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Taking appropriate protective measures during pandemics
11+ hour, 48+ min ago (167+ words) EurekAlert! A new model determines the optimal strength of containment measures for infectious diseases, taking into account the costs of both the disease and containment. Credit: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) - Optimal containment measures exhibit a clear…...
A man sits at a table with a laptop computer while a bright light shines on an egg
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (53+ words) (IMAGE) EurekAlert! Md. Wadud Ahmed, doctoral student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, collects hyperspectral images of eggs. More on this News Release Illinois researchers determine chick sex, mortality in chicken eggs before hatching...
Illinois researchers determine chick sex, mortality in chicken eggs before hatching
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (628+ words) image: Md. Wadud Ahmed, doctoral student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, collects hyperspectral images of eggs. view more Credit: College of ACES URBANA, Ill. – Eggs and poultry provide important sources of protein globally, driving a major industry with large economic impacts....
Bird flu risk to Danish cattle – new tool can warn farmers before infection spreads
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (448+ words) Bird flu can infect both cows and humans. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a tool that can predict where and when the risk of infection is highest. The outbreaks in the U.S. raise the question of whether Denmark…...
Bird flu rampant among black vultures
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (659+ words) Researchers say tens of thousands of the birds have likely contracted or died from the virus More than four out of every five dead black vultures examined by University of Georgia researchers tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, according…...
How chickens could contribute to the re-creation of extinct species
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (552+ words) image: Dominic Wright, professor of genetics at Linköping University. view more Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, are mapping the genetic differences between the domestic chicken and its wild relative the junglefowl. They will now try to find out whether it…...
Duke-NUS scientists identify more effective way to detect poultry viruses in live markets
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (444+ words) Testing air and surfaces can detect dangerous viruses earlier and more comprehensively than testing birds alone image: Air samples being collected from the holding area of a market where birds are housed before processing. view more Live poultry markets are…...
Without campus leftovers to pick through, the beaks of this bird changed shape during the pandemic
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (428+ words) Urban junco bills at UCLA became more like mountain junco bills “We have this idea of evolution as slow, because in general, over evolutionary time, it is slow,” said corresponding author and UCLA professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Pamela…...
Antimicrobial peptides can reduce salmonella in chickens
9+ mon, 5+ day ago (127+ words) A new study found that antimicrobial peptides can combat Salmonella infections in chickens, a major cause of foodborne disease in the U.S. - Antimicrobial resistance is a growing global threat to public health, and finding alternatives to antibiotics can help combat increasing…...
Poultry growers: Have you checked your water lines lately?
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (678+ words) Study shows impact water quality can have on biofilm bacterial makeup image: A broiler chicken sips water from a water line in a poultry growing house. A study by researchers with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station and the Mississippi Agricultural…...