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FDA: Increase in Antibiotics Use in Animals
2014-10-13 17:08:00| National Hog Farmer
P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. According to the Food and Drug Administrations latest annual report on sales and distribution data on antibiotics approved for use in food-producing animals, antibiotics sold for use by the livestock industry, including in animal feed, increased by 16% in four years (2009-12). read more
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Which Antibiotics Are Used in Animals in Europe and Why?
2014-10-09 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - A survey has been published on the antibiotics most commonly used and for what conditions in cattle, pigs, horses, dogs and cats by vets in 25 European Union countries. More than 60 per cent of all indications for which antibiotics were used in pigs were for respiratory disease or diarrhoea.
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VIDEO: Sacrificial animals bought online
2014-10-06 01:00:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
While the tradition of buying a sacrificial goat for the Muslim festival of Bakrid continues, the way of buying the animal is a little more modern for some.
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Japan: Food Contaminated by Fukushima Harms Animals Still
2014-09-24 22:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Even several years after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, food contaminated from the meltdown is still harming animals, according to a new study. Specifically, butterflies eating food collected from cities around the site showed higher rates of death and disease. The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant released large amounts of radiation into the surrounding atmosphere. While no significant human health effects have been reported, scientists from the University of Rukyus in...
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Robot butlers with RFID scanners could be used as service animals
2014-09-23 21:24:11| Extremetech
We already use dogs and monkeys as service animals to help people with disabilities, so why not use robots as well? Researchers at Georgia Tech have combined RFID tags, long-distance scanners, and a self-propelled robot to develop a method of reliably locating objects in a real-world setting. With this set-up, people with reduced mobility or short-term memory can ask the robot for help finding important items like medicine or documents.
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