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Climate change may raise disease burden in South Asian cities
2014-09-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Recorder: South Asian cities are facing problems of decaying environment which include hazardous levels of air and water pollution and insufficient solid waste management. According to a report on Human Development in South Asia 2014, "Urbanisation: Challenges and Opportunities," these environmental threats have deteriorated the sustainability and liveability of cities in South Asia, besides the situation is being compounded by global warming. The report said: "South Asia is one of the least urbanised regions...
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How Climate Change Exacerbates Spread of Disease, Including Ebola
2014-09-18 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Earth Institute: The accelerating ebola epidemic in West Africa, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has called unprecedented, has so far killed more than half the 3,069 people who contracted the disease in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria. The WHO fears it could eventually affect 20,000 people. Ebola can live in animals for years without making them sick; it is transmitted to humans through contact with an infected animal. Once in a human, the disease is spread by direct contact with the bodily...
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22nd Annual Swine Disease Conference for Swine Practitioners
2014-09-12 20:42:00| National Hog Farmer
The Swine Disease Conference for Swine Practitioners held at the Iowa State University Scheman Building, in Ames, IA, focuses on emerging swine pathogens and their control, and improvements in diagnostics and risk-based controls useful for on-farm health plan development. Special emphasis is on information necessary to formulate management plans for disease control, for bio- security, and for food safety enhancement. Location Iowa State University Scheman Building Ames, IA United States See map: Google Maps The Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, the Iowa Pork Industry Center, The Iowa Veterinary Medical Association, and the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, District 6, sponsor the 22nd Annual Swine Disease Conference. The conference will be held at the Scheman Building, in Ames, IA, on Nov.13-14. The program is designed to answer daily concerns of swine practitioners. The conference focuses on emerging swine pathogens and their control, and improvements in diagnostics and risk-based controls useful for on-farm health plan development. Special emphasis is on information necessary to formulate management plans for disease control, for bio- security, and for food safety enhancement. This year the emphasis is on porcine epidemic diarrhea and the new challenges for swine veterinarians in better diagnosing and controlling this new disease that has had tremendous impact to the U.S. swine industry. read more
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New genetic targets discovered in fight against muscle-wasting disease
2014-09-11 21:53:13| Biotech - Topix.net
Findings of a new study offer the possibility of developing new ways of tackling an incurable condition known as muscle-wasting disease. To date, only six genes have been linked to the illness.
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Foot and Mouth Disease in More Than 30 Ugandan Districts
2014-09-10 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UGANDA - Banned beef and pork are on sale in nearly 30 districts where the government has imposed a quarantine following the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
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