Day: May 22, 2012

Horses can recognise their owners from their voices and create a mental picture of familiar humans

When a familiar person’s voice is played from a hidden loudspeaker, horses look towards them more than to another individual they know, or a stranger.

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May 22, 2012 No Comments

FDA report outlines food safety deficiencies at Diamond Pet Foods plant

Diamond Pet Foods, the company behind a massive recall of dry dog food due to Salmonella contamination that has sickened at least 16 people, was not taking “all reasonable precautions”

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May 22, 2012 No Comments

Mad cow quarantines lifted at 2 California dairies

Tests performed by the World Organization for Animal Health also confirmed what U.S. labs had found: The cow had a random mutation of the illness that was unlikely to affect other cows in the herd.

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May 22, 2012 No Comments