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Worldwide Conference on Antimicrobial Agents in Animals

2013-03-14 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - The worldwide conference "International Solidarity to fight against Antimicrobial Resistance" is taking place this week in Paris.

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How to make animals smarter: Just add human brain cells

2013-03-08 17:28:28| Extremetech

A new study describing human brain cells transplanted from fetal tissue into mice claims to have made them smarter. While any such claims are often questionable, this particular study also affords us a unique insight into how brains work, and how we might eventually build -- superbrains.

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Climate change is making animals shrink

2013-03-08 13:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Humans might adapt to climate change through some mixture of mitigation, adaptation, and suffering (like relocating Coney Island several miles into interior Brooklyn, or saying goodbye to chocolate). But the animal kingdom? Many species are already coping with rising temperatures by physically getting smaller [$ub req]. The reasons are complex and vary between species, but the CliffsNotes version is this: Animals (especially cold-blooded ones) often develop faster metabolisms in warmer temperatures,...

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Woman charged with cruelty to animals after abandoned, malnourished dog found

2013-03-06 12:28:44| Real Estate - Topix.net

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC A Leland woman has been charged with one count of cruelty to animals after Brunswick County Sheriff's Animal Protective Services and the Town of Leland Animal Control obtained a neglected, abandoned dog.

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