New Issue of Healthy Animals Now Online

The Agricultural Research Service today posted a new issue of "Healthy Animals" at:

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/np/ha/han6.htm

This quarterly online newsletter compiles ARS news and expert resources on the health and well-being of agricultural animals and fish. The current issue highlights ARS research on livestock genomics.

Web browsers may want to bookmark the site as a resource for locating animal health experts. An index lists ARS research locations covering about 70 animal health topics. These range from specific diseases, such as Lyme disease, to broad subjects like nutrition, parasites and vaccines.

The site also provides complete contact information for the more than 25 ARS research groups that conduct studies aimed at protecting and improving farm animal health. Each quarter, one article in "Healthy Animals" focuses on a particular element of ARS animal research.

To receive quarterly announcements of each new issue's arrival online, contact Kathryn Barry Stelljes, ARS Information Staff.

ARS is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific research agency.