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Global Risks and Costs of Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreaks
2013-11-28 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - The threat of foot and mouth disease to the global livestock and meat industry is never far away, writes Chris Harris.
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Scientists Seek Origin of Deadly Disease Plaguing Great Lakes Waterfowl
2013-11-27 19:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Researchers have developed a new way to track a deadly disease wreaking havoc on the water bird population of the Great Lakes region. Type E botulism is a neuromuscular disease caused when birds ingest infected fish. With 10,000 more waterfowl dying in 2007 from the sickness compared to when it was first reported 50 years ago, ocean engineers from the Florida Atlantic University Institute for Ocean Systems Engineering have teamed up with the US Geological Survey in order to track waterfowl carcasses...
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Genomics Offers Potential Tool for Limiting Swine Disease
2013-11-27 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - A professor of veterinary medicine with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine suggests the use of genomics is the way of the future for limiting disease within the swine herd, Bruce Cochrane writes.
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UC Davis taps plant disease specialist from Cornell to lead agricultural school
2013-11-21 07:46:45| Beverages - Topix.net
After a nationwide search, the University of California, Davis, has chosen one of its alumna – a plant disease specialist from Cornell University – to head its world-renowned agricultural school.
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Â13M India-UK Collaboration in Farmed Animal Health and Disease
2013-11-14 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
INDIA & UK - Sir Mark Walport, the Government Chief Scientific Adviser, has announced major funding to protect livestock, during a visit to India. The research projects aim to tackle major livestock diseases which threaten food security in the UK and globally.
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