YOUTUBE (Owen Report) - New Chemicals Given To Cows Make Them Do WHAT
Owen Shroyer interviews cattle specialist who discusses extreme hormones being given to male cattle that causes them to "lactate."
AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - New World screwworm outbreak freezes Texas pet adoptions, puts thousands of shelter animals at risk
A flesh-eating parasite that crossed from Mexico into the United States for the first time in 60 years has shut down interstate pet transfers from Texas, leaving overcrowded shelters facing a surge in euthanasia. Forty-four states have now restricted the movement of dogs and cats from screwworm-infested areas of Texas, choking off the pipeline that […] The post New World screwworm outbreak freezes Texas pet adoptions, puts thousands of shelter animals at risk appeared first on American Almanac .
A flesh-eating parasite that crossed from Mexico into the United States for the first time in 60 years has shut down interstate pet transfers from Texas, leaving overcrowded shelters facing a surge in euthanasia. Forty-four states have now restricted the movement of dogs and cats from screwworm-infested areas of Texas, choking off the pipeline that normally sends tens of thousands of unadopted animals each year to shelters and rescue groups in the Northeast, the Great Lakes, and beyond. Florida banned imports of rescued dogs and cats from Texas and New Mexico roughly a week after the first screwworm case appeared in Texas this year. New York blocked transfers for weeks before reinstating them with a new requirement: a veterinarian must…Open
DAILYCALLER (Ashley Brasfield) - Trump FTC Investigates Veterinary Consolidation Amid Soaring Petflation Costs
‘Basically a massive merger’
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Fleas Carry Deadly, Previously Eradicated Disease Back to U.S.
A flea-borne disease once thought eradicated in the U.S. is resurging in Texas, with researchers identifying domestic cats and their fleas as a key pathway for the bacterium behind murine typhus to enter households.
A flea-borne disease once thought eradicated is resurging in Texas, with researchers identifying domestic cats and their fleas as a key pathway for the bacterium behind murine typhus to enter households. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Flea-borne murine typhus, caused by the bacterium Rickettsia typhi, is resurging in parts of Texas , with researchers identifying domestic cats and their fleas as a significant vector for the disease entering households. The illness, once nearly eradicated in the U.S., has led to hundreds of hospitalizations in areas like Galveston and is now being increasingly detected in South Texas. DETAIL: The illness spreads to humans through infected flea feces rather than person-to-person contact and typically causes…Open
NEWSNATIONNOW (Xavier Walton) - Screwworm outbreak could cost Texas livestock industry $1.8B yearly
Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warns it will get worse if USDA doesn't do something different.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Screwworm prompts Florida to ban rescue pets from Texas, New Mexico
Florida has adopted some of the nation’s strictest animal import rules to prevent the spread of the New World screwworm. NewsNation's Brooke Shafer reports the latest on "Morning in America." Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national morning newscast hosted by Markie Martin. Weekdays starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - How to protect your pet from the flesh-eating screwworm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reported at least seven cases of the New World screwworm, which has infected six livestock and one pet in Texas and New Mexico. In response to the outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization to treat dogs and cats should they contract the parasite. Start your day with "Morning in America," NewsNation's live three-hour national morning newscast hosted by Markie Martin. Weekdays starting at 6a/5C. #MorningInAmerica NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Animal shelter rescues kitten who appeared inflated like a balloon
A California animal shelter been treating a kitten, named Zoe, who was found appearing inflated like a balloon. ABC News' Danny New has the story.
HUFFPOST - Animal Experts Employ 'Ridiculous' Plan To Save Wild Rhino's Eyesight
Corralling a wild rhinoceros into a small chute to give it eyedrops might seem like a crazy plan. But if it's crazy and it works, then it's not crazy.