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Camel gene register may lead to cures

(The National) DUBAI – A new genetic registry for camels could help identify specific traits in the animals and allow more effective breeding. The Central Veterinary Research Laboratory and the Dubai Camel Racing Club have started working on a stock-book for camels to be able easily to discern potential qualities in their genes. It could Read More »

June 7, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Middle East, Agriculture, Policy & Initiatives, and Research
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NWD councillors suspect Govt sabotage over FMD

(Mmegi Online) MAUN: North West District councillors have expressed suspicions that there seem to be a hidden agenda on the part of the government to let Ngamiland become a permanent Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) red zone so that it can eventually turn it into a wildlife region for purposes of tourism like the Chobe Read More »

June 7, 2012
| Filed under Africa, Agriculture, and Policy & Initiatives
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Fate of Kansas Biodefense Lab May Hinge On Two Reports Due This Month

(Global Security Newswire) The findings of two analyses due this month from the National Research Council could determine the fate of a planned high-tech animal disease research laboratory in Kansas, Reuters reported on Sunday. Construction on the $1 billion National Bio and Agro-Defense Center in Manhattan has yet to begin. Budget cutbacks in Washington and Read More »

June 7, 2012
| Filed under North America, Agriculture, and Policy & Initiatives
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Agriculture-development programmes: USDA/FAS delegation visits Punjab to review progress

(Business Recorder) A delegation from the US Department of Agriculture Foreign Agriculture Service (USDA/FAS) visited the Punjab last week as part of a larger visit to the country to assess the progress of USDA’s $49 million worth of agricultural development programmes in Pakistan. The goal of these programmes is to increase agricultural productivity and economic Read More »

June 6, 2012
| Filed under North America, South Asia, Agriculture, International, Policy & Initiatives, and Public Health
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Map issues not holding back GOP hopefuls

(Hutchinson News) Jenkins, local officials, Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and many GOP state legislators would like to keep Manhattan and the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility site in the 2nd District. But one bipartisan legislative proposal — approved by the Senate and rejected by the House — would have expanded Huelskamp’s 1st District of western Read More »