Cargill plant to shut down in Arkona (Sarnia Observer) By Sun Media A feed production plant is shutting down in Arkona, cutting 14 jobs. The Cargill plant, which supplies dairy operations in Michigan, will [...] [News Source]

Ithaca’s water treatment plant undecided on vet school’s liquid waste. If the Ithaca wastewater treatment plant accepts Cornell's liquefied animal carcasses and other veterinary waste, is that fair and responsible citizenship or an unreasonable risk to impose on those who get their drinking water from Cayuga Lake? [News Source]

The Sustainability Principle: Turning Crisis Into Opportunity (PRWeb via Yahoo! News) www.alltech.com/symposium [Alltech's 2009 Animal Health and Nutrition Symposium will examine how sustainability efforts can elevate business strategy and drive profits [News Source]

USDA puts employees on leave amid drug allegations (AG Weekly) DES MOINES, Iowa - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has placed 19 employees at a laboratory campus in central Iowa on paid leave after allegations that some used veterinary credentials to purchase low-cost medications for human use. [News Source]

Mad Cow Theatre’s ‘Thinking’ will work its magic in your heart (Orlando Sentinel) 'Thinking' will work its magic in your heart When bad things happen, you try to convince yourself it isn't so. [News Source]

Sticky Antibodies Block Prion Disease (Medical News Today) Antibodies that stick to a brain prion protein called PrP could be the key to treating prion diseases like variant CJD and preventing people accidentally exposed to prions from going on to develop the fatal brain disease. Using a precise visualisation technique, called X-ray crystallography, scientists have identified an antibody that has the best ability to bind to PrP in the brain. [News Source]

Blood test for MCD studied (The Gateway Online) The answer to Alberta’s Mad Cow Disease (MCD) troubles might lie in something as simple as a run-of-the-mill blood test, or so says a recent study led by Dr Christoph Sensen, a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary. Work began on the project in 2005 and four years later, testing for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)—more commonly known as Mad Cow Disease—in live ... [News Source]

Potential Health Risks Associated With Stressed Foodstuffs (Medical News Today) Another reason not to eat pate de foie gras is discussed by Michael Greger of The Humane Society of the United States, Washington DC in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health. [News Source]

Ithaca’s water treatment plant undecided on vet school’s liquid waste (The Ithaca Journal) If the Ithaca wastewater treatment plant accepts Cornell's liquefied animal carcasses and other veterinary waste, is that fair and responsible citizenship or an unreasonable risk to impose on those who get their drinking water from Cayuga Lake? [News Source]

Harding blood drive is hurting (Observer-Tribune) HARDING TWP. – A drop in annual blood donations at the township’s annual blood drive is being blamed on factors from more people traveling overseas, to added vacations to an aging population are [News Source]