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  Lone Star Tick Inhabiting Central and Southern U.S. Is Primary Reason for Meat Induced Alpha-Gal Allergic Reaction, Study Finds

  November 9, 2012 — Meat lovers living in the central and southern regions of the United States might be opting for a vegetarian lifestyle if meat comes with an unwanted side of a life-threatening allergic reaction. ... > full story
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  Beef Cattle to Steak: DNA Analyses May Predict How Beef Will Taste Once It Reaches Our Palate

  November 7, 2012 — DNA analyses may help select the best breeds by predicting how beef will taste once it reaches our ... > full story
• Privacy Issues
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  Privacy Vs. Protection: Study Considers How to Manage Epidemics in Information Blackouts

  November 1, 2012 — When foot-and-mouth disease swept through the British countryside in early 2001, more than 10 million sheep, cattle and pigs were slaughtered to control the disease. Despite the devastation, the ... > full story
• Agriculture and Food
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  Feedlot Prospects Worrisome for U.S. Cattle Industry

  October 30, 2012 — Not only are feedlots paying record prices for feed and essentially record prices for feeder cattle, it has been recognized for quite a while now that the supply of feeder cattle will be increasingly ... > full story
• Soil Types
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  Minimizing Mining Damage With Manure

  October 26, 2012 — New research confirms that the time-tested practice of amending crop soils with manure also can help restore soils on damaged post-mining ... > full story
• Influenza
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  Pigs May Look Healthy but Can Test Positive for Flu at Fairs

  October 24, 2012 — More than 80 percent of pigs that tested positive for influenza A virus at Ohio county fairs between 2009 and 2011 showed no signs of illness in a new study. A second study showed a 99+ percent ... > full story
• Cows, Sheep, Pigs
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  Buffalo Milk Mozzarella or Buffaloed Consumers? New Test Can Provide the Answer

  October 24, 2012 — Those tiny balls of boutique mozzarella cheese with the sticker-shock price tag beckoning from the dairy case -- are they the real deal, mozzarella di Bufala Campana DOP, crafted from the milk of ... > full story
• Food
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  American Academy of Pediatrics Weighs in for First Time on Organic Foods for Children

  October 22, 2012 — To offer guidance to parents -- and the pediatricians caring for their children's health -- the American Academy of Pediatrics has conducted an extensive analysis of scientific evidence surrounding ... > full story
• Veterinary Medicine
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  The Hidden Burden of Bovine Tuberculosis

  October 18, 2012 — Up to 21 percent of herds clearing restrictions for bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) in Great Britain may be harbouring infection, according to a new ... > full story
• Mars
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  Meteorite Delivers Martian Secrets

  October 11, 2012 — A meteorite that landed in the Moroccan desert 14 months ago is providing more information about Mars, the planet where it ... > full story

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