News tagged with midges
Scientists create early-warning system to defend rare Jersey cows from continental disease
Scientists from the Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, UK Met Office and the Jersey State Veterinary Service and Jersey Meteorological Department, are working together on an early-warning system to help defend cattle ...
Jan 05, 2010 |
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Midges 'actively spread' bluetongue epidemic
The midges that spread bluetongue, a devastating livestock disease, across Europe in 2006 weren’t ‘passengers’ on the wind but actively transported the disease, Oxford University scientists ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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First known night-flowering orchid discovered
Botanists have discovered the first known species of orchid that flowers at night, London's Kew Gardens announced on Tuesday.
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Ancient midges offer clues to climate variability 10,000 years ago
An analysis of the remains of ancient midges – tiny non-biting insects closely related to mosquitoes – opens a new window on the past with a detailed view of the surprising regional variability that ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Vectors of bluetongue get a name
Scientists of the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITG) have developed a molecular technique to easily and dependably identify the biting midges that spread bluetongue disease. Until know this identification was a ...
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Long-lost Lake Agassiz offers clues to climate change
Not long ago, geologically speaking, a now-vanished lake covered a huge expanse of today's Canadian prairie. As big as Hudson Bay, the lake was fed by melting glaciers as they receded at the end of the last ice age. At its ...
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Oct 05, 2011 |
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Scientists take a step towards developing better vaccines for bluetongue
Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have taken a step towards producing better vaccines against Bluetongue – an important disease of livestock - after successfully ...
Aug 01, 2011 |
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Scientists uncover an unhealthy herds hypothesis
Biologists worldwide subscribe to the healthy herds hypothesis, the idea that predators can keep packs of prey healthy by removing the weak and the sick. This reduces the chance disease will wipe out the whole ...
Jun 23, 2011 |
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Too many relatives ruining your picnic? Be glad the flies don't invite their cousins
When your family members gather at a picnic in your backyard, there may be 10 to 20 people -- maybe more -- enjoying your barbecue.
Apr 18, 2011 |
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Dead midges reveal living conditions of fish
Microscopic remains of dead Phantom midge larvae (Chaoborus spp.) may explain a few hundred years of history of the living conditions of fish, acidification and fish death in Swedish lakes. Researchers at the ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Repellent-treated clothing nearly eliminates tick bites for outdoor workers
(PhysOrg.com) -- A pilot study shows clothes treated with long-lasting insect repellant appear to offer outdoor workers significant protection against tick bites.
Mar 30, 2011 |
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