Give Edible Insects a Chance as an Alternative High-Quality Protein Source, say Scientists
A variety of insect-based delicacies. It is estimated that 2.5 billion people around the world eat insects as part of their regular diet. Encouraging the eating of insects could have health and climate change benefits. Credit: icipeBy Joyce ChimbiNairobi, May 6 2022 (IPS) Growing up in Samoya Village of Bungoma County in the Western part of Kenya, Elvis Wanjala has fond childhood memories of the rainy season, chasing and catching black-bellied winged termites in the rain. “The termites would also come inside the house, attracted by the light late in the evening. My mother would sun-dry the termites and pan-fry them. We w...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 6, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joyce Chimbi Tags: Africa Biodiversity Climate Action Climate Change Environment Featured Food and Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Food Sustainability Headlines Health Natural Resources Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Burea Source Type: news

Zimbabwe: Marry Chiwenga - When Chickens Come Home to Roost
[New Zimbabwe] Mary Mubaiwa most definitely has the right go to her own preferred destination for medical reasons, be it China - as her estranged husband has - or anywhere else.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 8, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news

What to Know About the Bird Flu Outbreak
More than 15 million chickens and turkeys from infected commercial and backyard flocks in 19 states have been killed, officials said.
Source: NYT Health - April 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Neil Vigdor Tags: Avian Influenza Birds Agriculture and Farming Poultry Chickens Eggs Turkeys Source Type: news

Half a Million Chickens to Be Destroyed in Bird Flu Outbreak
A commercial chicken farm in Nebraska will destroy 570,000 broilers because a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza – better known as bird flu – was discovered in the flock, the Nebraska Department of Agriculture reported.
Source: WebMD Health - March 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Bird flu detected in western Iowa backyard flock
Federal officials say bird flu has been detected in a backyard flock of chickens and ducks in western Iowa
Source: ABC News: Health - March 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Avian Flu Spread in the US Worries Poultry Industry
Though the risk to humans is low, scientists warn that outbreaks among farmed birds increase the potential for the virus to mutate and pose a threat to humans.
Source: NYT Health - February 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Jacobs Tags: Agriculture and Farming Avian Influenza Birds Turkeys Viruses Chickens International Trade and World Market Agriculture Department Source Type: news

Carlisle Castle restores 15th-century carvings thought to be by prison guards
Carvings can be seen more clearly thanks to painstaking removal of sediment and water damageThere are carvings of dolphins, horses, boar, salmon, mermaids, a magnificently endowed leopard, George and the dragon, and a fox preaching to some chickens – a 500-year-old warning not to trust people in authority.The carvings, about 300 of them, atCarlisle Castle are the subject of a restoration project to save them from the elements and allow them to be seen more clearly than they have been for generations.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 30, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Mark Brown North of England correspondent Tags: Heritage Carlisle Culture North of England Art Art and design Archaeology Science UK news Source Type: news

Bird flu outbreak in Israel kills 5,000 cranes and sparks slaughter of half a million chickens
Environment minister calls death of migratory cranes from virus ‘the most serious damage to wildlife in the history of the country’ #birdfluoutbreak #slaughter #environmentminister
Source: Reuters: Health - December 28, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Efficacy of a minimally guided internet treatment for alcohol misuse and emotional problems in young adults: results of a randomized controlled trial - Frohlich JR, Rapinda KK, Schaub MP, Wenger A, Baumgartner C, Johnson EA, O'Connor RM, Vincent N, Blankers M, Ebert DD, Hadjistavropoulos HD, Mackenzie CS, Wardell JD, Augsburger M, Goldberg JO, Keough MT.
Many young adults struggle with comorbid alcohol misuse and emotional problems (i.e., depression and anxiety). However, there is currently a paucity of evidence-based, integrated, accessible treatment options for individuals with these comorbidities. The m...
Source: SafetyLit - December 27, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news

Africa: Swapping Probiotics for Antibiotics Could Be a Game Changer for Chickens and People
[The Conversation Africa] In 1928, microbiologist Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin was hailed as a scientific breakthrough. In the nearly 100 years since then, scientists have discovered numerous other antibiotics that have saved billions of lives.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 3, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Significant postmortem diffusion of ethanol: a case report - Marti V, Augsburger M, Widmer C, Lardi C.
In the realm of forensic pathology, ethanol is one of the most frequently encountered xenobiotics. The determination of ethanol concentration in blood after death is of great interest in forensic settings. It is important to be able to determine the level ...
Source: SafetyLit - October 27, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Factory farms of disease: how industrial chicken production is breeding the next pandemic
At least eight types of bird flu, all of which can kill humans, are circulating around the world ’s factory farms – and they could be worse than Covid-19One day last December, 101,000 chickens at a gigantic farm near the city of Astrakhan in southern Russiastarted to collapse and die. Tests by the state research centre showed that a relatively new strain of lethal avian flu known as H5N8 was circulating, and within days 900,000 birds at the Vladimirskaya plant werehurriedly slaughtered to prevent an epidemic.Avian flu is the world ’s other ongoing pandemic and H5N8 is just one strain that has torn through thousands o...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 18, 2021 Category: Science Authors: John Vidal Tags: Global health Food Bird flu Coronavirus Farming Environment Infectious diseases Medical research Microbiology Science Society World news Wildlife & drink industry Business China Asia Pacific Global development Source Type: news

Could gene editing chickens prevent future pandemics?
Rearing virus-resistant birds could benefit humans too, say scientists, and Covid may have made us more open to the controversial technologyDiseases such as avian flu trigger the culling of millions of birds each year. But that need not be the case for much longer.Vaccines are one preventive strategy employed in some countries, but they do not stop birds from being infected, getting mild versions of the disease and transmitting it to healthy chickens. In fact, this imperfect shield can make things worse, incentivising the virus to mutate to evade the vaccine.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 18, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Natalie Grover Tags: Gene editing Bird flu Environment Health Society Coronavirus Infectious diseases Medical research Science Chicken Food World news Animals Source Type: news

Namibia: Avoiding Tuberculosis in Cattle
[New Era] Tuberculosis (TB) can occur in many animals (cattle, sheep, goats, chickens, pigs, dogs, and wildlife such as lions, baboons and buffaloes), but this article focuses mainly on TB in cattle, which is termed bovine TB. Bovine TB is not only sometimes fatal, but also contagious, and it can spread to other livestock.
Source: AllAfrica News: Tuberculosis - September 7, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Goats, chickens, birds rescued from Jersey City home where pile of dead animals were found
An official at the scene said the tenants could be charged with jail time and a $2,000 fine for each violation.
Source: Reuters: Health - August 20, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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