Spending to Death: Wasteful Government Spending, Transparency Failures, and the Secretive World of Federal Dog Experiments [PDF]
"The Government Accountability Office has stated, "For decades…the public has been concerned that dogs and cats used in research could be treated inhumanely…"Indeed, in 1966, the U.S.
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Plants, like humans, have a microbiome that helps them grow, defend themselves against pathogens, acquire nutrients, and protect themselves against environmental stresses. The microbiome of tomatoes, a staple crop grown worldwide, could be utilized not only to reduce fertilizer and pesticide applications, but also to clean up harmful pollutants ...
Sean Lindert +3 more
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The role of Russian and Soviet scientists in the development of anthrax vaccines
In Russia in the second half of the XIX century research schools, developing anthrax vaccines for agriculture were formed. Their level was highly competitive with the Western analogues.
M. V. Supotnitskiy +5 more
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Estimation of Demand and Supply Balance of Livestock Feed in Haru District, Western Ethiopia
The feed supply showed a deficit (negative balance) of 43.6% and 30% DM, 66.1% and 61.2% DCP and 27.7% and 7.3% ME in ML and LL AEZs, respectively. ABSTRACT Background Ethiopia has the largest livestock population in Africa, making livestock crucial for food security and rural livelihoods in the country.
Tamene Bayissa +2 more
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Evaluation of Anthrax Morbidity Rate in 2012, Prognosis for 2013
Evaluated are epidemiological and epizootiological situations on anthrax in the Russian Federation and around the world in 2012. Displayed is the morbidity rate prognosis for 2013.
E. I. Eremenko +9 more
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Macaque models of human infectious disease. [PDF]
Macaques have served as models for more than 70 human infectious diseases of diverse etiologies, including a multitude of agents-bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, prions.
Abe +330 more
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A Chemically Synthesized Capture Agent Enables the Selective, Sensitive, and Robust Electrochemical Detection of Anthrax Protective Antigen [PDF]
We report on a robust and sensitive approach for detecting protective antigen (PA) exotoxin from Bacillus anthracis in complex media. A peptide-based capture agent against PA was developed by improving a bacteria display-developed peptide into a highly selective biligand through in situ click screening against a large, chemically synthesized peptide ...
Farrow, Blake +10 more
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Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930
The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
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A case of anthrax in wild elephant from the Western Ghats region of Kerala, India
A case of anthrax where peripheral blood smear examination failed to detect the organism whereas, heart blood smear revealed the causative agent was reported in a wild elephant from Wayanad district of Kerala.
P.M. Priya +3 more
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Anthrax outbreak: exploring its biological agents and public health implications
The (re)emergence of several infectious zoonoses underlines the need for the re-evaluation of the transmission patterns and key players responsible for effective inter-species transfer of diseases. Anthrax is caused by Bacillus anthracis, a zoonotic rod-shaped, Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium that is highly fatal to both human and animal ...
Seto C. Ogunleye +10 more
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