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Stuffing the turkey and other Thanksgiving food-safety mistakes

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- What would a Thanksgiving turkey be without its stuffing, and what better place for that stuffing than inside the turkey? Despite the tradition involved, a food-safety specialist in Penn State's College of ...


Probing Question: What is a heritage turkey?

Probing Question: What is a heritage turkey?

Biology / Other

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Over 45 million turkeys are eaten by Americans each Thanksgiving, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Hunters provide some -- last autumn, about 24,000 wild turkeys were harvested ...


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Modern Turkey: Modern Miracle

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many of us will sit down with our families to a wonderful turkey dinner this Thanksgiving. But statistics increasingly show that Americans consider turkey a year-round staple.


Chile ditches 90K turkey eggs in swine flu measure

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Chilean authorities say they have destroyed 90,000 turkey eggs since swine flu was detected in the birds two weeks ago.


Swine flu detected in Chilean turkeys: vets

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created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An outbreak of swine flu has been detected in two turkey farms in Chile, government veterinary services in the country said.


Archaeologists find cache of tablets in 2,700-year old Turkish temple

Archaeologists find cache of tablets in 2,700-year old Turkish temple

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Excavations led by a University of Toronto archaeologist at the site of a recently discovered temple in southeastern Turkey have uncovered a cache of cuneiform tablets dating back to the Iron ...


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Christmas turkeys to improve their health, thanks to Manchester scientists

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created Dec 19, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Manchester researchers are investigating the breathing mechanics of birds to help farmers breed fit, healthy turkeys with bigger, juicier breast meat.