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Beltsville swine
Beltsville swine two breeds of swine developed at the agricultural research center of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Md. The breeds are designated Beltsville No. 1 and Beltsville No. 2. Beltsville No. 1 was developed by crossing Danish Landrace and Poland China swine. It is black in color with uniformly distributed white markings. Beltsville No. 2 was developed from crosses using Danish Yorkshire, Duroc, Landrace, and Hampshire breeds. Its color is solid red with a white underline and occasional black spotting; its length is about the same as that of a Yorkshire.
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Swine educators strategize about future education programs
Magazine article from: DVM; 7/1/2003; ; 643 words
; LAFAYETTE, IND.-Swine educators are mobilizing to identify collaborative projects...to attract and retain faculty and students interested in swine medicine. The Purdue University Swine Educator Conference in late May was the first attempt at...
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Swine flu name change? Flu genes spell pig
News Wire article from: AP Online; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...and now the World Health Organization are taking the swine out of swine flu, the experts who track the genetic heritage of...porcine and its parents are pig viruses, it smells like swine flu to them. Six of the eight genetic segments of this...
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 "South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)")
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SWINE FLU - MUM IS FIRST VICTIM; 55-year-old believed to have died after going ill with virus.
Newspaper article from: South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); 8/21/2009; 700+ words
; ...believed to have died after contracting the swine flu virus. The Echo understands that the...weekend. Her death has been linked to swine flu but the Echo understands the virus...circumstances surrounding Wales' first swine flu-related death. It emerged yesterday...
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Swine workers and swine influenza virus infections.(RESEARCH)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...adjustment was used, upon enrollment, swine-exposed participants (odds ratio [OR...increased odds of elevated antibody level to swine influenza (H1N1) virus compared with...personnel. Further evidence of occupational swine influenza virus infections was observed...
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Feral swine issues concern regulators.(News)
Magazine article from: Feedstuffs; 8/27/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Feral hogs account for about two-thirds of all swine in Texas. * Transitional swine operations may have interactions with feral hogs...or straw to protect themselves against the wolf. Swine producers now work with pen design, housing construction...
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Swine flu: 10 things you need to know
Newspaper article from: The Arab American News; 9/5/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...it first emerged in April, the global swine flu epidemic has sickened more than 1 million...percent to half the population could catch swine flu during the course of this pandemic...flusavvy. 1 . No cause for panic. So far, swine flu isn't much more threatening than...
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Swine Activity Alters Invertebrate and Microbial Communities in a Coastal Plain Watershed
Magazine article from: The American Midland Naturalist; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT.- Swine (Sus scrofa Linnaeus) are an invasive...as a potential problem. The effects of swine on aquatic organisms remain poorly documented...unmanaged population of feral and free ranging swine upon aquatic habitat, invertebrates and...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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SWINE FLU IN WALES; Everything you need to know about the virus as sickness toll rises.
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 7/17/2009; 700+ words
; QWhat is swine flu? A Swine flu is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza viruses. Outbreaks of swine flu happen regularly in pigs. People do not normally get swine influenza...
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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SWINE FLU MAY BE DEADLY THIS WINTER MORE VIRULENT THAN REGULAR FLU, UW RESEARCH SAYS.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 7/14/2009; 700+ words
; ...dwahlberg@madison.com 608-252-6125 Swine flu is more dangerous than regular flu...UW-Madison research suggests. The swine flu virus, also known as H1N1, infects...Kawaoka found. That could explain why swine flu has caused serious cases of viral pneumonia...
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Swine DVMs out-earn colleagues, study shows
Magazine article from: DVM; 8/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...CHICAGO -Veterinarians concentrating in swine medicine gross nearly $110,000 annually...all veterinary medical sectors. But as swine veterinarians reportedly enjoy robust practice...Considering there are roughly 1,200 swine practitioners in the United States and...
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Swine Fever
Book article from: World of Microbiology and Immunology
Swine fever Swine fever is a viral disease that afflicts swine. The disease is also known as hog cholera. A related form of the disease is called African swine fever. The virus that causes swine fever is a member of the family Flaviviridae and...
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swine
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
swine name for any of the cloven-hoofed mammals...family Suidae, native to the Old World. A swine has a rather long, mobile snout, a heavy...bristly hide, and a small tail. The name swine is applied mainly to domestic animals, which...
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The Swine Flu Scare
Book article from: American Decades
THE SWINE FLU SCARE Fears of a Major Pandemic When in February 1976 swine flu was first identified as the agent responsible for...there was ample cause for concern. Hsw 1 N 1, the swine flu virus, was the cause of the pandemic of 1918...
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Pearls Before Swine
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Pearls Before Swine Rock group For the Record … A...counterculture of the 1960s, Pearls Before Swine offered some of the most poetic and surreal...make social statements, Pearls Before Swine used poetry and metaphor to weave multiple...
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Spotted swine
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Spotted swine breed that is predominantly black with many white spots. Except for its additional white coloring, it is much like the Poland China swine , which together with Gloucester Old Spot hogs forms the foundation stock of Spotted swine.
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