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Tag Archives: virus
Feature: Protecting the pollinators part 2 – bees and disease
argylesock says… Here’s the second of three articles about pollinators, from the Wellcome Trust blog, which I’m passing on today.
Posted in agriculture, ecology, miniculture
Tagged apiculture, arachnid, arthropod, bacterium, bumblebee, conservation, data, deformed wing virus, dipteran, disease, disease transmission, emerging disease, fungus, habitat loss, honeybee, hoverfly, hymenopteran, insect, insecticide, mite, miticide, Nosema ceranae, parasite, pesticide, pollination, research, scientist, Varroa destructor, Varroa destructor virus-1, vector, virus
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Feature: Protecting the pollinators part 1 – bees and ecology
argylesock says… We need bees and other pollinators. We really, really need them. Here’s the first of three articles about pollinators, from the Wellcome Trust blog, which I’ll pass on today.
Posted in agriculture, ecology, food, miniculture
Tagged apiculture, arachnid, arthropod, beetle, biodiversity, bumblebee, coleopteran, conservation, crop, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, dipteran, disease, ecosystem, habitat loss, honeybee, hoverfly, hymenopteran, insect, mite, pesticide, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, pollination, research, seed, Varroa destructor, virus, wasp, wild bee, wild pollinator
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GMO breakthroughs and fakethroughs
It can be difficult to know who to believe about genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The scientific peer review system is no guarantee of truth, nor are the news media, nor are blogs like this one. Jonathan Latham of the US-based … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, food, knowledge transfer
Tagged academia, bacterial rice leaf blight, bacterium, banana, biofortification, biotechnology, cassava, development, disease resistance, genetic modification, Golden Rice, grain, International Rice Research Institute, knowledge, Monsanto, nutrition, oral vaccination, pathogen, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, politics, research, rice, staple food, sustainable, sweet potato, tuber, vaccine, virus
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A pest aphid which nicotine doesn’t kill
Three of the pesticides called neonics (neonicotinoids) are under a temporary ban here in Europe. It’s because there’s evidence that they kill bees. Of course bee-killing isn’t the reason neonics were used, and still are used in several countries. They’re … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, horticulture
Tagged aphid, arthropod, Europe, evolution, gene, hemipteran, honeybee, hymenopteran, insect, insecticide, insecticide resistance, law, neonicotinoid, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, plant_dicot, research, tobacco, virus, virus transmission, wild bee
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Bees under threat from bumblebee imports
Here in Britain, some market gardeners and amateur gardeners import bumblebees to pollinate crops. Some of them are bringing in bee diseases. Scientists funded by the Natural Environment Research Council say that this may be killing our wild buff-tailed bumblebees … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, horticulture, miniculture
Tagged alien species, apiculture, arthropod, bacterium, bumblebee, disease, disease testing, entomoculture, garden, honeybee, hymenopteran, insect, insecticide, knowledge, law, native species, neonicotinoid, parasite, pathogen, pesticide, pollination, protozoan, research, trade, virus
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Establishing the Cause of Disease
Originally posted on Agriculture Information Bank:
The correct diagnosis of a plant disease and its cause is not always an easy task. In the first instance symptoms may be ill defined which make their association with any organism problematic (Derrick…
Posted in horticulture, human health
Tagged bacterium, disease, fungus, human, livestock, nematode, parasite, pathogen, plant_dicot, plant_monocot, research, technology, virus
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Vaccination is happening against a virus which deforms lambs and calves
The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) is a Government agency here in Britain. It’s part of the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). Among other tasks, VMD approves new veterinary drugs and vaccines. Farming eyes have been on VMD … Continue reading
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Tagged arthropod, cattle, deer, deformity, dipteran, disease, emerging disease, goat, insect, livestock, mammal, midge, ruminant, Schmallenberg virus, sheep, vaccine, vector, vertebrate, veterinary, virus
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Arctic melt spurs global spread of disease
argylesock says… Infectious diseases can devastate people, livestock and wildlife. As climates change, some pathogens and parasites are turning up in places they previously weren’t.
Posted in ecology, human health, weather and climate
Tagged bacterium, climate, disease, emerging disease, history, human, livestock, parasite, sea, temperature, veterinary, virus, wildlife, zoonosis
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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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Paradoxic pandemic: The inexorable spread of hand, foot and mouth disease
argylesock says… Hand, foot and mouth disease isn’t to be confused with foot and mouth disease. This article explains.
Posted in human health
Tagged child, disease, emerging disease, hand foot and mouth disease, human, virus
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