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Tag Archives: bait
Bovine TB in New Zealand compared to Britain and Ireland
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an infectious disease of cattle (Bos primigenius) caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis. You could follow my ‘tuberculosis’ tag. This disease is zoonotic. That is, M. bovis can infect us as well as cattle. Not very … Continue reading
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Tagged alien species, bacterium, badger, bait, bovine tuberculosis, brushtail possum, disease, disease reservoir, finance, fur, history, human, livestock, mammal, marsupial, mustelid, Mycobacterium bovis, native species, oral vaccination, parental vaccination, pest, research, ruminant, tuberculosis, vaccine, vermin, vertebrate, veterinary, wildlife, zoonosis
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As well as cull, contraceptives lined up for badgers in battle against farm TB
Originally posted on LEARN FROM NATURE:
How many ways shall I ‘not’ kill thee…. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson pledged to eradicate disease from English cattle within 25 years. The Independent reports The government is working on a contraceptive for badgers…
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Tagged bacterium, badger, bait, bovine tuberculosis, breeding, cattle, contraception, disease, disease transmission, livestock, mammal, Mycobacterium bovis, native species, notifiable disease, research, ruminant, shooting, tuberculosis, vertebrate, wildlife, zoonosis
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Attracting or repelling insects
To an insect, some things are tasty and some things are repulsive. Of course that depends on which kind of insect is deciding what to eat. This can be important to us humans, because some insects are pests to us. … Continue reading
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Tagged arthropod, bait, biotechnology, Bt crop, Bt toxin, cockroach, crop, dictyopteran, dipteran, EBf pheromone, evolution, genetic modification, insect, insecticide, lacewing, mint, Monsanto, neuropteran, parasitoid, peppermint, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, pheromone, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, poison, research, wheat
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