Along the way, the methane is broken down by the methane-eating bacteria. It was the first full-scale test of a biofilter's ability to reduce methane emissions from a pig herd, and the results ...

Historical changes in pig farming led to the global spread of Salmonella, resistant to antibiotics. That was the outcome of a ...

It is commonly accepted that insects could possibly be a mechanical vector for transferring pathogens. Especially now larvae ...

Federal prosecutors are pursuing a former Michigan State University employee suspected of faking the theft of a dangerous mutant strain of pig bacteria last fall as a ruse to hide the alleged misuse ...

coli to bioluminescence when they encounter the compound heme, an indicator of bleeding, in the guts of pigs. Packaged within a capsule 1.5 inches in length, the bacteria and electronics alerted the ...

A Texas A&M Veterinary Education, Research, & Outreach (VERO) program-led research team is studying whether artificial ...

A family are ‘distraught’ after two guinea pigs bought at Pets at Home died within a week ‘with Strep symptoms’. Sam Mesher and daughters Ava, 4, and Mia, 11, saw their pet Coco die after having her ...

This is a bacteria which can cause a range of illnesses in animals and people. It can cause guinea pigs to catch pneumonia and could cause them to die suddenly without showing any symptoms.

Probiotics on the other hand are good bacteria that are beneficial to an animal's bodily and health functions. "In this project we are determining which probiotics would work in pigs (to combat ...

Infection by way of bacterial embolic showering from a primary source elsewhere in the body is another potential cause. In addition, any debilitating illness that causes the guinea pig to remain ...

A research team is studying whether artificial intelligence (AI) could play a supportive role in the evaluation of respiratory disease in pigs.