Veterinary Equipment Articles
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About Petfood: premium consulting using BESTMIX Recipe Management - Case Study
The Italian company About Petfood provides consultancy services to a wide range of players in the animal feed industry. Founder and general manager Davide Galaverna explains: “Both my colleague Diana Vergnano and I graduated with degrees in veterinary medicine from the University of Turin. We built up our expertise in the field and now we’re using it to help producers of raw materials ...
By BESTMIX
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Veterinary Vaccines
Vaccination aims to mimic the development of naturally acquired immunity by inoculation of nonpathogenic but still immunogenic components of a pathogen, or closely related organisms. The term “vaccine” (Latin “vacca,” meaning cow) was first introduced by Edward Jenner to describe the inoculation (or vaccination) of humans with the cowpox virus to protect them against ...
By Nuvonis
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Fluralaner, Expected To Be Developed As A Pesticide
Fluralaner is a systemic insecticide and acaricide that can be administered orally or topically. Bravecto is the trade name. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved it for flea treatment in dogs under the trade name Bravecto in May 2014 and for topical treatment in cats in November 2019. Fluralaner is a novel isooxazoline broad-spectrum insecticide that acts on γ-aminobutyric ...
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Supporting Veterinary Resilience for World Veterinary Day
April 30th is World Veterinary Day. Taking place each year on the last Saturday of April, World Veterinary Day was created in 2000 by the World Veterinary Association as an annual celebration of the veterinary profession. Each year, there is a new theme. You can read about last year’s theme here. This year, the theme is Strengthening Veterinary Resilience. ...
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Launching your pet cremation business: the legalities you have to consider
The world of pet cremation has come a long way in recent years. What was formerly a basic process in many cases consisting of little more than industrial waste incinerators processing any number of pets at any given time, animal owners who've sadly lost their trusty companions are now offered a solution with more dignity and care, delivered by experts with a passion for all creatures, using ...
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Inciner8 Supply Incinerators to New Zealand Veterinary Clinic
New Zealand is a nation of pet owners, with research suggesting that 58% of New Zealanders own at least one cat or dog (or both!) Pets provide an unmatched companionship for owners, which is the main reason why people choose to get a pet in the first place. Cats, dogs and any other pets become members of the family very quickly in most ...
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Chitin/Chitosan as an Immunostimulant - Case Study
Chitin is component of several crustacean and insect carapace. It is an energy source for several species which can degrade chitin through special enzymes. Disease control, profilaxis and eradication are based on the use of vaccines and chemiotherapeutical substances. But there are a number of pathologies that have no known cure. There are for example, the case of Piscirichettsiosis in Chilean ...
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Veterinary Science: 101
What is Veterinary Science? Veterinary science is a medical specialty that focuses on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the health of animals and the transmission of diseases from animals to humans. It has also played an overall significant contribution to animal and human health. Did you know that veterinarians developed surgical techniques, such as ...
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Create Lifelong Immunity Starting with the Calf
Creating lifelong immunity in baby calves has never been more important. A proactive approach to health, nutrition, and management is a must from day one. Having a proper program in place not only improves the health of the animal, it can improve resilience to stress and disease. By implementing adequate colostrum protocols, feeding a consistent diet of whole milk or milk replacer, and ...
By Diamond V
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Production technology of bio organic fertilizer and factors affecting safety
We often use bio organic fertilizer in agricultural planting, and organic waste is its processing raw material. Chicken manure and crop straw as the main raw materials, after fermentation, they are further made into high-quality organic fertilizer products by drum granulation. The fermentation process can decompose chemical pesticide and chemical fertilizer residues, improve fertilizer quality ...
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Bogor Agriculture University, Indonesia - Case Study
“Combining Sepacore with Syncore Polyvap means you can work faster and better. The active substances produced are purer. This is the key to fast, cost-efficient, high-quality analysis." Company / Institution Bogor Agriculture University, Indonesia Product lines Parallel Evaporation Customer: Bogor Agriculture University, Indonesia Bogor Agriculture University is one of the larger ...
By BUCHI
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Amber Bottles, Jars and Containers
Are you looking for amber containers wholesale? The amber bottle has a correct barrier performance, which can stop the invasion of oxygen and different gases from coming into the contents, and additionally can forestall the volatile components of the contents from volatilizing into the atmosphere. Amber bottle can be used repeatedly, which can reduce the packaging cost. Amber bottle can ...
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Poultry production in the Caribbean
Chicken is one of the most common ingredients in Caribbean cuisine. The high costs of beef and pork make poultry the most preferred meat in households. The yearly production of poultry averages approximately at 200,000 metric tonnes of meat. The majority of poultry are raised on large factory farms using intensive farming techniques. The introduction to new technologies in the poultry sector has ...
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Neonicotinoids
General Information Neonicotinoids are a family of active substances which include imidacloprid, acetamiprid, thiacloprid, dinotefuran, nitenpyram, thiamethoxam and clothianidin. They are used in plant protection to control harmful insects and also in veterinary medicine. The name literally means “new nicotine-like insecticide” due to the chemical similarity to nicotine. Sometimes ...
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Sub-micron Bovine Serum Albumin particles
Innovative method for spray drying proteins with high yields. Spray-drying was shown to be a rapid, continuous, cost-effective, reproducible and scalable process for the production of dry powders from a liquid. Moreover, in the recent years, spray drying was identified by the pharmaceutical industry as a suitable method to produce protein particles used in pulmonary, nasal and oral delivery. ...
By BUCHI
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Ensuring consistent, reliable safety in the global food supply
Abstract / Summary Waters is a leader in developing food and water quality testing systems that incorporate analytical standards and reagents, sample preparation products, chromatographic columns, instrumentation, and data management software. Our comprehensive solutions offer food and beverage laboratories the tools needed to check compliance with food and environmental regulations, decrease ...
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Why are certain herbicides banned?
Herbicides, also known as weedkillers, are chemical substances used to control and kill unwanted plants (weeds), leaving the desired plants unharmed. While these products are very useful for farmers, they are not always safe. In fact, many herbicides that were in common use around the world a few years ago are slowly being banned. In this blog post, we will look at a few herbicides that are used ...
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U.S. Farm-Raised Finfish and Shellfish
Seafood has long been recognized as an important component of a healthy diet. Seafood contains high quality, complete protein and an important array of nutrients, while it is low in calories, cholesterol, and saturated fats. The health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids found primarily in fish have been clearly documented. U.S. farm-raised seafood is an important center of the plate choice that can ...
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Assessment of swine-specific bacteriophages of Bacteroides fragilis in swine farms with different antibiotic practices
We assessed the occurrence and specificity of bacteriophages of Bacteroides fragilis in swine farms for their potential application in microbial source tracking. A local B. fragilis host strain, SP25 (DSM29413), was isolated from a pooled swine feces sample taken from a non-antibiotic farm. This strain was highly specific to swine fecal materials because it did not detect bacteriophages in ...
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Antibiotics in groundwater under locations with high livestock density in Germany
Antibiotics are deployed in large quantities both in human and in veterinary medicine. Studies show that antibiotic residues occur in the environment (e.g. soil and surface waters). In some cases they were also detected in ground and drinking water. However, the degree of groundwater pollution by antibiotic residues from livestock farming is unknown. Therefore, the federal environment agency ...
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