Animal Health

Mycotoxins in Hog Feeds

by Orry Pratt, PFB Intern

Cleanliness of animal feed is critical to any livestock operation, and this is particularly true for swine operations. Feed that is not properly stored can absorb moisture and promote the growth of mycotoxins. This fungal growth has the potential to cause illness and death in animals. Full story

• Livestock & Poultry Mortality Disposal in Pennsylvania
  Properly managing and disposing of dead farm animals is important. Every livestock and
  poultry operation should have a strategy for properly disposing of dead stock. The strategy
  must follow a legal disposal method as defi ned in the PA Domestic Animal Act. The four legal
  methods of disposal are mortality composting, rendering, incineration and burial. Read this informative brochure produced by the PA Agricultural Ombudsman Program.for more details.
  
  
• Animal Identification
  

• Avian Influenza
  
  
• Bovine Spongiform Encephalothopy (BSE)
  
  
• Chronic Wasting
  • - PSU Processing Deer Workshops and information
  • Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance
    
  • Press Release on Approval of CW
  • Response Plan
    
  • USDA - APHIS Site on CWD
    
  • PA CWD Plan
    
  • PDA CWD Site Page
    
    
• National Animal ID and the Horse Industry - created by he Equine Species Working Group ( ESWG) presents this informational booklet with the hope that those who own horses in the US will read it, inform themselves of the facts and become a part of the process.
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