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A New Lab Using AI to Better Understand Farm Animal Behavior and Aid Agriculture Opens at New Bolton Center

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By Rita Giordano Verified
| Farms.com
By Rita Giordano At a roundtable discussion at New Bolton Center’s Allam House and the outdoor ribbon-cutting event that followed, university leaders, state officials and other stakeholders engaged in plans for the new center. Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding said the new center shows what can happen when people come together to collaborate for change. “We can do it better together,” Redding said. “That’s why this day is an important day to celebrate.
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Biomarkers help crack the code on saving more equine lives

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By Rita Giordano Verified, Lisa Lock, Andrew Zinin Verified
| Phys.org Verified
Penn Vet's David Levine, associate professor of clinical large animal surgery, and Mary Robinson, an associate professor of veterinary pharmacology, both use biomarkers in their work on behalf of equine health. Credit: Ashley Hinton In human and animal medicine, biomarkers are used in several ways, including to diagnose, predict, or monitor health issues.
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Preventing the spread of a deadly virus to Pennsylvania's rabbits and hares

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By Rita Giordano Verified, Lisa Lock, Andrew Zinin Verified
| Phys.org Verified
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus type 2 is a terrible way for any animal to die, especially creatures as gentle as these. Highly contagious and lethal, it threatens wild and domestic rabbits. First detected in the United States in 2020, it has rapidly spread throughout the western states, becoming endemic as far as South Dakota, Kansas, and Texas. Two years later, Pennsylvania had its first two cases at a Fayette County domestic farmed rabbit facility.
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