Cowboy's School: Bull Management October 29th

The University of Idaho Extension is offering a 4 1/2 hour workshop at the Nancy M. Cummings Research Extension and Education Center on October 29th, covering bull management.  The program will begin at 12:00 noon and be completed by 4:30 PM.  Please RSVP to the Lemhi county  Extension Office by October 24th at shannonw@uidaho.edu or 208-756-2813 ext 283.

The program will cover bull health care and nutrition in relation to fertility; EPD's, value of DNA and bull selection. bull libido, fertility and semen evaluation, physical and structural traits of bulls, trich testing-PCR vs visual, and more!

Agenda

Taiwan detects muscle-growth drug in imported U.S. beef

The following article suggests that Korean extremely vigilant of imported beef, both for economic and presumably health reasons.  This means that "sneaking" an accidentlly contaminated or treated carcass into the export stream could have far reaching consquenses all the way back to the producer....Chad Cheyney
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Focus Taiwan
January 14, 2011

Taipei (CNA) -- Taiwan has recently detected small residues of banned drugs promoting leanness in livestock in beef imported from the United States, Health Minister Yaung Chih-liang said Friday, adding that safety checks on imported meat products would be reinforced.

New prion discovery reveals drug target for mad cow disease and related illnesses

EurekAlert

December 1, 2010

The joy of a juicy hamburger could make a comeback thanks a new discovery by scientists from the University of Kentucky. In a new research report in the December 2010 print issue of The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org/), scientists found that a protein our body uses to break up blood clots speeds up the progress of prion diseases. This substance, called plasminogen, is a new drug target for prion diseases in both humans and animals.

Scripps research study shows infectious prions can arise spontaneously in normal brain tissue

EurekAlert
July 26, 2010

JUPITER, FL - In a startling new study that involved research on both sides of the Atlantic, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute in Florida and the University College London (UCL) Institute of Neurology in England have shown for the first time that abnormal prions, bits of infectious protein devoid of DNA or RNA that can cause fatal neurodegenerative disease, can suddenly erupt from healthy brain tissue.

Study finds prions evolve despite lacking DNA

By John Fauber
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

December 31, 2009

Though they are believed to be "lifeless," the infectious agents known as prions that cause a variety of fatal brain diseases in people and animals, including chronic wasting disease in deer, are capable of evolving like living organisms, according a new study.