News

Beef Cattle, September 2004

Insects, June 2004

Giant Panda, (Ailuropoda melanoleuca): Ecology, Biology, Conservation and Captive Care, May 2004

Housing, Husbandry, Care & Welfare of Selected Birds (Quail, Pheasant, Finches, Ostrich, Dove, Parrot & Others, February 2004

Tuberculosis in Animals: Mycobacterium bacilli that cause Devastating Zoonotic Diseases in Many Animals, January 2004

Updated Publications

Directory of Zoo and Aquarium Libraries, Ninth Edition, 2002, Revised 2003, June 2004
A Brief Resource on Assistance Animals for the Disabled, April 2004
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and other Animal Related Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, January 2004

Environmental Enrichment for Nonhuman Primates Resource Guide, 1999 (Selected Chapters Updated December 2003)

Meetings

Searchable Calendar of Agricultural Conferences, Meetings and Seminars from the Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC)

News - Sources, Press Releases & Reports

Sources

Federal Register Notices - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Press Releases - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
News Flashes and Archives - Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
ProMed-mail Global electronic reporting system for outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases & toxins--a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases

Press Releases Chronologically

New Center to Map DNA of Key Lab Mice [NIH, NIEHS, 10-25-04]
Long Thought Immune, Felines Contract Bird Flu [Scientific American.com, 9-3-04]
Sheep Put Brave Face on Stress [CNN.com, 8-25-04]
'Marathon' Mice Engineered for Extra Endurance [CNN.com, 8-23-04]
Setting the Standard on Animal Welfare [Journal American Veterinary Medical Association News, 6-15-04]
Study Shows Dogs Can Remember Words [WTOP Radio Network, 6-10-04]
USDA Issues Final Rule for Animal Definition: Asks for Comments on Proposing Regulations for Rats, Mice and Birds NOT Bred for Research [Federal Register, Volume 69, Number 108, 6-4-04]
AVMA Welfare Positions Evolve [Journal American Veterinary Medical Association News, 6-1-04]
Animal-To-Human Disease Transfer Discussed [WTOP Radio Network, 5-3-04]
Senators Push for West Nile Funding [WTOP Radio Network, 4-9-04]
Veterinarians Key to Identifying Diseases [WTOP Radio Network, 4-9-04]
Washington State University to Begin Testing for Mad Cow Disease [WTOP Radio Network, 3-30-04]
Study Confirms Transmission of Retrovirus [WTOP Radio Network, 3-18-04]
Monkey Protein Blocks HIV [Scientific American.com, 2-26-04]
Health Experts Link SARS with Civet Cats [WTOP Radio Network, 1-16-04]
Fast-Acting Ebola Vaccine Protects Monkeys [NIH News, 8-6-03]
Monkeypox Outbreak Tests Bioterrorism Response Systems [GovExec.com, 6-12-03]
USDA Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Humane Society of the United States [5-22-03]
Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman Regarding Canada's Announcement of BSE Investigation [May 20, 2003]

Reports

Countering Agricultural Bioterrorism Report [U.S. National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, 9-18-02]
National Toxicology Program Completes 500th Two-Year Rodent Study and Report; Series is the Gold Standard of Animal Toxicology [NIH, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 1-25-01]