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UF researchers use AI datasets to track feral pigs, minimize disease risk

by Brad Buck
March 25, 2021

Feral pigs cost the agriculture industry at least $1.5 billion in damage, disease and control costs around the United States annually, running rampant on large swaths of grazing lands. The swine root in soil and eat most everything in sight. Farmers ... READ MORE

Category: Livestock, Pests & Disease
Tags: #aiatuf, Artificial Intelligence, Cameras, Cattle, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Datasets, Diseases, Feral Pigs, Hogs, Infection, Movements, Photos, Population, Ranch, Range Cattle Research And Education Center, Samantha Wisely, Swine, Wildlife Ecology And Conservation

UF Model Predicts Potential Results of Macaque Population Control Methods

by Brad Buck
November 19, 2018

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Recent laboratory research established that rhesus macaques – a type of monkey – in Silver Springs State Park host a virus that can pose ecological and human health threats. Although no one has been reported to have ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS
Tags: Department Of Wildlife Ecology And Conservation, Jane Anderson, Macaques, Population, Silver Springs State Park, Steve Johnson, Threat

UF/IFAS expert: Fisheries won’t meet need of exploding population, but aquaculture will

by Brad Buck
March 7, 2016

    James Anderson GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The world’s fisheries are a great source of protein, but even with the best management, they won’t be able to meet the needs of a global population expected to exceed nine billion by ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Fisheries, Food And Resource Economics, James Anderson, Population

New technique for vulture population estimates could aid control efforts, UF researcher says

by BLOGS.IFAS
May 5, 2009

Caption at bottom. Click here for high resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- For months, Erik Anderson tried to persuade a flock of vultures to stop roosting at Santa Fe College's main campus in northwest Gainesville. In the end, the vultures ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Livestock, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Tags: Birds, Formula, Lethal Control, Michael Avery, Population, Vulture, Wildlife

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