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and Drug Administration to control
glucose levels in diabetics, none are
currently approved by the FDA for use in
livestock with the intent of changing
food composition, according to the Agricultural Research Service.

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Chip developed to
help study resistance
■ USDA scientists have developed a
genetic chip to detect antimicrobialresistance genes in bacteria. Bacterial
pathogens such as Salmonella, E. coli and
Campylobacter are becoming resistant to
more antibiotics, according to the Agricultural Research Service, and scientists
are trying to discover which bacteria
are resistant to which antibiotics and
how the bacteria continue to develop
resistance. Tracking resistant bacteria in
samples collected from animals on the
farm or in slaughter facilities can help
identify intervention points to prevent
development and transfer of bacterial
resistance.

Three-month-old
fresh meat?
■ A group of Russian scientists say they
have discovered a way to keep meat
fresh for up to three months using
additives found naturally in living
cells. This could boost Russia's
domestic meat sector, reports
foodproductiondaily.com, advancing the government's plan to build up
production against foreign imports.

of restaurant meals are
ordered from the car,
up from 14 percent
in 1998.

■ A University of Wisconsin-Madison
scientist has found an economic way to
bring dairy to the tropics, where milk is
scarce because cows there calve only
every two years and make just enough
for the calf to survive. Jack Rutledge, a
UW professor of animal science, is
creating hybrid embryos from Wisconsin
cows' oocytes and imported semen from
a tropically adapted bull, then exporting
these embryos to Hanoi, Vietnam, where
he is working with the National Institute
for Biotechnology, reports the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Local tropical cows
are then artificially inseminated, producing a cow that is both productive and
resistant to the local environment.

BILLION GALLONS
per year is how much milk
California produces, about
21 percent of the nation's
milk supply.

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Technology brings
milk to the tropics

and 179 feet is the
size of a sausage
created by
Kowalski Sausage Co.
for a charity event.

CloneSafety.org
■ Several animal-cloning and livestockgenetics companies, in cooperation
with the Biotechnology Industry
Organization, have launched a Web site
to dispel myths and spread facts about
cloning. The site features fact sheets,
research, regulatory information and
consumer-opinion polls. It also includes a
list of cloning experts, an image library
and links to various press coverage on
cloning issues.

BILLION DOLLARS
is the projected market
for prepared-meal
consumption
in Europe and America
by 2009, up from
$29 billion in 1999.

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