According to the Centers for Disease Control, a canine influenza A H3N2 virus was responsible for an outbreak of dog flu reported in the Chicago area in 2015 that has since spread across 25 states. Te...
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According to the Centers for Disease Control, a canine influenza A H3N2 virus caused an outbreak of dog flu reported in the Chicago area in 2015 that has since spread across 25 states. Research by the...
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Cranberries are Wisconsin’s number one fruit crop, grown on 21,000 acres across 20 counties. Wisconsin provides nearly 60 percent of the U.S. supply, and significant growth in demand is expected to ...
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Enabling students to understand the connection between organismal phenotype and the underlying, DNA sequence-based genotype remains the holy grail of genetics education. As continuing advances in DNA ...
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Nitrogen in the livestock diet arises primarily from crude protein (CP) in feed. While needed for proper health and milk production, too much nitrogen in the diet causes high levels to be excreted int...
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Assessing new varieties of maize and other crops is time-consuming and costly. Researchers must count and weigh kernels from hundreds of ears of corn to measure yield characteristics such as kernel nu...
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Growers of red skin potatoes continue to search for a variety that retains skin structure and color for several months at 38 degrees Fahrenheit. Dark Red Norland, the standard variety at present, does...
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Growers of red skin potatoes continue to search for a variety that retains skin structure and color for several months at 38 degrees Fahrenheit. Dark Red Norland, the standard variety at present, does...
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Russet Burbank, at present the most widely grown russet potato for French fry production in the U.S., is susceptible to cold-induced sweetening (i.e., longer cold storage times result in a darker colo...
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Warfarin is a “first-generation” anticoagulant that has been widely used as a multiple feeding rodenticide for more than 60 years. The prolonged use of warfarin as a rodenticide has, according to ...
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Reproductive performance in high-producing dairy cows is declining.  The decrease in fertility and early embryonic survival rate is a worldwide problem.  It likely is caused by several factors, incl...
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The lignin in corn stalks makes it difficult to process for biomass and harder for animals to digest. Levels are especially high in the tough outer ‘rind’ and vascular bundles of the stem.For this...
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In animals, plants and other eukaryotic organisms, typically one protein is translated from each mRNA. Usually, translation can start only at one end of the mRNA strand. In contrast, several viruses ...
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Bovine mastitis is a persistent inflammation of the udder usually caused by bacterial infections. It can be spread through contact with contaminated milking equipment or other materials. The only trea...
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More than 18 million adults and children in the United States suffer from dysphagia (swallowing disorder). A host of very different medical conditions can lead to dysphagia, including Alzheimer’s di...
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Microsporum canis is a skin fungal pathogen that causes dermatophytosis (ringworm) most commonly in cats and dogs. Dermatophytosis clinical trials are lengthy and complicated because the nature of the...
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Torulaspora delbrueckii and Hanseniaspora uvarum yeast strains have long been associated with industrial and natural fermentation processes, including beer and wine productio...
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A heat-stressed cow exhibits problematic behaviors like standing, panting, thirst and diminished appetite. These reactions cause serious side effects: the cow will produce much less milk, become less ...
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Plant development is marked by three phases: juvenile, adult vegetative and flowering. The timing between phases is known to impact traits like yield, productivity and tissue digestibility. However, t...
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Oats (Avena sativa) are an enormously popular cereal grain worldwide. As recently as 2009, Wisconsin led all other states in production, with more than 13 million bushels.Oats are marketed as ‘heart...
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Teosinte is a wild relative of maize that is native to Mexico and unable to grow in the United States. Although closely related, teosinte does not interbreed naturally with cultivated corn.UW–Madiso...
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Commercial cattle breeding constantly strives to improve efficiency. One relevant issue is ‘twinning,’ when multiple calves are birthed at once. Twinning is undesirable in the dairy cattle sector ...
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The average American eats five to six pounds of potato chips each year. Wisconsin is the nation's third largest producer of potatoes, growing nearly 29.0 million hundredweight in 2009. Needed ar...
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The mucosal layer of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract acts as a physical and chemical barrier against food, environmental antigens and resident bacteria. Many factors interact and affect the barrier, i...
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Beer can be divided into two broad categories: ales and lagers. Ales have been brewed for thousands of years. They are warm fermented (up to 80° F) for as little as three weeks using top-fermenting y...
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