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The primary goal of this page is to help educate and inform our many stakeholders. Department of Agriculture.

Society is increasingly interested in, not only the safety and security of the retail food supply, but also in how this is affected by the way animals are raised. There is also concern about how the use of antibiotics in agriculture may affect human risk for acquiring antibiotic resistant enteric bacteria through the food supply. We believe that, less antibiotics would be used if cattle were managed in ways that better prevent common bacterial infections. Veterinarians trained in cattle health management can help farmers produce healthier cattle and provide guidance on responsible antibiotic use. Improved use of health and production records by cattle producers may foster better animal health management decisions and enhance antimicrobial stewardship.
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This work, designated a USDA Center of Excellence in Antimicrobial Stewardship, is supported by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program grant no. 2018-69003-28706 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S.

10/04/2023

To Learn More About The CALF Stewardship Project , visit our website!
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https://calfstewardship.extension.msstate.edu/
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09/27/2023

Visit our website to read the article Pivot Tables and the vlookup function.
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https://calfstewardship.extension.msstate.edu/professional-resources
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09/20/2023

Caring for Animals 4-H Project Guide
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The “Caring for Animals” program was created to develop informed citizens who can make decisions using critical thinking skills and knowledge of the relationship between people, animals, and the environment.
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To learn more about the Caring for Animals 4-H Project Guide visit our website.
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09/13/2023

Meet our Team
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Dr. Brookshire is an Assistant Clinical Professor of One Health and Shelter Medicine at Mississippi State University of College of Veterinary Medicine. He is a board-certified veterinary epidemiologist and holds a master’s degree with an emphasis in production animal medicine (swine). His teaching, research, and service interests include antimicrobial resistance, One Health, and epidemiology. He serves on the AVMA’s Committee on Antimicrobials.
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08/31/2023

"I’ll never forget that cool morning in late summer when I awoke in the back of my friend’s pickup truck at the base of Mount Borah, Idaho’s tallest mountain.

I had been out of veterinary school for just over a year, and just barely turned 30. The previous day I had given my two weeks’ notice at the clinic I had been working at for the past 5 months. Prior to starting there, I had completed a large animal internship, but the position I was about to leave had been my first real job out of veterinary school, and the future was uncertain."
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Click on the link to read more from the most recent blog article "Mountains to climb: an allegory for the struggling veterinary graduate student."
https://blogs.extension.msstate.edu/theriskproject/1020-2/

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08/16/2023

Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine is hosting their 2023 Annual Research Day tomorrow, August 17th! If you are in the area stop by the Wise Center to check out the research posters on display or tune in for the presentations.
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This event is sponsored by Nutramax Laboratories.
www.nutramaxlabs.com

Nutramax Laboratories
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07/20/2023

The primary goal of our social media pages and website is to help educate and inform our many stakeholders, from producer to consumer, regarding responsible antibiotic use.
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Visit our website to learn more!
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06/22/2023

"Prior to the recent case reports of human encephalitis linked to pseudorabies virus (PRV), zoonotic spillover events of PRV were considered rare, and generally only caused mild clinical signs, or in cases of severe disease, were not definitively linked to PRV.1,2 The sudden appearance of multiple cases of viral encephalitis linked to PRV so soon after a major outbreak of a novel PRV variant in Chinese swine herds, indicates a potential evolutionary watershed moment for this virus, and for humanities relationship with it."
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Click on the link to continue reading Part of the Zoonotic potential of pseudorabies virus series: an emerging threat.

https://blogs.extension.msstate.edu/theriskproject/zoonotic-potential-of-pseudorabies-virus-series-an-evolutionary-shift-part-3/
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06/15/2023

"China is by far the world’s largest pork producer, with a national herd one-time inventory in excess of 400 million hogs. To put the scale of the Chinese pork industry in perspective, the next two largest pork producers are the European Union with ~140 million hogs, and the United States with ~75 million.1 Furthermore, China harvests ~700 million pig per year, compared to ~240 million for the European Union, and ~135 million for the United States."1
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Click on the link to continue reading Part 2 of the Zoonotic potential of pseudorabies virus series: an emerging threat.

https://blogs.extension.msstate.edu/theriskproject/zoonotic-potential-of-pseudorabies-virus-series-an-emerging-threat-part-2/
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06/08/2023

"Pseudorabies virus (PRV) is a double stranded α-herpes virus that is widely distributed throughout the world. While pseudorabies, or ‘mad itch’, was originally described in cattle in 1813, the etiologic agent was identified as a virus by Aladar Aujesky in 1902."
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Click on the link to continue reading Part 1 of the Zoonotic potential of pseudorabies virus series: an emerging threat.

https://blogs.extension.msstate.edu/theriskproject/zoonotic-potential-of-pseudorabies-virus-series-an-emerging-threat-part-1/
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