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Tag Archives: foot and mouth disease
Australian crops with or without genetic modification
Steve Marsh is a Western Australian farmer who sued his neighbour Michael Baxter for ‘reckless’ harvesting of GM (genetically modified, genetically engineered) canola (oilseed rape, rapeseed, Brassica napus). Some GM canola seeds ended up on Mr Marsh’s land. Mr Marsh … Continue reading
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Tagged arthropod, Asia, biotechnology, brassica, Bt crop, canola, cotton, crop, disease, escaping transgene, farmer, fire, foot and mouth disease, genetic modification, glyphosate, herbicide, insect, insecticide, law, Marsh_Steve, Monsanto, oilseed, organic, pest, plant_dicot, potato blight, rapeseed, Roundup, Roundup Ready crop, seed, weed
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The badger cull – what we know and what we don’t know
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an infectious disease of cattle (Bos primigenius) caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis. You could follow my ‘tuberculosis’ tag. Other animals can get bTB too. In Britain, some people think the native badger (Meles meles) is … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, knowledge transfer
Tagged alien species, bacterium, badger, biosecurity, brushtail possum, cattle, data, deer, disease, farmer, foot and mouth disease, fox, history, knowledge, livestock, mammal, marsupial, mouse, mustelid, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, native species, poison, polecat, politics, research, reservoir, rodent, ruminant, shooting, shrew, squirrel, stoat, tuberculosis, vertebrate, vole, wildlife
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Bovine TB in Ireland and how it compares to that in the UK
Here’s a website about bovine tuberculosis (bTB). The unnamed author says, ‘My motivation comes from wanting to create a web site which informs rather than one which tries to influence opinion. As such I try not to hold back any … Continue reading
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Tagged bacterium, badger, bovine tuberculosis, cattle, disease, disease reservoir, disease transmission, farmer, foot and mouth disease, history, livestock, mammal, mustelid, Mycobacterium bovis, notifiable disease, politics, ruminant, shooting, transport, tuberculosis, vertebrate, wildlife
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Vaccines for livestock and people
Peter Border and Daniel Amund at the UK Houses of Parliament have published a briefing sheet about livestock vaccines. These authors explain the different kinds of vaccine. They put the story of a new vaccine against foot and mouth disease … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, human health
Tagged child, disease, doctor, foot and mouth disease, livestock, measles, research, vaccine, veterinary
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New vaccine against foot and mouth disease
Here’s an article from Understanding Animal Research (UAR) about a new vaccine against foot and mouth disease (FMD). FMD is a highly infectious disease of cloven-hoofed animals, caused by the virus Aphthae epizooticae. It’s not to be confused with hand, … Continue reading
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Tagged cattle, disease, export, foot and mouth disease, hand foot and mouth disease, history, human, law, livestock, mammal, notifiable disease, pig, research, ruminant, sheep, trade, vaccine, vertebrate, virus
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Schmallenberg virus is killing lambs and calves but a vaccine is coming
Today my fellow blogger nahrvalur reminded me about Schmallenberg virus (SBV). That emerging disease which is carried by midges and which deforms lambs, kids, calves and fawns. I hadn’t forgotten SBV, with farmers in my family-in-law, but this year their … Continue reading
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Tagged arthropod, breeding, cattle, data, deer, dipteran, disease, emerging disease, farmer, foot and mouth disease, history, insect, invertebrate, livestock, mammal, midge, research, ruminant, Schmallenberg virus, scrapie, sheep, vaccine, vector, vertebrate, veterinary, virus
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From foot and mouth disease to a crucial biotechnology tool
Ever wondered how taxpayers’ money is used to support science? If you’re a biologist in Britain, you’ll know all about the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). A set of great BBSRC-funded achievments led from foot and mouth disease … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, biotechnology, disease, finance, foot and mouth disease, laboratory, notifiable disease, protein, research, virus, zoonosis
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Foot and mouth disease
Here in Britain we’ll never forget how ten million animals were slaughtered when foot and mouth disease (FMD) spread through sheep, cattle, goats and pigs in 2001-2. We saw horrifying images of mass pyres burning the carcases. The disease broke … Continue reading
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Tagged cattle, disease, foot and mouth disease, goat, livestock, mammal, notifiable disease, pig, ruminant, sheep, slaughter, vertebrate
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