Tag: Animal sciences
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Posted on June 12, 2018
A precise hope: CALS scientists are developing a model for “precision medicine” for patients living with the rare disease called NF1
Mason Konsitzke is 7. He loves food (especially when he can share it with others) and anything military (both of his grandfathers served). He likes to […]
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Posted on May 25, 2018
Ready, set, grill – Audio
/RSS FeedJeff Sindelar, UW-Extension meats specialist Department of Animal Sciences UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences jsindelar@wisc.edu (608) 262-0555 3:00 – Total time 0:10 – […]
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Posted on April 24, 2018
The method maker: Gerry Weiss recounts a lifetime of innovation and collaboration with CALS and UW Cooperative Extension
Gerry Weiss BS’67 admits he knew nothing about the steep-valleyed fields of southwestern Wisconsin when, back in 1975, he bought 350 acres in Grant County and […]
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Posted on January 2, 2018
Beyond antibiotics: How slumping performance is spurring treatment innovations
Since the beginning of their widespread adoption in the 1940s, antibiotics — the antimicrobial drugs we use to treat bacterial infections — have saved millions […]
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Posted on October 17, 2017
Fish respond to predator attack by doubling growth rate
Scientists have known for years that when some fish sense predators eating members of their species, they try to depart the scene of the crime […]
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Posted on October 13, 2017
Conservation, collaboration, creativity: Grant County farmer charts own path, with a little help from scientist colleagues
You never know where a conversation with Gerry Weiss will drive you. Today, it’s swerved toward fence-line weaning. Whatever that may be. Once explained, however, […]
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Posted on September 11, 2017
Noted educator, scientist and entrepreneur Mark Cook dies at 61
Mark Cook, a professor of animal sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison whose research yielded advances in human health and food production, died from complications […]
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Posted on June 28, 2017
Plant derivative could help patients reliant on tube feeding
Synesis, a University of Wisconsin–Madison spinoff developing a patented formula for liquid nutrition, is advancing a plant-based additive designed to reduce or eliminate severe side […]
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Posted on June 13, 2017
Like valium for fish? UW-Madison discovery aims to solve stress in fish farms
A University of Wisconsin–Madison group that discovered a way to improve survival in fish farms has begun to unravel the mechanism behind their unexpected finding. […]
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Posted on May 26, 2017
Fire Up Your Grills Wisconsin – Audio
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Jeff Sindelar, UW-Extension Meat Specialist Department of Animal Science UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences jsindelar@wisc.edu (608) 262-0555 Jeff Sindelar gives us the tips […]
