MRSA & C. Diff - The way the wind is blowing
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:28:25 +0100
Pat's Note: This is an interesting piece from Zurich.
They have picked up on the epicentres being the UK and Canada, and
that things have got worse in the US. They are even trying to predict
where the next outbreak will come.
They have even spotted the Hamilton Spectator's activity.
It is surely only a matt ...
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PMWS - A sorry tale
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:11:37 +0100
Pat's Notes: NADIS Veterinary Report and Forecast?August 20 has just
been published. It covers the period from mid June to mid July.
There is a lot about Circoviruses.
PMWS is mentioned three times is separate contexts. The associated
PCV2, nine times, PDNS once, PRRS once.
Does this mean things are get ...
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QMS: Pork Budget Raised to ?400,000
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:51:23 +0100
Pat's Note:
I see that Scottish pig farmers are kicking up about an increase in
advertising spend by QMS - Quality Meat Scotland.
http://www.thepigsite.com/swinenews/18870/qms-pork-budget-raised-to-400000
They are right. QMS are completely wrong.
That what happen when any government gives our money to qu ...
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MRSA - Australia - Deadly bacteria found in 3 NSW hospitals
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:17:42 +0100
Pat's Note: In view of this comment,
"The network found that cases of MRSA occur more often in NSW than any
other Australian state or territory and is twice as likely to occur in
NSW than it is in South Australia or Western Australia."
the Australians should be determining whether it is St 398 and taking
a ...
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MRSA spreads at alarming rate in Finland
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:37:55 +0100
Pat's Note: This news is consistent with the Gardiner Hypothesis that
MRSA (especially st398) is linked to pig production and mutated PMWS
and the excessive use of antibiotics used to keep the pigs alive.
http://newsroom.finland.fi/stt/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=19555&group=General
MRSA spreads at alarming ra ...
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Re: Sloes
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:39:32 -0500
In article <1db56fd34f.eddien@freeuk.com>, eddien@invalid.org.uk (Edward)
wrote:
> I came across a site called geograph.org.uk yesterday which has
> photos submitted for each os grid square in Britain. I was
> surprised to find that there are images from all four of my farms
> in the relevant grid squares, ...
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C. Diff - bad publicity for Britain
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:56:43 +0100
Pat's Note: Not a specially important or unusual report, but once
again a US one that specifically gives prominent mention to Britain's
problems with superbugs.
People abroad notice Britain's problems and they know that superbugs
have connections to livestock.
And the inevitable international investigations w ...
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Re: Sloes
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:07:26 +0100
In article <v6Sdnakapum4ejLVnZ2dnUVZ8q2dnZ2d@pipex.net>,
srawlings@cix.compulink.co.uk writes
>In article <dLe8uPBnV8rIFwhp@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk>,
>tim@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk (Tim Lamb) wrote:
>
>> *From:* Tim Lamb <tim@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk>
>> *Date:* Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:08:07 +0100
>>
>> In message ...
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What does this make?
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:54:26 +0100
Found a recipe in a leather case which housed an old surveyers tape and
wondered what the resulting mix was for.
The ingredients were:
Brimstone
Train oil
Turpentine.
Anybody know what it is for?
Cheers
Jane
--
Jane G : j.gillett@higherstert.co.uk : S Devon ...
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Re: Sloes
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:32:05 -0500
In article <dLe8uPBnV8rIFwhp@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk>,
tim@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk (Tim Lamb) wrote:
> *From:* Tim Lamb <tim@marfordfarm.demon.co.uk>
> *Date:* Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:08:07 +0100
>
> In message <fYdI+gATV7rIFwQC@farmeroz.port995.com>, Oz
> <Oz@farmeroz.port995.com> writes
> >
> >Few sloes abo ...
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