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Fangtong Developed New Disinfection Products Available for Livestock Pen and Public Areas of Human Activities
Since the outbreak of Africa Swine Fever in 2018 in China, Countless farmers had been suffered huge economy loss and many local governments started different emergency response mechanism with different measures, including the handling of the countless sick or dead pigs. Now the temperature...Read more -
Situation Report One wk After Getting Back
The 2019 nCoV epidemic is under better contorl now. But the situation for all the companies or factories is still severe. The daily work for most companies are not able to get back to normal track. They are not permitted to resume unless they apply to local government and get an approval after...Read more -
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Notification of Time to Resume
Notification Of Time To Resume. By Correspondent of Foreign Service Departme...Read more -
Hand in Hand, Fantong taking part in the fight against nCoV.
Hand in Hand, Fantong Taking Part In The Fight Against nCoV. By Correspondent of Foreign Service Department/ Feb 4, 2020 ...Read more -
Antibiotics could be cut by up to one-third
Nine in 10 dairy farmers participating in a new survey from the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RADBF) say that the farming industry must take a proactive lead in the battle against antibiotic resistance. Those questioned also think that over the next five years they could cut their o...Read more -
Turn up parasite control before spring turn out
Spring turn out time is right around the corner for beef cattle producers. But, before you open the gate be sure parasite control is on your to-do list. “Don’t just talk about parasite control, do it,” advises Eldon Cole, University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist. Cole says monitorin...Read more -
Before retinal cells die, they regenrated, blindness study finds
Until relatively recently, the dogma in neuroscience was that neurons, including the eye’s photoreceptor cells, rods and cones, do not regenerate. This is the reason that nerve damage is thought to be so grave. More recent studies have poked holes in this belief by showing that, in some ver...Read more -
Common Cattle Diseases
While it isn’t possible to cover the full range of animal diseases and conditions, it is useful to know something about the ones that are among the most common. If you think your livestock need treatment of any of the listed conditions or the animal just doesn’t seem right but you don’...Read more -
Anaplasmosis
Anaplasmosis is a vector-borne, infectious blood disease in cattle caused by the rickesttsial parasites Anaplasma marginale and Anaplasma centrale. It occurs primarily in warm tropical and subtropical areas. The disease is not contagious but is transmitted most commonly by ticks. It can also be...Read more -
Relax, For now, Covid-19 Doesn’t Afftect Livestock
Years back while in veterinary school, our public health professor of zoonosis warned us that failure to recognise diseases in wild and domestic animals that can be transmitted to humans is the greatest sin a vet can commit. The diseases are called zoonoses. He further told us that such diseases ...Read more -
Herd immunity: Disease transmission from wildlife to livestock
Summary: Scientists provide guidelines for minimizing the risk of spreading disease between elk and cattle in Southern Alberta. Transmission of diseases from wildlife to livestock is a common threat in Alberta, according to new research by University of Alberta biologists. Foothills in the south...Read more -
A faster, better way to detect salmonella in meat, chicken
A team of scientists led by University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers has found a faster and more precise way to detect salmonella in beef and chicken, a finding that could help prevent major illnesses. Salmonella is the lauding cause of bacteria-associated foo...Read more -
Responding to Covid-19 — A Once-in-a-Century Pandemic?
In any crisis, leaders have two equally important responsibilities: solve the immediate problem and keep it from happening again. The Covid-19 pandemic is a case in point. We need to save lives now while also improving the way we respond to outbreaks in general. The first point is more pressing, ...Read more -
Pigs’ genetic code altered in bid to tackle deadly virus
Researchers have made an advance in the fight against a deadly virus that affects pigs. The team used advanced genetic techniques to produce pigs that are potentially resilient to African Swine Fever — a highly contagious disease that kills up to two-thirds of infected animals. The new pig...Read more -
A common enemy: Through clinical trials, veterinarian fights cancer in animals, humans
Raelene Wouda’s passion for improving cancer treatment starts with our four-legged friends. Wouda, Kansas State University assistant professor of clinical sciences, is conducting clinical trials to treat cancers in dogs, cats and other companion animals. When pet owners bring their dogs, ca...Read more -
Bio-digester supplies energy to 3000 farms
The principle of action of the digestive system of a cow served as a model to Camilo Pagés and Alexander Eaton to create a container that receives organic waste, mostly livestock manure, where it is mixed with millions of bacteria to obtain natural gas integrated mostly of methane, called biogas,...Read more -
More for less in pastures
Getting more for less is an attractive concept. But it isn’t that easy when it comes to producing more food on less land with fewer resources. R. Howard Skinner has been researching this idea of more for less in agriculture. Skinner is a physiological plant ecologist and member of the USDA...Read more -
A New Year, A New Chapter!
A New Year, A New Chapter! Dear valued customers: After a year’s hardworking, Fangtong people will celebrate the spring festival from 19stJanuary to 2ndFebruary. In the past year of 2019, loyal clients from various countries have given us a lot of help and kind support, on behalf of everyone at...Read more -
‘Camera pill’ to examine horses
Veterinary and engineering researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) have teamed up to harness imaging technology to fill in a blank area in animal health — what goes on in a horse’s gut? “Whenever I talk to students about the horse abdomen, I put up a picture of a ...Read more -
Happy cows make more nutritious milk
Daily infusions with a chemical commonly associated with feelings of happiness were shown to increase calcium levels in the blood of Holstein cows and the milk of Jersey cows that had just given birth. The results, published in the Journal of Endocrinology, could lead to a better understanding of...Read more -
Doggy paddles help dogs to stay on the move
Canine hydrotherapy improves the mobility of Labradors suffering from elbow dysplasia. Not only this, it also positively affects the strides of healthy dogs, showing great potential as both a therapeutic tool and an effective way to keep your dog fit. Mobility is a huge issue for dogs suffering f...Read more -
Cutting cattle carbon Bad breath and flatulence
Cattle have bad breath and commonly suffer from severe, chronic flatus generating large amounts of methane, which is a greenhouse gas and a driver of anthropogenic global warming. There is an obvious answer to this problem, stop breeding cattle. Unfortunately a large proportion of us enjoy our bo...Read more
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