Author: Buzzard
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So God Made a Farmer
Surely ya’ll remember Paul Harvey? He was a well-known radio broadcaster with a very distinguishable voice who was famous for his tagline, “The Rest of the Story.” In 1978, he was apparently a guest speaker at the 1978 National FFA Convention and he gave a speech called, ‘So God Made a Farmer’. A family friend emailed me…
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Delving Further into Antibiotic Use
Happy Monday! As a brief follow up to this post, I found a podcast about antibiotic use in food animals from the AVMA media website. In this podcast, Dr. Scott Hurd, an associate professor of veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine at Iowa State University, discusses quantitative risk assessments of antibiotic resistance in humans. He does…
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Antibiotics Safe for Livestock Use
Just like we’ve been sayin’ all along… The Government Accountability Office released a report that stated there isn’t sufficient evidence to warrant a study into a link between antibiotic use in food animals and antibiotic resistance in humans. Did you get that? Here, I’ll say it again. GAO said “these data [collected by USDA] lack crucial details necessary…
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Wordless Wednesday: Cute Babies
Spring has sprung in Australia and there are tons of these little boogers running around. How freakin’ adorable are they? At some point in this year, I’ll get back to my regular posting schedule which is more than two posts per month. Until next time, ~ Buzzard ~
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Remembrance – 10 years later
I remember where I was this fateful day, 10 years ago. I was sitting in Oral Communications listening to Mrs. Hopper when our principal came in and whispered to her the news. I don’t know what he said but I could tell by the look on her face that it wasn’t good. Next period. Spanish II.…