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Managing Bacterial Pneumonia in Adult Horses (AAEP 2011)
TheHorse.com
ACVIM, gave attendees an in-depth look at the most effective techniques for diagnosing and managing equine bacterial pneumonia. "Bacterial lower respiratory infections have greater clinical impact than viral infections because of the substantial risk ...

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Popular Science

Cold plasma used to kill bacteria on raw chicken
Gizmag
After treating the poultry for various times ranging up to 180 seconds, the plasma entirely eliminated or substantially reduced low levels of bacteria from both skinless chicken breasts and chicken skin itself. Even bacteria levels on highly ...
Plasma Beams Kill Illness Causing Bacteria on ChickenFood and Drink Digital
Bacteria-Killing Plasma Torches Could Make Raw Food Safer Without Cooking ItGizmodo
Plasma torch found to kill bacteria in raw chickenSmartPlanet.com (blog)
Postnoon -Food Safety News
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Bacteria causes sickness outbreak in Pierre
KSFY
Clostridium perfringens is a bacterium that is sometimes found on raw meat and poultry products. It is also found in many environmental sources and in the intestines of animals and humans. Clostridium perfringens poisoning can occur when large ...
Cause of game illness identifiedDaily Republic

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MIT Submits Application to AOAC for Certification of Test Methods for E. Coli ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In June 2009, MIT announced it was the recipient of the prestigious AOAC RI Certification for the identification of the Listeria bacteria species. Listeria is the bacteria responsible for Listeriosis, a rare but lethal food-borne infection that has a ...

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USA TODAY

Cause of serious bacterial outbreak discovered in Pennsylvania
The State Column
The popularity of raw, unpasteurized milk can be linked to a recent outbreak of campylobacter, a serious bacterial infection, in the US While advocates of less processed foods and “raw foods” gain more interest, this outbreak highlights the potential ...
Raw milk farmers: Cleanliness keeps bacteria at bayDanville News
Pennsylvania dairy linked to bacterial infectionsNewsworks.org (blog)
State: Three York County confirmed cases of raw milk-related infectionsYork Daily Record
Lancaster Newspapers -Z6Mag -USA TODAY
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Mother Nature Network

E. Coli Found Near Antarctica Points To Antibiotic Overuse
Huffington Post
Escherichia coli bacteria, better-known as E. coli, are common in the lower intestines of humans. That means they go everywhere people go -- even Antarctica. Many strains of E. coli are harmless when ingested, but some are deadly -- as seen during last ...
What are superbugs doing in Antarctica?Mother Nature Network (blog)

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Internet Search Results

Bacteria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bacteria (singular: bacterium) are a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a wide range of shapes, ranging ...

bacteria: Definition from Answers.com
Extremely small, relatively simple prokaryotic microorganisms traditionally classified with the fungi as Schizomycetes.

Bacteria - New World Encyclopedia
Bacteria (singular: bacterium) are a group of microscopic, single-celled prokaryotes—that is, organisms characterized by a lack of a nucleus or any other membrane ...

Resistant bacteria found in US pork products | abc7.com
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Researchers have found higher-than-expected levels of deadly bacteria in what is considered the largest sampling of raw retail meat products in ...

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found in 37 U.S. States - Yahoo! News
Half a world away, doctors in India are fighting outbreaks of bacterial infections that are resistant to more than 15 types of antibiotics. But closer to home, a ...

Playboy Mansion bacteria points to Legionnaires’ disease ...
Los Angeles County public health officials have identified Legionella bacteria, which causes Legionnaires’ disease, at a water source at the Playboy ...

Bacteria
What are Bacteria? Bacteria are microscopic organisms whose single cells have neither a membrane-enclosed nucleus nor other membrane-enclosed organelles like ...

Scientists create living LED screens out of glowing bacteria ...
... contains about 2.5 million cells -- or 500 colonies -- of E. coli bacteria ... Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Los Angeles Times, 202 West 1st Street, Los ...

bacteria Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...
Get information, facts, and pictures about bacteria at Encyclopedia.com. Make research projects and school reports about bacteria easy with credible articles from our ...

bacteria -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
bacteria, any of a group of microscopic single-celled organisms that live in enormous numbers in almost every environment on the surface of Earth, from deep-sea vents ...