Category: Animals
Taking America’s rarest snake back to the woods
Biologists have released seven young Louisiana pine snakes on a restored longleaf pine stand in the Kisatchie National Forest in Louisiana. The release is the fourth in two years, part of a plan to restore a very rare snake to its range in Louisiana.
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Taking America’s rarest snake back to the woods
:Mystery of the domestication of the horse solved Competing theories reconciled
New research indicates that domestic horses originated in the steppes of modern-day Ukraine, southwest Russia and west Kazakhstan, mixing with local wild stocks as they spread throughout Europe and Asia.
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:Mystery of the domestication of the horse solved Competing theories reconciled
Orangutans host ancient jumping genes
Modern-day orangutans are host to ancient jumping genes called Alu, which are more than 16 million years old. The study was done in collaboration with the Zoological Society of San Diego and the Institute of Systems Biology in Seattle and is featured in the new open access journal Mobile DNA.
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Orangutans host ancient jumping genes
Slaughtering animals without prior stunning should be curbed, if not banned, professor urges
The slaughter of animals for commercial meat supply without stunning them first should at the very least be curbed, if not banned, concludes a former president of the British Veterinary Association in an opinion piece in this week’s Veterinary Record.
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Slaughtering animals without prior stunning should be curbed, if not banned, professor urges
Early spring means more bat girls
A study on bats suggests that bats produce twice as many female babies as male ones in years when spring comes early.
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Early spring means more bat girls
Largest known crocodile could swallow a human
A crocodile large enough to swallow humans once lived in East Africa, according to new research. It may have exceeded 27 feet in length. By comparison, the largest recorded Nile crocodile was less than 21 feet, and most are much smaller.
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Largest known crocodile could swallow a human
Means to detect low-level exposure to seafood toxin in marine animals developed
Scientists have discovered a biological marker in the blood of laboratory zebrafish and marine mammals that shows when they have been repeatedly exposed to low levels of domoic acid, which is potentially toxic at high levels.
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Means to detect low-level exposure to seafood toxin in marine animals developed
What is your dog thinking? Brain scans unleash canine secrets
Researchers have developed a new methodology to scan the brains of alert dogs and explore the minds of the oldest domesticated species. The technique uses harmless functional magnetic resonance imaging, the same tool that is unlocking secrets of the human brain. The brain images of a fully awake, unrestrained dog, thought to be the first, opens up a door for understanding canine cognition and inter-species communication.
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What is your dog thinking? Brain scans unleash canine secrets
Clean animals result in fewer E. coli
Following the E. coli case in Norway in 2006, when 17 people fell ill and one child died after eating mutton sausages, the meat industry introduced a number of measures in order to reduce the risk of food poisoning from meat. Clean animals and good hygiene during slaughtering are essential preconditions for food safety.
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Animal Nutrition That Matters
When it comes to the livestock nutrition Purina really cares about what they create. They understand that many of your pets are a part of your family and whether you plan on keeping the livestock or someday using it to feed your own family it’s imperative that you keep them as healthy as possible. This company takes pride in all of the products that they create which is why they only sell healthy choices.
Providing owners with choices that will help improve animal health and to give them the nutrients they need is something that is high on the list of this particular company. If you value what you feed your animals and only want the best for them then this is the products for you. You won’t have to worry about feeing them anything that will harm them or that will be anything but healthy regardless of what pet or animal it is.
Animal nutrition is important whether it’s an indoor pet such as a cat or dog or the livestock that lives outdoors because in the long run they are all precious and should be treated as such. Choosing a provider that takes pride in their creations and only sells products that will help your animals to grow strong and remain healthy is something that many owners are looking for and here you can have that and more. You will also be rewarded for choosing their products with discounts, rebates and updates on new products as they are released.