Treating the Unknown: Antibiotics in Pork Production - Dr. Randall Singer, University of Minnesota, from the 2011 Iowa Pork Congress, January 26-27, 2011, Des Moines, IA, USA.
Audio: What Will Happen If We Lose Access To Antimicrobials? - Swine Practitioner Dr. John Waddell with the Sutton Veterinary Clinic in Sutton, NE stops in for a chat following his Leman presentation, "Preparing to Produce Pork With Less Antimicrobials".
Dr. Liz Wagstrom, now an assoc professor in infectious disease and public health at the Univ of MN presented her view of action in Washington on both legislative and regulatory fronts dealing with animal agriculture's use of antibiotics and the snowball called "Antibiotic Resistance".
Elite Pork's Dr. Craig Rowles joins a group of animal health professionals for give and take on Capitol Hill with legislators and staffers. What really happened in Denmark? Listen and load for your next congressional email.
With recent national media reports painting grim pictures of the dairy industry and the use of antibiotics in farm animals, it seems the agriculture community has become a serious target in media circles run by the likes of CBS Evening News Correspondent Katie Couric. And whether we like it or not, Couric is a strong voice in millions of family homes across the United States, unfortunately she is sure to make an impact on consumers choices.