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BIOTRACER model tackles Salmonella

Protecting consumers from contaminated foods is one of the most important objectives of the EU. Helping drive this effort is the BIOTRACER ('Improved bio-traceability of unintended microorganisms and their ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

Commercial pigs in Ind. test positive for H1N1

(AP) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that pigs in a commercial herd in Indiana have tested positive for swine flu, making it the first time the virus has been found in such hogs.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Minn. pigs may have tested positive for swine flu

(AP) -- Preliminary tests show three pigs in Minnesota may have contracted the swine flu virus making them the first potential U.S. cases in swine, agricultural officials said Friday. They stressed the finding does not threaten ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Oct 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Humans are responsible for swine flu

Swine flu. Bird flu. Mad cow disease. SARS. These diseases have all spread from animals to humans in one form or another. But animals aren't to blame for outbreaks of animal-borne diseases -- humans are.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 01, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 8




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Livestock industry beefs up Illinois's economy

A recent report conducted by the University of Illinois provides an economic snapshot of the current state of the livestock industry, giving the Illinois livestock industry data to back up their importance to the state. The ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

LIVE: Facebook goes public

(AP) -- It's Facebook's big day. The site, which was born in a dorm room eight years ago and has grown into a worldwide network of almost a billion people, is making the most talked-about stock market debut ...

Technology / Business

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Distiller's grain safe for pigs, even with sulfur content

University of Illinois research reports that swine producers can feed distiller's dried grain with solubles (DDGS) to their pigs without concern for sulfur content.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Germany to limit antibiotic use in farming amid food scare

Germany's agriculture minister Tuesday submitted draft legislation to limit the use of antibiotics in livestock amid a food warning that has made waves in the country's media.

Biology / Other

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New turkey feed helps bird producers gobble up profits

As feed prices have risen in recent years, feeding turkeys has become more costly than many producers can bear. Satisfying turkeys' hunger accounts for 70 percent of the cost of producing turkey meat. Now, ...

Biology / Other

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lab-grown meat would 'cut emissions and save energy'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Meat grown using tissue engineering techniques, so-called ‘cultured meat’, would generate up to 96% lower greenhouse gas emissions than conventionally produced meat, according to ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (28) | comments 72 | with audio podcast

Biodiversity must be restored

The global extinction of species is rapidly accelerating. We still have a chance to stop it – at least in Germany. But time is of the essence. A simple strategy based on the biotope network model at Lake ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China gives press more freedom -- for food safety

(AP) -- Toxic bean sprouts, filthy cooking oil, drug-tainted pork: The relentless headlines in Chinese media have churned up queasy feelings for months about the dangers lurking in the nation's dinner bowls.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Simpler, less-expensive detection kit for osteoarthritis, liver disease, and cancer developed

A research team from Chiang Mai University (CMU) have developed a simpler, less-expensive Detection Kit for monitoring Hyaluronan using purified protein from the waste cartilage of a variety of species from the meat processing ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists make bamboo tools to test theory explaining East Asia's Stone Age tool scarcity

The long-held theory that early human ancestors in East Asia crafted their tools from bamboo and wood is much more complicated than originally conceived, according to a new study.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 08, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast


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