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Protecting Our Nations Borders from Foreign Animal Disease
2013-09-26 16:44:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture On an island off the northeastern tip of Long Island, NY, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are doing their part to safeguard the U.S. food supply, according to a report by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service. read more
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Iowa State Swine Disease Conference for Swine Practitioners
2013-09-24 22:03:00| National Hog Farmer
The 21st annual Swine Disease Conference for Swine Practitioners is set for Nov. 14-15, 2013 at the Scheman Building at Iowa State University in Ames, IA. Location Iowa State University Ames, IA United States See map: Google Maps The Swine Disease Conference for Swine Practitioners features talks on viral myelitis, porcine circovirus-associated disease type 2 and a series of presentations on porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus on Nov. 14. The program on Nov. 15 covers porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, biosecurity realities at the the abattoir, caring for fall back pigs, grow-finish lameness diagnostics, pig production in China and a closing panel discussion on PED virus. read more
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FAZD Receives Funding for Disease Surveillance System
2013-09-24 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - A funding of $2 million has been received by the National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense (FAZD) for a new surveillance system.
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Centre Receives Funding for Disease Surveillance System
2013-09-24 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - A funding of $2 million has been received by the National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense (FAZD) for a new surveillance system.
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Fighting Climate Change Also Battles Disease
2013-09-22 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Chances are you wont die from carbon dioxide. But cutting down on the greenhouse gas pollution responsible for climate change could extend your life and make it better. That's because less reliance on things that produce a lot of CO2, like coal-fired power plants, also means lower levels of other kinds of pollution that shorten lives. That's according to new research in the journal Nature Climate Change. (Scientific American is part of Nature Publishing Group.) Researchers looked at how CO2 reductions...
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