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USDA Agricultural Research Service
June 1, 2012
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Controlling poultry diseases:
Identifying antimicrobial proteins in chickens that kill pathogens is one method being used by USDA scientists to find alternatives to the use of antibiotics to control infectious poultry diseases. (5/29) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2012/120529.htm

Bee losses surveyed:
Total losses of managed honey bee colonies from all causes were 21.9 percent nationwide for the 2011/2012 winter, according to the annual survey conducted by the USDA, the Bee Informed Partnership and the Apiary Inspectors of America. (5/31) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2012/120531.htm

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