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Possum pest feeds thriving N. Zealand fur industry

The brushtail possum, a cuddly-looking marsupial protected in its native Australia, has become a reviled feral pest in New Zealand, its fur providing a lucrative sideline for hunters who supply a burgeoning ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bovine TB testing under scrutiny

Planned changes to the way vets are allowed to conduct TB tests could have a dramatic impact on rural veterinary practices and fail to address quality control issues surrounding tests for bovine tuberculosis, ...

Biology / Other

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A challenging decade for Britain's mammals

(PhysOrg.com) -- This year’s State of Britain's Mammals report shows that over the last decade some of our most endangered mammal species have bounced back but that many others continue to decline. ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Localized reactive badger culling raises bovine tuberculosis risk, new analysis confirms

The study, by researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling at Imperial College London, is published today in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tuberculosis vaccine passes phase I trial

(PhysOrg.com) -- The currently available tuberculosis vaccine BCG is over 90 years old – and its effectiveness is declining. An increasing number of mycobacterial strains are emerging, against which the ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Benefits of badger culling not long lasting for reducing cattle TB, says study

(PhysOrg.com) -- Badger culling is unlikely to be a cost-effective way of helping control cattle TB in Britain, according to research published today in PLoS ONE.

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Coming Soon: Tuberculosis Detection with a Chip?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many of the new techniques based on nanotechnology that have been developed for faster and more sensitive detection of pathogens fail in day-to-day clinical use because they require complex sample preparation ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New bacteria discovered in raw milk

Raw milk is illegal in many countries as it can be contaminated with potentially harmful microbes. Contamination can also spoil the milk, making it taste bitter and turn thick and sticky. Now scientists have discovered new ...

Biology /

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (16) | comments 5

Earliest known human TB found in 9,000 year-old skeletons

The discovery of the earliest known cases of human tuberculosis (TB) in bones found submerged off the coast of Israel shows that the disease is 3000 years older than previously thought. Direct examination of this ancient ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 15, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 1

'Deadly dozen' reports diseases worsened by climate change

Health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society today released a report that lists 12 pathogens that could spread into new regions as a result of climate change, with potential impacts to both human and wildlife health ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 07, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0


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