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Web links to stories issued July 16-20, 2012 ___________________________________________

ARS News Service
USDA Agricultural Research Service
July 20, 2012
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App could help kids eat more vegetables:
Parents who are perplexed by their preschooler's dislike of vegetables may find help in a science-based video game that USDA-funded scientists and their colleagues are creating for parents to play on smartphones. (7/16) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2012/120716.htm

New issue of Healthy Animals:
ARS today posted a new issue of Healthy Animals, a quarterly online newsletter that compiles ARS news and expert resources on the health and well-being of agricultural livestock, poultry and fish. The current issue takes a look at some of the alternatives to antibiotics that scientists are using to enhance animal health and production. (7/19) http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2012/120719.htm

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