Sentences with phrase «in pig populations»

«What this says is we had better watch what's happening in the pig populations of the world,» says Robert Webster, a virologist at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

The two strains had a common H1N1 - type ancestor, but both have been evolving independently in pig populations, and the minute changes to viral genes that allowed the virus to adapt to a new host were different in each strain.

Not exact matches

The swelling circles represent the amount of human - origin influenza in swine population, «with the viral populations increasing first in Oklahoma and then in Minnesota and Iowa,» as pigs move from the south - central to the Midwest.

• Well - adapted feral populations may thrive: consider dromedaries in Australia, pigs in North America and city pigeons.

In each case, the virus in pigs closely resembled H5N1 from nearby outbreaks in poultry, suggesting it has jumped from the bird to the pig populatioIn each case, the virus in pigs closely resembled H5N1 from nearby outbreaks in poultry, suggesting it has jumped from the bird to the pig populatioin pigs closely resembled H5N1 from nearby outbreaks in poultry, suggesting it has jumped from the bird to the pig populatioin poultry, suggesting it has jumped from the bird to the pig population.

One of the lessons was that there may be a fair amount of cross-protective immunity in the human population to a number of the viruses currently circulating in swine, some of which were introduced into pigs from people in the past.

But while a decade - long slump in tourism has resulted in scant state support for conservation programs, not all the news from the front lines is bad: For instance, managers are making inroads against a particularly nasty invasive plant called miconia, and fences erected around preserves have helped reduce populations of pigs, goats, and other unwanted animals.

We have determined that the virus H1N1 Influenza A found in these pigs is the virus which is being tracked in the human population.

The big cats could return to do the job they once did in Brazil's grassland — hunt a growing population of wild pig relatives, called peccaries, that decimates crop yields

In a study, researchers found that pigs, which have gut bacterial profiles and immune systems similar to humans, also maintain two distinct colonic stem cell populations — ASCL - 2 and BMI - 1.

The researchers then fed the lysozyme - rich milk to young goats and pigs to see if it affected the bacteria population in the animals guts.

The interesting question is why the pigs in central China didn't interbreed with wild boar populations in central China.

All of the New Guinea domestic pigs and those of the islands in the tropical Pacific Ocean carry DNA from those southeast Asian wild boar populations.

This is one of the first population genomics analyses to use high - coverage whole - genome sequencing in pigs, each individual has been sequenced more than 20-fold depth with the genome coverage of 95 %.

The study, published in Heredity, sheds new light on evolutionary aspects of pig species, and particularly on that of the Iberian breed, considered to be representative of original European Mediterranean populations.

The genetic mug shot, described in today's issue of Science, * could help health officials spot a reemergence of the deadly virus and suggests that pig populations — the source of the virus — be closely monitored.

In connection with the environmental problems involved in livestock production, the EU 2010 / 75 / EC Directive, also known as the IED (Industrial Emissions Directive), seeks to regulate all forms of emission into the atmosphere, water and soil coming from intensive livestock farms (farms with a population of over 40,000 hens, 2,000 fattening pigs or 750 sows), and makes the obtaining of comprehensive environmental authorisation compulsorIn connection with the environmental problems involved in livestock production, the EU 2010 / 75 / EC Directive, also known as the IED (Industrial Emissions Directive), seeks to regulate all forms of emission into the atmosphere, water and soil coming from intensive livestock farms (farms with a population of over 40,000 hens, 2,000 fattening pigs or 750 sows), and makes the obtaining of comprehensive environmental authorisation compulsorin livestock production, the EU 2010 / 75 / EC Directive, also known as the IED (Industrial Emissions Directive), seeks to regulate all forms of emission into the atmosphere, water and soil coming from intensive livestock farms (farms with a population of over 40,000 hens, 2,000 fattening pigs or 750 sows), and makes the obtaining of comprehensive environmental authorisation compulsory.

They monitored gut bacterial populations in 10 pigs by searching for bacteria resistant to common drugs in their waste.

We will develop in - house pig models of neonate infants to improve the vaccination of this population.

Scientists developed the method after studying the history of insect populations in Europe and rare pig species in Southeast Asia.

Along with the growing of grains came the domestication of certain animals for use as food, mainly cattle, sheep / goats, pigs and chickens, introducing new foods made from milk into our diets, and subsequently the retention of the lactase gene into adulthood in cattle - raising populations.

The first priority will be given to Namwendwa because it has the highest pig population in the district.

«If we could decrease the percent of pigs in a population that are viremic and if we can decrease the level of that viremia, we will have more profitability in the group and less circovirus - associated diseases.»

While living in her native Michigan in the rural town of Buchanan (population: 4,455), she purchased a small farm with a host of cows, pigs, goats and sheep along with a pony for the kids.

At the daily market in Duong Dong town we encountered our only traffic jam: half the island's population packed into six chaotic blocks, where hundreds of vendors sold suckling pigs, fish just off the boat, and local fruits and vegetables.

The Channel fox population on four islands — Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel, and Santa Catalina — declined dramatically in the 1990s, about a century after settlers first brought pigs to the islands: a move that attracted golden eagles, who found the foxes tasty, as well.

Ongoing monitoring efforts are measuring changes in amphibian and reptile population biology in response to pig removal on Santa Cruz Island, the number of bats occupying important maternity colonies on Santa Cruz, and mouse population dynamics as they relate to changes in fox numbers on San Miguel Island.

The golden eagle replaced the bald eagle and began to feed on feral pigs following the decimation of the local bald eagle population due to DDT exposure in the 1950s — the bald eagle would have deterred the golden eagle from settling on the islands while it subsisted on fish.

The island also supports a large population of feral pigs, which are no doubt responsible for the decline in sightings of pumilus in the wild by Nature Conservancy personnel and others.

Comparing the results of the two studies Eisernberg estimates «the decline in this pig - nosed turtle population to be more than 50 % since 1981... such a decline is likely to be widespread as the species is under similar pressures elsewhere in Papua New Guinea.»

The marmite of the festive dinner table, Brussels sprouts, is only an essential for 41 % of the population, and over two thirds (69 %) of the nation would sacrifice pigs in blankets for other traditional Christmas dinner items.