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Animal Diseases

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Mad Cow in California, Confused Cow in Colorado

    The USDA today confirmed a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, a.k.a. mad cow disease, in a dairy cow in central California. According to the USDA, the animal's meat was never intended for human consumption and, to anticipate your next question, mad cow disease isn't transmitted through milk. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    White-Nose Syndrome Confirmed in Missouri Bat Population

    The Missouri Department of Conservation knew it was coming, but now it's official: White-Nose Syndrome has been confirmed in a population of bats in an undisclosed Missouri cave. In 2010, symptoms were spotted on a little brown bat in Pike County, and five gray bats also showed symptoms in a public ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    Zombies Latest Explanation for Colony Collapse Disorder

    ​Everything from pesticides to cell-phone towers has been posited as the cause of colony collapse disorder, which since 2006 has dramatically reduced the population of honeybees, whose pollination is vital to the agricultural system.(Riverfront Times has been following this story from almost the b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Comment of the Day: Hard to Feel for Strip Club Patron Kicked in Mouth

    Today's comment comes from our story about Andrew Deluca, a patron of a Sauget strip club who filed suit after allegedly getting kicked in the face by a performer.Reader "KITTY" has this to say about Mr. Deluca:So Andy has great pain and mental anguish for his escapade at the titty bar. The great p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Scientists Find Likely Cause of Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder [Updated with Dissenting Opinion!]

    Image via​The New York Times reports that scientists from the University of Montana and the U.S. Army have identified the likely cause of colony collapse disorder, which is blamed for destroying as much as 40% of the country's honeybee population since 2006.A fungus tag-teaming with a virus have a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    Campari and Orange Juice, La Dolce Via

    RFT​Most mornings flow by in a river of low-fat milk burbling with whole-grain cereal, as dull and brown as the Mississippi. Practical. Utilitarian. Sensible. Then there's brunch, which encourages you to sleep in with its lackadaisical hours and suggests you have sweets for the main substance ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    No Spelunking for You! Missouri Caves Closed Due to Bat Fungus

    White Nose Syndrome in humans usually involves massive amounts of cocaine, rendering its victims bat-shit crazy.​The Missouri Department of Natural Resources announced yesterday that it is temporarily closing most of the state's 175 caves found in public parks and historic sites. The closure comes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    The Morning Brew: 4.21

    Foot-and-mouth disease is back. Three cows were found with the condition's mouth sores, so Japan has banned the export of beef for three months, according to Forbes. It's the first case of foot-and-mouth reported in Japan in ten years. Jack in the Box has introduced self-service kiosks. Slashfood ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Missouri Deer Wasted, Chronically So

    Mad deers​The Post-Dispatch reports this morning that a deer that died last autumn at a hunting preserve in northern Missouri carried chronic wasting disease. The case is the first confirmed episode of the disease to be found among Missouri's estimated herd of 1.4 million deer. Chronic wasting dis ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 21, 2009

    Saturday's Sunday Punches

    Mad deers​The Post-Dispatch reports this morning that a deer that died last autumn at a hunting preserve in northern Missouri carried chronic wasting disease. The case is the first confirmed episode of the disease to be found among Missouri's estimated herd of 1.4 million deer. Chronic wasting dis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    The Morning Brew: Monday, 6.29

    A Colorado company recalls beef for possible E. coli contamination. (Reuters)Could eating farmed fish put you at risk for mad cow disease? (Reuters)An electronic "nose" can pinpoint a wine's origins down to the barrel. (Daily Telegraph)

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Solve the Case of the Missing (Infected) Horses

    Here's an intriguing burglary from a couple nights ago. Why do YOU think this happened? According to state agriculture authorities, a horse was found infected with a parasite on June 8 at an equine center in Raytown, Missouri (near Kansas City). flickr.com/photos/librarianavengersThe parasite, pirop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    Swine Flu Madness, '70s Style

    Oh, you kids, you think you just discovered the swine flu (or H1N1). Well, wait till you see what they were up to way back in the '70s. Swine Flu PSA - watch more funny videos

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    The Morning Brew: Monday, 5.4

    How the pork lobby fought the name swine flu. (Washington Post)A taste test pits pâté against dog food. (Los Angeles Times)Plastic wine bottles? An Australian company says they leave a smaller carbon footprint than glass. (Reuters)

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    The Morning Brew: Wednesday, 4.29

    The U.S. pork industry really wishes we'd call it something other than swine flu. (New York Times)Canada readies a protest of the new country-of-origin labeling (or COOL) law. (AP)The big business of inventing "new" cuts of beef. (New York Times)

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    The Morning Flu: Tuesday, 4.28

    News of the swine flu -- or, as last night's Daily Show brilliantly dubbed it, Snoutbreak -- is coming fast and furious:Neighbors of a Smithfield Foods factory hog farm in Mexico think it could be the swine flu's ground zero. (AP)Smithfield strongly denies any connection. (Daily Press)The United Nat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    The Morning Brew: Monday, 4.27

    Pork producers want you to know that you can't catch swine flu by eating pig. (AP)Food firms are concentrating ad dollars on cheaper products. (AP)A restaurant tries to pass pork as veal and gets busted. (KVOA)

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Press Releases of the Day: Beware the Possible Swine Flu Pandemic

    via WikipediaThis press release just in from the Red Cross, St. Louis Area Chapter, regarding the Swine Flu outbreak:"Think of this swine flu outbreak like severe weather. If you thought a storm was coming - you would take steps to prepare yourself," said Nicole Holtgrefe, director of preparedness a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 9.2

    via WikipediaThis press release just in from the Red Cross, St. Louis Area Chapter, regarding the Swine Flu outbreak:"Think of this swine flu outbreak like severe weather. If you thought a storm was coming - you would take steps to prepare yourself," said Nicole Holtgrefe, director of preparedness a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2007

    Fear & Swine

    via WikipediaThis press release just in from the Red Cross, St. Louis Area Chapter, regarding the Swine Flu outbreak:"Think of this swine flu outbreak like severe weather. If you thought a storm was coming - you would take steps to prepare yourself," said Nicole Holtgrefe, director of preparedness a ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2004

    Eat Me

    The only thing keeping the Japanese from buying the Midwest's finest beef is the USDA

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