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Climate change is spreading Lyme disease
2016-07-07 10:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Week: Nymphs questing through the forest. The phrase conjures up images of a scene from Game of Thrones. But encountering a real nymph on its quest offers a potentially harmful brush with climate change. Immature deer ticks are called questing nymphs. They now inhabit a wide swath of North American forests, but they didn't always. During early summer, their quest is for blood. The season now starts earlier and lasts longer than it did in the past, which is good for the ticks. But it's bad for humans,...
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Amid drought, mystery disease kills Zimbabwe's baobabs
2016-07-04 05:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A black baobab tree stands forlornly on the side of a highway in Chimanimani district, in the east of Zimbabwe. The tree is one of many in this region afflicted by a mysterious disease, which turns the baobabs black before they lose their branches and die. The giant trees, which dwarf their more common acacia and mopani neighbours in this dry part of the country, have long been revered as a way to survive drought. Families cook and eat the leaves as a vegetable. The fruits can been eaten raw...
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PM2.5 linked to increased rates of kidney disease in China
2016-07-01 12:56:03| Green Car Congress
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Are three recent viruses emerging hog disease threats?
2016-06-30 20:31:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Swine Health Information Center Veterinarians report growing pigs presenting symptoms that range from mild muscle tremors with mental alertness to lethargy and ataxia, with the most extreme cases progressing to paralysis and death. read more
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Update on Swine Enteric Coronavirus Disease in US
2016-06-22 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The number of pig farm samples that were confirmed positive for porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV) in the last week was three. There were no premises confirmed with having porcine delta coronavirus (PDCoV) and one with the dual infection (PEDV and PDCoV), in the 16 June 2016 report.
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