R. Scott Nolen

3 weeks ago | avma.org | R. Scott Nolen

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) have proposed a rollback of a decades-old interpretation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that could significantly narrow the scope of legal protections for threatened wildlife. At the center of the proposed rule change is the elimination of a regulatory definition of the term “harm,” part of the statutory prohibition against “taking” endangered species.

1 month ago | avma.org | R. Scott Nolen

Since December 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) had confirmed more than 130 feline cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) type A H5N1 infection across the country, from California to New Jersey. They range from barn and feral cats to pet cats, including those kept strictly indoors, to big cats in zoos and the wild.

1 month ago | m.farms.com | R. Scott Nolen

By R. Scott NolenCommercial beekeepers across the United States earlier this year discovered their colonies of honey bees in near or total collapse without explanation in what the apiary industry is calling the worst bee die-off in U.S. history. More than half of the nation’s managed honey bee colonies appear to have experienced mass die-offs.

1 month ago | avma.org | R. Scott Nolen

Commercial beekeepers across the United States earlier this year discovered their colonies of honey bees in near or total collapse without explanation in what the apiary industry is calling the worst bee die-off in U.S. history. More than half of the nation’s managed honey bee colonies appear to have experienced mass die-offs.

1 month ago | m.farms.com | R. Scott Nolen

By R. Scott NolenThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of a gene-editing technology that creates pigs resistant to the highly contagious and costly porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS). The decision is among first approvals for gene-edited livestock in the United States and comes after years of extensive research and collaboration between Pig Improvement Company (PIC), a subsidiary of the animal genetics company Genus, and the FDA.