Cow, Sheep, Pig News

Posted November 29, 2010:

• Will This Be the End of 'Hamburger Disease?'

Posted November 24, 2010:

• More Protein, Less Refined Starch Important for Dieting, Large Study Shows

Posted November 4, 2010:

• Predictive Power of Dairy Cattle Methane Models Insufficient to Provide Sound Environmental Advice, Study Finds
• Pigs Reveal Secrets: Meat Cut Quality Revealed by Light Waves Emitted

Posted October 28, 2010:

• Skin Lesions -- An Indicator of Sub-Standard Animal Welfare?

Posted October 20, 2010:

• Biodegradable Foam Plastic Substitute Made from Milk Protein and Clay

Posted October 19, 2010:

• Eye Test for Neurological Diseases in Livestock Developed

Posted October 18, 2010:

• Don't Blame Dairy Cows for (Greenhouse) Gas Emissions, New Study Shows
• Can Naturally Raised Beef Find Its Place in the Industry?

Posted October 11, 2010:

• Pain Therapy for Piglets

Posted September 28, 2010:

• Digging Deep for Ways to Curb Ammonia Emissions

Posted September 21, 2010:

• Higher Dairy Calcium Intake and Increased Serum Vitamin D Are Related to Greater Diet-Induced Weight Loss, Israeli Study Finds

Posted September 20, 2010:

• Fences Could Help Clean Up Watercourses

Posted September 16, 2010:

• Scientists Develop Test Providing New Pathway for Identifying Obesity, Diabetes Drugs

Posted September 9, 2010:

• Greener Pastures and Better Breeds Could Reduce Carbon 'Hoofprint'

Posted September 8, 2010:

• Swine Researchers Seek Answers to Fiber's Low Digestibility
• Chopping and Changing in the Microbial World: How Mycoplasmas – The Simplest Bacterial Pathogens – Stay Alive

Posted September 7, 2010:

• Unusual Feed Supplement Could Ease Gassy Cows, Reduce Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Posted September 3, 2010:

• Cows Prefer Red Clover, Boost Milk Production

Posted September 2, 2010:

• Test-Tube Calf Embryos More Likely to Survive Texas Summers

Posted August 30, 2010:

• Why Proper Nutrition Is So Vital in Fighting Infection

Posted August 26, 2010:

• Toward Safer Foods for Human Consumption With Anthrax Protection
• Co-Products and Cornstalk Residue Can Cut Cow Feed Costs by a Dollar a Day

Posted August 19, 2010:

• Lowering Daisy's Emissions: Battle Against Agricultural Climate Offenders

Posted July 23, 2010:

• Diabetes Monitoring Device Benefits Not Just People but Dogs and Other Animals, Too

Posted July 21, 2010:

• Salmonella Contaminated Pork May Pose Health Risk for Humans

Posted July 20, 2010:

• Dairy Farmers Can Fight Growing Disease Threat With Chlorine and Stainless Steel
• Probiotics Use in Mothers Limits Eczema in Their Babies, Study Finds

Posted July 15, 2010:

• Why Walking Flat-Footed Hurts Habitual High-Heels Wearers: The Effects of Wearing High Heels on Women's Legs
• Scientists Counter Brucellosis Threat to Livestock and Wildlife
• Conflicted Meat-Eaters May Deny That Meat-Animals Have the Capacity to Suffer, Study Finds

Posted July 12, 2010:

• Healthy Made Up Over Half of UK Swine Flu Admissions and Inpatient Deaths in First Wave

Posted July 8, 2010:

• Genetic and Chemical Markers to Determine Who Contaminated the River. Was It a Human, a Pig or a Cow?

Posted July 7, 2010:

• Higher-Protein Diets Support Weight Loss, but May Lower Bone Density in Postmenopausal Women

Posted July 1, 2010:

• Emissions of Greenhouse Gases Methane and Nitrous Oxide Underestimated, Research Suggests

Posted June 30, 2010:

• Bovine Paratuberculosis Close to Being Eradicated, Experts Say

Posted June 29, 2010:

• WIC Program Might Prevent Mothers from Feeding Cow's Milk Too Early

Posted June 28, 2010:

• Piglets Open Doors to Study Infant Brain Development
• Manure Provides Higher Returns Than Chemical Fertilizers, Economist Says

Posted June 24, 2010:

• Scientists Question EPA and IPCC Estimates of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Posted June 20, 2010:

• Canyon Carved in Just Three Days in Texas Flood: Insight Into Ancient Flood Events on Earth and Mars

Posted June 16, 2010:

• Some People Do Not Taste Salt Like Others

Posted June 14, 2010:

• Sequence and Structure Key to Prion Disease Transmission
• Tequila and Cheese Offer Lessons for Rural Economies in Developing World
• Does Pasture Irrigation Increase Groundwater Contamination? Research Finds Little to No Transport of Microbes from Cow Pastures Into Groundwater
• Tracking Phosphorus Runoff from Livestock Manure

Posted June 10, 2010:

• Collagen Manufactured from Transgenic Tobacco Plants

Posted June 7, 2010:

• A Balanced Protein Diet Can Reduce Accumulation of Nitrogen on Dairy Cattle Farms by Up to 35 Percent
• Discovery Could Aid Development of Elusive Bovine Mastitis Vaccine

Posted June 2, 2010:

• Eyes of Cattle May Become New Windows to Detect Mad Cow Disease

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