by panicking
Ministers an ...
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Canada - C. difficile outbreak could end in lawsuit (long)
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:49:48 +0100
Pat's Note: I was commenting that the Candians were quiet. The action
seems to have moved to where some of this started - British Columbia.
Nanaimo does have pig farms in the area, started when Chinese miners
left the industry early last century, I believe.
So, once again this is in line with the most recent a ...
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Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Can be Transmitted Orally
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:57:38 +0100
Pat's Note: I don't think I should comment on this:
http://www.thepigsite.com/swinenews/18782/porcine-circovirus-type-2-can-be-transmitted-orally
Friday, August 15, 2008
Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Can be Transmitted Orally
GLOBAL - T. Opriessnig and co-workers have published a paper showing
that porcine ci ...
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Canada - C.Diff 027 suspected in Nanaimo (BC)
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:43:46 +0100
Pat's Note: Canada has been very quiet about C.Diff and MRSA epidemics
lately.
The deadly C.Diff NAP1 is the same strain as 027 or sometimes B1
found in European hospitals and European pigs.
Epidemics seem to occur in hospitals in pig producing areas and follow
epidemics of PMWS - Circovirus in pigs.
he p ...
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MRSA Action UK: How truthful are the figures for MRSA
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:34:05 +0100
Pat's Note: I would have thought it was fairly obvious that the
figures for both MRSA and C.Diff are highly unreliable and that both
diseases are under reported.
If they won't report the result of testing British pigs for MRSA, what
do you expect?
"we can no longer believe anything this Government says in ...
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