Zoo workers try to slow spread of fungus
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Milwaukee County Zoo workers are trying to help scientists slow the spread of a fungus that has killed millions of frogs and expunged species.
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Scientists are perfecting a technique which they hope will improve detection of mad cow disease (vCJD).
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Denver Zoo is taking steps to prevent a possible outbreak of plague after a monkey dies of the disease.
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A Thai zoo workers sprays disinfect chemical as tigers look on at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Chonburi province, southeast of Bangkok, Thailand, after the zoo was ordered to close down Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2004.
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A badger cull is proposed as part of the fight against bovine TB, but animal group are opposing the move.
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A badger cull is proposed as part of the fight against bovine TB, but animal groups are opposing the move.
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Scientists find what appears to be a cure for the disease that is wiping out many of the world's frog species.
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BATON ROUGE, La. Nov 10, 2004 - The first US cases of the fungus soybean rust, which hinders plant growth and drastically cuts crop production, were found at two research sites in Louisiana, officials said Wednesday.
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VANCOUVER - A fungus usually found in tropical climates has been linked to the deaths of at least three people on Vancouver Island, raising concerns that climate change may be responsible.
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Petting zoos and their  customers need to pay more attention to hygiene in order to  prevent animal-transmitted infections, a Canadian study  suggests.
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A petting zoo at the state fair was the likely source of harmful bacteria that caused 15 children to contract a life-threatening kidney ailment this fall, state health officials said Thursday.
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Officials were investigating the cause of a deadly bird flu outbreak on a farm in Suffolk on Monday as workers culled thousands of turkeys to prevent the virus from spreading.
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Can wearing a face mask and regularly cleaning hands stop the spread of deadly bird flu? Students at the University of Michigan started a living experiment on Tuesday to find out.
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An anthrax outbreak has killed 194 hippos in western Uganda, wildlife officials said Tuesday, and scientists are struggling to develop a way to quickly diagnose and contain the disease.
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Heightened fears that potentially devastating livestock disease is spreading.
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CHICAGO - "Animal Grossology," the new exhibition at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, could easily have been a lot grosser.
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CHICAGO Elephants and employees at Lincoln Park Zoo are being tested for tuberculosis after an elephant died over the weekend. Zoo officials say the 35-year-old female African elephant that collapsed and died Saturday mostly likely had tuberculosis.