Health
Setback for EU deal on hormone-disrupting chemicals
The EU's efforts to regulate chemicals which can potentially disrupt the body's hormones suffered a setback on Wednesday when MEPs blocked a key proposal.
Oct 4, 2017
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News tagged with farm animals
Health
High levels of antibiotic-resistance in Indian poultry farming raises concerns
A new study from India raises questions about the dangers to human health of farming chicken with growth-promoting antibiotics—including some of the same drugs used in raising millions of chickens in the United States and ...
Jul 20, 2017
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Immunology
How cats and cows protect farm children from asthma
It is a known fact that microbes on farms protect children from asthma and allergies. But even non-microbial molecules can have a protective effect: Immunologists from the University of Zurich have shown that a sialic acid ...
Jul 6, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Minnesota lifts final remaining bird flu quarantines
Minnesota has lifted the last remaining quarantines on poultry farms that were infected with a deadly form of bird flu, officials announced Tuesday, marking a milestone in the state's recovery from an outbreak that cost its ...
Dec 15, 2015
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Pediatrics
Pediatricians' group urges cuts in antibiotic use in livestock
(HealthDay)—Overuse of antibiotics in farm animals poses a real health risk to children, the American Academy of Pediatrics warns in a new report.
Nov 16, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Humans carry more antibiotic-resistant bacteria than animals they work with
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a concern for the health and well-being of both humans and farm animals. One of the most common and costly diseases faced by the dairy industry is bovine mastitis, a potentially fatal bacterial ...
Aug 24, 2015
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Genetics
Sequencing the hookworm: Ancylostoma ceylanicum genome provides potential new drug, vaccine targets
In an advance that may potentially lead to new treatments for parasitic hookworms, scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Cornell University have sequenced the genome of the hookworm, Ancylostoma ...
Mar 2, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
S. Korea orders lockdown to fight animal disease
South Korea on Thursday announced a 36-hour lockdown over the weekend on poultry and livestock farms across the country to curb the spread of two highly contagious animal diseases—foot and mouth and bird flu.
Jan 15, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
S. Korea reports fresh foot-and-mouth case
South Korea said Thursday it had confirmed a fresh case of foot-and-mouth disease in a pig farm, nearly four months after the last case was reported.
Dec 4, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
MRSA bugs linked to livestock are found in hospitals, study finds
Some MRSA bugs in UK hospitals can be traced back to a type of bacteria found in farm animals, a study suggests.
Nov 3, 2014
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