Daily Archives: July 14, 2012

US Drought Monitor

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US Drought Monitor, July 10, 2012

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The Horse Clones Are Coming : BuzzFeed

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In 2009, Tailor Fit had a problem — or, more accurately, his owners did. He had a great lineage, two AQHA championships behind him and, under other circumstances, he would have had a lucrative string of stud fees ahead of him. But like most champion quarter horses, Tailor Fit was a gelding and couldn’t breed — so his owners lost out on a wealth of stud fees and anyone who wanted to breed towards a better quarter horse was out of luck. Unless, of course, they were into cloning.At the time, Blake Russell was three years into his tenure at Viagen, a livestock cloning company. He was also a racing fan, so when Tailor Fit caught his eye, he was able to collect a tissue sample and work up an exact clone. The resulting horse was christened Pure Tailor Fit, an ungelded replica of the original, ready to be replicated whenever the need might arise.

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Two more West Nile cases confirmed in county | Denton Local News – News for Denton, Texas – The Denton Record-Chronicle – Denton Record-Chronicle

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Two more cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed in Denton County, this time inside the city limits of Denton.

County health department officials confirmed the cases last week. City officials soon will be spraying pesticide to ward off the pests, while health officials encourage people to heed their tips to protect themselves from mosquito exposure.

“We know this is very early for the disease in our county. Usually we’ll start taking cases in July or August,” said Sarah McKinney, Denton County Health Department spokeswoman.

A case of the virus was confirmed in Denton County in late May. Of the three cases, one was confirmed to be West Nile fever while the other two were the more serious neuro-invasive disease. Two of the patients were hospitalized but have since been discharged and one from last week’s cases remains in a hospital, she said.

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