http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. It doesn't seem like a fair fight. In one corner loomed the Thanksgiving table, groaning with poultry, pie and mashed potatoes. http://www.physorg.com/news178554433.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:27:40 EST news178554433 A novel approach to classify the gender of six-week-old turkey poults could save millions of male chicks from being killed shortly after birth, according to Dr. Gerald Steiner from the Dresden University of Technology in Germany and his team. Their use of infrared spectroscopy to determine the gender of young birds shows that it is a fast and accurate method with the potential to be used by the breeding industry to identify and select female eggs for breeding. The pilot studyš has just been published online in Springer's journal Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. http://www.physorg.com/news178216189.html Chemistry Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:40:01 EST news178216189 Globalisation and industrialisation are causing diseases to spread from humans to animals, a study has shown. http://www.physorg.com/news175791661.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:02:14 EST news175791661 (AP) -- David Overbey is no scientist, but he says a person doesn't have to be to see how much the Illinois River has improved in recent years. http://www.physorg.com/news172686674.html Space & Earth Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:40:01 EST news172686674 Uncooked meat products enhanced with food additives may contain high levels of phosphorous and potassium that are not discernable from inspection of food labels, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). This can make it difficult for people to limit dietary phosphorous and potassium that at high levels are harmful to kidney disease patients. http://www.physorg.com/news167589352.html Medicine & Health Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:40:01 EST news167589352 Amid concerns about a pandemic of swine flu, researchers from Nebraska report for the first time that poultry carcasses infected with another threat - the 'bird flu' virus - can remain infectious in municipal landfills for almost 2 years. Their report is scheduled for the June 15 issue of ACS` semi-monthly journal Environmental Science & Technology. http://www.physorg.com/news162666620.html Medicine & Health Wed, 27 May 2009 18:10:40 EST news162666620 (AP) -- At about the time Foghorn Leghorn appeared on the Looney Toons drawing board in 1946, he began disappearing from America's dinner tables. http://www.physorg.com/news159777888.html Biology Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:45:28 EST news159777888 Dwindling federal funding jeopardizes important animal and biomedical research, together with the institutional research programs that focus on them, a group of Michigan State University scientists warn. http://www.physorg.com/news159715972.html Biology Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:33:19 EST news159715972 Chinese officials had confirmed the outbreak of a deadly strain of bird flu among poultry in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, state media reported Sunday, quoting the ministry of agriculture. http://www.physorg.com/news159365820.html Medicine & Health Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:30:48 EST news159365820 (AP) -- Americans didn't suffer more food poisoning last year despite high-profile outbreaks involving peppers, peanut butter and other foods, according to a government report released Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news158504012.html Medicine & Health Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:54:09 EST news158504012 An Egyptian toddler has contracted bird flu, the 62nd recorded case since the first outbreak of the disease in the country in 2006 and the second this week, state-news agency MENA reported on Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news157986197.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:03:45 EST news157986197 Gas gangrene, the notorious infectious disease of two world wars can still be a problem today. Professor Richard Titball of the University of Exeter, told the Society of General Microbiology Meeting at the International Centre, Harrogate today (Monday, 30 March) that Clostridium perfringens, the bacterium responsible for gas gangrene in people, can also cause necrotic enteritis in intensively raised chickens. This frequently fatal disease has significant financial implications for the poultry industry. http://www.physorg.com/news157616403.html Biology Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:20:35 EST news157616403 Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found evidence that houseflies collected near broiler poultry operations may contribute to the dispersion of drug-resistant bacteria and thus increase the potential for human exposure to drug-resistant bacteria. The findings demonstrate another potential link between industrial food animal production and exposures to antibiotic resistant pathogens. Previous studies have linked antibiotic use in poultry production to antibiotic resistant bacteria in farm workers, consumer poultry products and the environment surrounding confined poultry operations, as well as releases from poultry transport. http://www.physorg.com/news156424656.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:18:05 EST news156424656 Hong Kong authorities said Friday that a dead chicken found in the southern Chinese territory had tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus. http://www.physorg.com/news155563386.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:04:58 EST news155563386 (PhysOrg.com) -- Commercial chicken breeds used to produce meat and eggs around the world have lost at least half of the genetic diversity once present among their ancestors, according to a study conducted by an international team of researchers that includes a UC Davis animal scientist. http://www.physorg.com/news154287494.html Biology Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:38:41 EST news154287494 Phosphorus is one of the key nutrients that can cause algal blooms and related water quality problems in lakes, rivers, and estuaries worldwide. Phosphorus entering waters originates from a variety of sources. Agricultural land receiving long term applications of organic by-products such as animal manure is one of the major contributors. Such soils often become enriched with P, leading to elevated P loss through erosion and runoff. Information on the chemical characteristics of P in these soils is essential to improving our understanding of how P behaves in soils and how it is transported in runoff to devise better management practices that protect water quality. http://www.physorg.com/news152975509.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:12:55 EST news152975509 The Delmarva Peninsula, flanking the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay, is home to some 600 million chickens. The resulting poultry manure and some of the chicken house bedding material is usually composted and then spread onto croplands as a fertilizer. http://www.physorg.com/news152374066.html Space & Earth Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:08:15 EST news152374066 Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University associate research scientist Melha Mellata, a member of professor Roy Curtiss' team, is leading a USDA funded project to develop a vaccine against a leading poultry disease called avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC). http://www.physorg.com/news152272719.html Biology Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:02:16 EST news152272719 Omega-6 fatty acids - found in vegetable oils, nuts and seeds - are a beneficial part of a heart-healthy eating plan, according to a science advisory published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. http://www.physorg.com/news152215026.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:58:27 EST news152215026 (PhysOrg.com) -- Material scientists at The University of Manchester are causing a festive flap after developing a way of making Christmas wrapping paper - from TURKEY FEATHERS. http://www.physorg.com/news149189480.html Technology Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:31:20 EST news149189480 Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found evidence of a novel pathway for potential human exposure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria from intensively raised poultry -driving behind the trucks transporting broiler chickens from farm to slaughterhouse. A study by the Hopkins researchers found increased levels of pathogenic bacteria, both susceptible and drug-resistant, on surfaces and in the air inside cars traveling behind trucks that carry broiler chickens. The study is the first to look at exposure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria from the transportation of poultry. The findings are published in the first issue of the Journal of Infection and Public Health. http://www.physorg.com/news146745980.html Medicine & Health Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:46:20 EST news146745980 Planting just three rows of trees around poultry farms can cut nuisance emissions of dust, ammonia, and odors from poultry houses and aid in reducing neighbor complaints, according to scientists from the University of Delaware. http://www.physorg.com/news138454121.html Space & Earth Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:28:41 EST news138454121