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‘Wonder pig’ inspires $650,000 campaign for giant veterinary scanner

Esther the Wonder Pig, the real-life star of a hit children’s book and one of the most beloved and famous pigs on Earth, is making a very large contribution to the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College (OVC). The porcine celebrity, and Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter, who rescued her as a tiny piglet and

Free-ranging animals ingesting neonics

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Health impacts of neonicotinoids may go well beyond bees, according to a new University of Guelph study. Residues of the insecticides were found in the livers of wild turkeys, providing evidence that this common agrochemical is being ingested by free-ranging animals. The researchers from the Ontario Veterinary College are among the first to study the

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‘Wonder pig’ inspires $650,000 campaign for giant veterinary scanner

Free-ranging animals ingesting neonics

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