Bison herd quarantine may be lifted FORT PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Brucellosis, a disease that has afflicted cattle and calves around the country, could be eliminated from the nation's only quarantined private buffalo herd in 15 months. Elimination of the disease could save many of the nation's farmers and ranchers the expense of vaccinating and testing their animals. Sam Holland, state veterinarian and executive secretary of the South Dakota Animal Industry Board, said a plan was developed earlier this year to rid the Triple U Enterprises buffalo herd of brucellosis. Thanks to a $1 billion eradication program, only the Triple U buffalo herd and five infected private cattle herds in Texas and Missouri still harbor brucellosis, down from 124,000 herds nationwide in 1956. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560675454-aa8> Researcher makes cheaper fuel cell (AP) - A researcher says he has made an experimental fuel cell that is simpler than others because it runs on natural gas instead of pure hydrogen. If it can be repeated on a large scale, the finding would make it cheaper to produce a type of fuel cell that may one day be common as a low-pollution power source for buildings. The findings of the Northwestern University research team led by Scott A. Barnett are reported in Thursday's edition of the science journal Nature. Fuel cells are an alternative power source for cars, power plants and even individual buildings. In a fuel cell, gas and oxygen react chemically to produce electricity, water, heat and virtually no pollutants. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560670524-48e>
