August 2006 Archives

This article was taken from The Eagle:

http://www.theeagle.com/stories/072006/local_20060720001.php

Initial tests show toxins in horses' stomachs

By HOLLY HUFFMAN
Eagle Staff Writer

Brazos County stable owner Bradley Raphel said Wednesday that he had been following a standard practice when he treated a silo of horse feed with a chemical pesticide last weekend.

The 72-year-old said he did nothing different when applying the chemical tablets designed to kill weevils: He used the same treatment, in the same amount and applied it the same way as he had hundreds of times before, he said.

USDA News Release No. 0294.06
Contact:
USDA Press Office (202) 720-4623
DOI Press Office (202) 208-6416

CONFIRMATORY TESTS BEING CONDUCTED ON MICHIGAN WILD BIRD SAMPLES

The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Interior today announced that
routine surveillance has indicated the presence of H5 and N1 avian
influenza subtypes in samples from 2 wild mute swans in Michigan, but
testing has ruled out the possibility of this being the highly
pathogenic H5N1 strain that has spread through birds in Asia, Europe
and Africa. Test results thus far indicate this is low pathogenicity
avian influenza [LPAI], which poses no threat to human health.

A ProMED-mail post

ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases

Date: Fri 11 Aug 2006 1:24 PM
From: Linda Glaser

Since the last BAH update which included a news release, 2 additional
premises were confirmed as having anthrax mortality. One of these
premises was just over the Kittson county line in Marshall County,
the other premises in northeastern Polk County. These locations are
the 1st confirmed cases of anthrax to occur in their respective
counties in 2006.

The last report of mortality attributed to anthrax was in a beef cow
on 25 Jul 2006. My understanding from Dr. Lindemann is that no
additional mortality has been attributed to anthrax since that
time. A total of 83 animals have died on [25] premises with confirmed anthrax.