Swine Heat Stress ABSTRACT The purpose of this research project is to identify the effects of heat stress on swine. Heat stress is physiological distress caused by excessive temperatures usually over 80-85 degrees Fahrenheit that can result in profoundly adverse effects in swine production. The first phase of this project involves the analysis of these harmful effects on sows‚ gilts‚ and boars. Multiple journal articles will be used to establish these effects. The final phase involves
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The H1N1 virus (swine influenza) is a novel infection that has not earlier been known in North America. It has recently‚ however‚ infected a number of people in the United States and Mexico. Swine flu is actually a respiratory virus of pigs which was first identified in 1918 and although historic diffusion to human beings has been sporadic‚ the infection rate in humans is intensifying at present (Barnes‚ 2008). The H1N1 virus‚ just like seasonal influenza‚ is simply spread by the minute drops
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reactions to the flu vaccine are flu-like symptoms. Fever shills‚ headache‚ muscle aches and fatigue are flu symptoms. Serious reactions include life threatening allergies to the ingredients as well as Guillain-Barre’ syndrome (GBS) which is a severe paralytic disease. GBS can occur up to several weeks after a flu vaccine injection and can be fatal in about one in 20 people. Other reactions reported are encephalopathy‚ brain stem encephalitis‚ polyneuritis‚ arthritis‚ and thrombocytopenia. Flu vaccines
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needle is just what your body needs to fight off infections such as influenza‚ or better known as the flu. Influenza is an infection that affects your respiratory systems such as your throat‚ nose‚ and lungs. This infection could cause a mild to severe illness that could kill you. So it is very important to get your flu shots every year. Every year there is always a new flu shot‚ so which year was the flu shot most effective? Influenza is a very complicated disease that breaks down to many levels and
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starting August‚ year after year signs with messages displaying flu shot information are almost everywhere we turn. Children‚ health care workers and the immune deficient men‚ women and children are urged to be immunized. Article released September 27‚ 2013 on Government News Networks talks about Governor Pat Quinn rolling up his sleeve and setting a perfect example in Illinois how everyone should get vaccinated for flu this year and to protect our loved ones as well. The Article introduces
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The Spanish Flu was a world wide epidemic that took the lives of an estimated 50 to 100 million lives between 1918 and 1920. It has been recorded as the most devastating outbreak in world history. The disease first appeared in Fort Riley Kansas on March 11‚ 1918 when an Army private reported to the camp hospital with complaints of a fever‚ sore throat and headache. By noon that day the hospital had treated over 100 sick soldiers with similar symptoms and 500 more by the end of that week. Initially
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Comparison: Cold or Flu Throughout a person’s life he or she will have gotten sick many times. Typically‚ when a person gets sick he or she will have a fever and nasal congestion and this usually means that it is just the common cold but it could also be the flu. Even though these two illnesses are very similar can get mixed up easily‚ there are certain differences that can help a person determine which one he or she has. Both of the illnesses have common symptoms but the flu has a few that the
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Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) An influenza pandemic is a global outbreak of disease that occurs when a new influenza A virus appears or "emerges" in the human population‚ causes serious illness‚ and then spreads easily from person to person worldwide. Pandemics are different from seasonal outbreaks or "epidemics" of influenza. Seasonal outbreaks are caused by subtypes of influenza viruses that are already in existence among people‚ whereas pandemic outbreaks are caused by new subtypes or by subtypes
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ABSTRACT “ONLINE SWINEFLU DETECTION SYSTEM” is a computerized system. It will interact with the user (patient). This facility is very helpful to the users. According to the symptoms has been given by the user to the expert system‚ it will suggest the required tests. After analyzing the test reports and disease‚ it will diagnosis the problem and also displays the help line centers list regarding that particular disease. 2. Requirements Elicitation:
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walked down any given street in the year 1918 between the months of June and December‚ I’m sure one would have taken notice to the coffins that lined the sidewalks. Nobody was on the streets‚ and dead bodies were stuffed into every available space. The Flu Epidemic not only was the most devastating event of the twentieth century but the most deadliest. In the ten months 675‚000 Americans died of influenza and pneumonia. When compared to the number of Americans killed in combat in World War I‚ World War
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