Ann N. Martin
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 Dodge animal health is the manufacturer of the euthanasia agent Sleepaway, which was the drug that killed the seven eagles. When the National Euthanisia Registry asked Ft. Dodge animal health who should carry the burden of responsibility, the manufacturer officially responded: "It was simply not our responsibility, besides there really wasn't any profit in the drug anyway."26
Although these drugs containing sodium pentobarbital provide a humane means of killing an animal, something must be done to prevent sodium pentobarbital from killing other animals who might ingest carcasses. |
Erich Grotewold
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 Isojlavonoid Phytoalexins
Isoflavonoids are a subclass of flavonoids, restricted primarily to legumes, that play important roles in plant and animal health (Dixon and Steele, 1999). Many of the more complex isoflavonoids such as the antimicrobial pterocarpan phytoalexins synthesized in response to fungal pathogens and other stresses are optically active (Ingham, 1982) (Figure 1.2). Pterocarpans have diastereomeric carbons at 6a and 11a; thus, four stereoisomers are possible, although due to chemical constraints only one pair of naturally occurring stereoisomers is found (i.e., 6a/?;lla/? |
David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes
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 However, because most people are unfamiliar with adaptogens for animals, it is best to consult a knowledgeable herbal veterinarian or herbalist who specializes in animal health to get the desired results. The good news is that adaptogenic herbs are safe and in most cases would not cause unfavorable side effects in animals even if the wrong herb was selected.
USING ADAPTOGENS FOR ANIMALS
American Ginseng
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) is the preferred ginseng for dogs and is used to enhance vitality in older dogs. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Alejandro Thiermann, president of the International animal health Code at the World Organization for animal health
"Moving forward with research conducted by the world's top scientists and openly disseminating their research results remains our best defense against H5N1 avian influenza virus and other dangerous pathogens that may emerge."
-Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Dr. |
Bottom Line Health
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| This was the first time the FDA had banned an antibiotic used in animal health because of the potential harm posed to people by the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria.
What this means for you: Greater attention is being given to antibiotic use in agriculture, animals and people. Europe has instituted a ban on the use of all growth-promoting antibiotics. In the US, antibiotics are still given to poultry to increase growth. The FDA is currently reviewing the issue, and many experts believe the US should also ban growth-promoting antibiotics. |
Ann N. Martin
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| In "Euthanasia of Horses," an information sheet published by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, animal health and Food, it is very clear that proper disposal of a euthanized carcass is imperative. It warns: "After barbiturate overdoses, the carcass of the horse will be unfit for human or animal consumption. ... Keep in mind that house pets and wildlife that ingest portions of the barbiturate-injected carcass can be poisoned. |
Erich Grotewold
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| These kinds of studies will help to elucidate the influence of the flavonoids on human and animal health and permit the evaluation of their role in different kinds of epidemiological studies (see Chapter 8 for a detailed description). MS techniques are the methods of choice in these research areas, especially the combination of chromatographic systems (GC, LC, or CE) with powerful detectors which enable the identification of single compounds in complex mixtures.
5. REFERENCES
Albach, D.C, Grayer, R.J., Jensen, S.R., Ozgokce F., and Veitch, N.C. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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 Since GMOs are self-replicating, releasing them might have dire consequences for human and animal health and for the environment and can change evolution."
—Professor Susan Bardocz, biochemist and nutritionist
PART 4
Flaws in the Arguments Used to Justify GM Crops
Why GM crops are not needed to feed the world
Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent by biotech companies trying to convince the world that GM crops are needed to feed the world. Their message targets those in developed countries in order to create an impression that it is morally wrong to oppose the technology. |
| Sheep died after grazing in Bt cotton fields
While visiting the district animal health Centre (AHC) in late April 2006, a local president of an Indian shepherd's union looked through the veterinary register and noticed 11 unusual post mor-tems on sheep. Examinations were conducted during February and March on animals that had grazed continuously in Bt cotton fields; they developed unusual symptoms before dying mysteriously. Some notes even gave a tentative diagnosis that Bt cotton was the cause. |
Ann N. Martin
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| However, a 1998 report on feed safety from the United States animal health Association (USAHA), states, "Over the years, CVM has received sporadic reports of tolerance to pentobarbital in dogs. In 1996, the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) developed and validated a method to detect pentobarbital in dry dog food and a preliminary survey of 10 samples found low levels in 2 samples. CVM had collected 75 representative dry dog food samples and were in the process of analyzing these for pentobarbital levels. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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| The European Commission acknowledges that, "indirect environmental or human health effects that may arise from direct impacts on animal health or GM plant-induced imbalance in the animal interactions with the ecosystem is still largely an unexplored area."68
Disease-resistant crops may promote new plant viruses, which carry risks for humans
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Mcrops may be especially susceptible to new infectious viral diseases."
—Coalition report, Comments on GM Science Review
1. Virus-resistant transgenes protect crops from one target virus, but may increase susceptibility to other plant viruses.
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Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
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 Animal Health Institute defended the safety of milk from cows treated with the hormone. According to the Institute, a Washington-based group representing makers of veterinary medicines, Epstein mischaracterized the Codex Commission decision, which did not decide that the milk was unsafe.
The hormone has been the subject of international debate, especially between the United States and the European Union.
"By refusing to set a standard, [the Codex Commission] said basically that any national government should be free to decide whether or not to allow [the hormone]," Epstein told BNA. |
| Also ignored by the media have been charges in 1990 by Congressman John Conyers (then Chairman of the House Committee on Government Operations), on the basis of a leaked confidential Monsanto study revealing serious pathology in cows injected with rBGH, that "Monsanto and the FDA have chosen to suppress and manipulate animal health test data in efforts to approve commercial use of rBGH. |
| On the basis of such revelations, the House Committee on Government Operations charged last May 8, "that Monsanto and the FDA have chosen to suppress and manipulate animal health test data—in efforts to approve commercial use" of the hormones.
The committee requested the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to begin an immediate investigation. |
Erich Grotewold
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| Dixon at al., 2005). The C-2 and C-3 stereochemistries of (+)-catechin (2,3-trans) are identical to those of intermediates in the flavonoid pathway, and a pathway leading from (2R, 35, 45)-leucoanthocyanidin to (+)-catechin, catalyzed by leucoanthocyanidin reductase (LAR), has been demonstrated and confirmed by the cloning of a leucoanthocyanidin reductase from the tannin-rich forage legume Desmodium uncinatum (Stafford and Lester, 1984, 1985; Tanner et al., 2003). |
Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
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| Each bST sponsor must conduct these trials for their particular bST product, and all aspects of animal health are monitored, including feed intake, body condition, reproduction, mastitis, and general well being of the treated cow and her offspring.
In addition, each sponsor must demonstrate effectiveness of their bST product before it is approved. Extensive effectiveness studies have been conducted and publicly reported. |
| On the basis of recently available confidential industry files, Conyers charged that "Monsanto and the FDA have chosen to suppress and manipulate animal health test data—in efforts to approve commercial use of BGH." In prompt reaction to these revelations, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT, pressured the FDA into accepting an independent review by the National Institutes of Health to evaluate consumer hazards from BGH milk. European reactions and concerns are not lagging far behind. |
Joseph E. Mario
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 Improves animal health; feline leukemia with swollen spleen and liver. Fresh food for pets or stock (hay) wil 1 retain much higher Vitam ins content (unoxidated) through a winter after Willard Water treatment, controls dehydration of shipped cattle, extends time between changing fish-tank water. Comes in Clear with CAW Micellesof 87.5% Sodium meta silicate, 11.7% Sulfated castoroil, .4%Calcium Chloride, and .4%Magnesium Sulfate; theDarkwith.23%Ligniteandhalfthe micelles of the Clear (not to be used near the eyes); and Aqua Gel for topical use. |
Mike Adams
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 In early 1990, my newspaper, The Milkweed, published stolen Monsanto animal health research files. Those files showed dramatic increases in weights of many key organs and glands of treated cows, compared to control groups.
What's gone wrong with Monsanto's rbGH? Synthetic hormones used in our food-producing livestock pose risks too serious to cover up. If a serious problem exists, why has only 50 percent of rbGH sales been curtailed, instead of 100 percent? Consumers and dairy farmers deserve a complete and honest explanation of why the FDA has restricted this drug. |
Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland
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| The issue of animal health is also a human health issue, since more stressed and sick cows mean more veterinary drug use and a greater likelihood of drug residues in milk.)
In December 1990, an independent panel appointed by the National Institutes of Health concluded that BGH/BST was safe for humans. Its pronouncement on the question of animal health was more tentative. |
Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
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| It is claimed that the synthetic hormones increase milk yields by an average of 10 to 25 percent, that milk quality is unchanged, that increased hormone levels are not found in milk, that there are no adverse reproductive or other effects in treated cows; and that the synthetic hormones are safe because they are not biologically active in humans. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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 They selected one panel for reviewing animal health and another for human health.
Health Canada's policy states that all members of external panels must not only be free from actual conflicts of interests, but also "must not have material interest in the result" and "not create a reasonable apprehension or suspicion of bias." The rules notwithstanding, the Council of Canadians reported that both panels included members that have close ties to Monsanto and the industry. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Oh my -- we have a system that's ironclad around here! Apparently, we know exactly where the cows are... that is, except when we mix and match their parts and lose track of where they came from and can't even figure out what breed they are.
Did you know we have a system of "interlocking safeguards" where we don't even test all the cattle? ... |
Philip Yam
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 More compelling evidence that blood poses a vCJD risk comes from an ongoing study at the Institute for animal health in the U.K. In 1998, researchers extracted blood from 18 Cheviot sheep, each of which had been infected with brain homogenates from BSE cattle (5 grams shot down the throats of 17 sheep, 0.05 gram inoculated into the brain of one). Twenty-four Cheviots from scrapie-free New Zealand were subsequently given blood at different times from those sheep, which at that point were free of any prion disease symptoms. |
John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton
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 The PR effort included presentations to dairy farmers and veterinarians, lobbying of state legislators and the distribution of thousands of brochures, videotapes and other pro-rBGH materials to the press and the general public. The animal health Institute, based in Alexandria, Virginia, coordinated the PR campaign. During the three years from 1988 to 1991 alone, the animal health Institute spent over $900,000 on rBGH promotion.
Activists caught a glimpse of one PR firm's methodology for doing ''opposition research" in November 1990. |
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 The FDA, however, views these complaints as raising no new concerns about animal health.13
Use of rBGH also raises questions about effects on rural life. If people drink less milk to avoid rBGH, or if it increases veterinary costs, the drug might contribute to the ongoing attrition of small dairy farms. Jerry Cohen, then an owner of Ben & Jerry's, told the FDA Food Advisory Committee in 1993: "We do know that the use of BGH will increase the supply of milk at a time when we already have a tremendous surplus. |
| The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) oversees animal health but not egg safety—because the chickens are not sick. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) grades eggs for size and quality but does not oversee their safety. The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) inspects liquid, frozen, and powdered egg products but not shell eggs. Even though more than 10,000 cases of S. |
Philip Yam
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| Office International des Epizooties (OIE): Paris-based World Organization for animal health. passaging: In TSE research, refers to the transmission of an infectious agent through successive experimental animals, pathology: The study of diseases and the changes they produce in the body pentosan polysulfate: A drug for bladder infections that also shows promise as a treatment for prion diseases. It was injected directly into the brain of two vCJD patients in early 2003 —without success, prion: A/>roteinaceous /'wfectious particle. |
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