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PREVENTING HEAT STRESS IN CATTLE PRIORITY FOR SUMMER

2014-08-27 23:46:40| Cattle Today

Summer is here and so is the heat. While animal owners are sure to give pets plenty of water and shade, it is just as important for ranchers to have enough water and shade for cattle and other grazing animals.

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5 Tips For Preventing, Diagnosing & Treating Foot Rot

2014-07-30 23:42:06| Beef

Foot rot often shows up in the summer months, especially if cattle are standing in wet areas. Here are five tips that explain the cause, transmission, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of foot rot. BEEF Daily read more

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Preventing Animal-to-Human Diseases at Fairs and Petting Zoos

2014-07-09 00:24:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: South Dakota State University iGrow Summer is the time for petting zoos and fairs where people and livestock can come into close contact, but it doesn't need to be a time for people to bring home unwanted germs. read more

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Preventing competition could help threatened species survive climate change

2014-06-25 13:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: Some threatened species could be better protected from the impacts of climate change if more is done to prevent competition with rival species in the same habitats, a new study has found. In a new paper published in the journal Global Change Biology, researchers from Durham University studied the impacts of climate change on a species of mountain goat, the alpine chamois. They found that the hardy goats, which dwell in the Italian Alps, moved to cooler higher altitudes when temperatures rose....

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