Pastures Past: How ticks tormented early farmers, their flocks and herds
In 1894, the New Zealand Mail quoted an Australian expert who said, “It has been said that ‘one…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #and #Articles #back #day #early #farmers #farming #flocks #found #herds #how #look #NewZealand #newspaper #NZ #ormond #past #pastures #shes #tackling #takes #their #this #Ticks #topic #tormented #weeks #World
https://www.newsbeep.com/308526/
@Heliograph agreed i think so too, that's what they gonna call the #herds of mastodons they want to create 🛗 🦣
[USGS] Corridor Mapping Team - Ungulate Migrations of the West
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https://www.usgs.gov/programs/cooperative-research-units/science/corridor-mapping-team-ungulate-migrations-west <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20245006 <-- shared USGS 2024 publication ‘Ungulate Migrations of the Western United States, Volume 4’
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https://doi.org/10.5066/P9SS9GD9 <-- shared USGS ungulate migration data release
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https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13806 <-- shared paper ‘Barrier Behaviour Analysis (Baba) [‘fences’] Reveals Extensive Effects Of Fencing On Wide-Ranging Ungulates’
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #USWest #USA #ungulate #migration #route #deer #elk #moose #antelope #bison #buffalo #infrastructure #manmade #obstacles #ecosystems #wildlife #publicland #privateland #CorridorMappingTeam #opendata #fedopendata #fedscience #naturalresources #Wyoming #FirstNation #tracking #GPS #seasonal #habitat #protection #fences #barriers #herds #herbivore #management #healthy #herdhealth #vegetation #prey #carnivore #economy #benefits #income #food #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #snow #weather
@USGS @USFWS
Low Contribution Of Livestock In The Grey Wolf Diet In The Area With High Availability Of Free-Ranging Cattle And Horses
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-025-01926-3 <-- shared paper
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[not my usual fare (word play very much intended), but a fascinating and data-driven study; the study is not definitive, of course, but it adds to the scientific knowledge base, including with the socio-economic considerations…]
#wolf #predator #apexpredators #livestock #predation #depredation #death #cow #horse #greywolf #casestudy #Poland #cattle #horses #ecosystems #socioeconomic #forests #humanimpacts #conflicts #WartaRiver #genetic #fingerprinting #tracking #GIS #spatial #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #cameratraps #scat #fecal #feces #wildanimals #ungulates #deer #mammals #rabbits #domesticanimals #foodsource #cost #economics #dogs #population #impacts #conflict #landscape #wildprey #prey #trophiccascade #herds #vegetation
the herd mentality brings much, much harm...
Think and act for yourself.
Severe #flooding hit western #Queensland, submerging an area in #Australia’s “cattle country” equivalent to the size of France. More than 100,000 #livestock are missing, drowned, or presumed dead after #rivers rose following unusually heavy #rain. Entire #herds were lost and some #ranches reported a loss of nearly all #cattle. Towns like #Thargomindah were surrounded by #water, prompting #emergency food drops and #flood protection efforts.
Read more:
https://www.isciences.com/blog/2025/04/21/australia-new-zealand-severe-exceptional-surpluses-continue-in-queensland
(Image: Phys.org)
Dairy #cattle #herds mount a characteristic #antibody response to highly pathogenic #H5N1 avian #influenza viruses, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/04/dairy-cattle-herds-mount-characteristic.html
#H5N1 #mutation {E627K in PB2} detected in #US dairy #herds prompts #caution on #pandemic potential, https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202503/13/WS67d287d2a310c240449daa18.html
SACRAMENTO, the #USA -- Scientists are sounding the alarm about a concerning genetic mutation of the #H5N1 bird flu virus, recently identified in four dairy cow herds, as this mutation could increase the risk of mammal-to-mammal transmission and disease severity.
Reduction of #Influenza A Virus #Prevalence in #Pigs at Weaning After Using Custom-Made Influenza #Vaccines in the Breeding #Herds of an Integrated Swine #Farm System, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/02/reduction-of-influenza-virus-prevalence.html
My Pawpaw took this photo of a Buffalo Herd, while on a big 'Wild West' Hunting Trip, near the end of his life. 1960s. #photography #buffalo #wildwest #west #westernunitedstates #westernusa #hunting #huntingtrip #buffalos #buffaloherd #herds #plains #westernplains #travel
#Birdflu is spreading rapidly in #California; infected #herds double over weekend
#Cow “#Challenge” #Study Should Help Turn Tables on #H5N1 in Dairy #Herds, #USDA: https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2024/cow-challenge-study-should-help-turn-tables-on-h5n1-in-dairy-herds/
In the first study, the #respiratory exposed #heifers became infected but showed minimal #clinical #signs of disease, limited to an increased but sporadic #nasal discharge 1 to 3 days after infection. Lesions were observed in one heifer 7 days after infection.
#USA, #HPAI #H5N1 Confirmed Cases in Livestock #Herds, as of July 19 2024: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/hpai-confirmed-cases-livestock
Bird flu has demonstrated a tremendous ability to jump species, and its spread to cattle & poultry has raised alarms. Nearly 160 #dairy #herds have been infected in 13 states, milk production is down and some farmworkers have contracted the virus. As the workers have not yet experienced serious illness, @CDCgov does not believe that vaccination is warranted.
Do the H5N1 vaccines not protect against illness at all? Finland clearly believes that they offer some level of
#HPAI #H5N1 Confirmed Cases in Livestock #Herds, #USA, as of July 3 2024: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/hpai-confirmed-cases-livestock
New Mutations Identified in #BirdFlu #Virus
The virus, called #H5N1, has infected #cows in at least 36 #herds in nine states, raising fears that #milk could be infectious — concerns now largely put to rest — and highlighting the risk that many #viruses might jump across species on crowded #farms.
A #genetic analysis sheds light on when the #outbreak began, how the virus spread and where it may be going.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/03/health/bird-flu-cows-mutations.html
https://archive.ph/8sQTX