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DuPont Virkon S Effective for Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV)
2014-06-02 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - DuPont Chemicals & Fluoroproducts has announced that leading farm biosecurity company Neogen can now offer swine producers a proven disinfectant for Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV) – DuPont Virkon® S disinfectant.
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Lyme Disease: A Growing Epidemic, Thats Hard To Diagnose
2014-06-01 16:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vermont Standard: Dr. Rex Carr has already received six calls about tick bites so far this year. He said at the moment its shaping up to be the worst year ever for ticks and Lyme disease. The disease, which is transmitted by infected ticks can cause joint pain and complications with the heart and nervous system, is a growing epidemic in the state, with 674 confirmed cases last year. But Carr is 100 percent positive it goes undertreated. Doctors are afraid of being accused of making a mistake, of treating somebody...
Global obesity epidemic: report says 2.1bn now overweight or obese
2014-05-31 11:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Modern lifestyles, which encourage a lack of mobility and exercise in the developed world, have greatly increased levels of obesity, according to experts in a report published in the Lancet journal. The global population of overweight people now tops 2.1 billion, up from 875 million in 1980. The US, China and Russia have the highest rates, while the UK was third in Western Europe out of 188 countries studied. The modernisation of our world has caused physical inactivity on all levels, the...
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Colombia Battles to Control Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea
2014-04-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
COLOMBIA - The authorities are working to help pig farmers bring the current outbreaks of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) under control, focusing on unauthorised slaughterhouses and the vehicles that transport the animals and risk spreading the virus further.
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Weekly Overview: Counting the Cost of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea
2014-04-14 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - With piglet losses from Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) at around five per cent for the six months to February, it's hard to make sense of the sky-high pig price in the US when farrowings and slaughter weights are up, writes Jackie Linden. The virus is also affecting the pig industries in other countries, particularly in Canada and Japan, while Brazil, China and the UK have announced renewed efforts to keep the virus out of their territories over the last week.
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