livestock

Correcting the record on livestock standards of care

By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on May 13, 2017

Sometimes it is important to set the record straight.

That is the case here. New Jersey stood at the forefront in the country of establishing humane standards of care for…
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New Jersey Livestock owners concerned about the humane care of their animals

By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on February 25, 2017

At the request of New Jersey Department of Agriculture (NJDA), New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES), and New Jersey Farm Bureau, State legislators adopted a law in 1996 “which…
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FDA Prepares for Implementation of Its Veterinary Feed Directive

By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on August 18, 2016

FDA, gearing up for the implementation of the Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD), recently “issued a letter reminding retail establishments that sell medically important antimicrobials for use in feed or…
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FDA revises its guidance for drug sponsors of new food animal drugs

By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on August 15, 2016

FDA issued a draft revised guidance for industry, “General Principles for Evaluating the Human Food Safety of New Animal Drugs Used In Food-Producing Animals” in July 2016 that…
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West Virginia Proposes Standards of Care for Livestock and Poultry

By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on March 11, 2016

West Virginia has taken the first step in joining a number of states that have adopted regulations governing the standards of care farmers must provide to livestock in their care…

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Bill Affecting Wyoming’s Livestock Board Fails Upon Introduction

By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on February 23, 2016

Wyoming legislator Dan Laursen introduced a bill that amends the law governing investigations performed by the livestock board. Specifically HB 128 would:

remove references to investigators of the livestock board;

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Berserk Male Syndrome – Viable Claim for Negligence?

By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on November 8, 2015

A ram that had been “raised on a bottle after [its] mother died” repeatedly charged and rammed a farmer, Mr. Jay H. Rhodes, who “suffered a concussion, five broken ribs…
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FDA’s authority over livestock production and food labeling.

By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on September 6, 2015

As discussed in USDA, FDA, and EPA-confusing authority over livestock production and food labeling, several federal agencies have varying control over livestock production and the food resulting therefrom.

For…
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Updates from the American Veterinary Medical Law Association

By Nancy E. Halpern, D.V.M. on July 16, 2015

I attended the 22nd Annual Animal Veterinary Medical Law Association’s Continuing Education Convention, as a speaker, in Boston this past week-end. This is always a fascinating meeting where veterinarians, attorneys…

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