/channels/taxonomy/term/3550/all en /channels/channels/news/small-dietary-changes-can-cut-your-carbon-footprint-25-355698 <p>The latest <a href="https://food-guide.canada.ca/en/">Canada’s Food Guide</a> presents a paradigm shift in nutrition advice, nixing traditional food groups, including meat and dairy, and stressing the importance of plant-based proteins. Yet, the full implications of replacing animal with plant protein foods in Canadians’ diets are unknown.</p> Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:05:30 +0000 webfull 198152 at /channels /channels/channels/news/joint-chair-aims-leverage-ai-and-iot-improve-animal-welfare-canadian-dairy-farms-347864 <p>Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) announced today the creation of the Research and Innovation Chair in Animal Welfare and Artificial Intelligence (WELL-E). The five-year, $5 million Chair will carry out a major research project funded by a grant from NSERC Alliance and PROMPT, fiduciary of the Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Energy. Important contributions have also been made by industrial partners Novalait, Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC), Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO), Les Producteurs de Lait du Québec (PLQ), and Lactanet.</p> Wed, 19 Apr 2023 19:56:18 +0000 webfull 189103 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-science-behind-last-us-345520 <p>HBO’s hotly anticipated TV adaptation of the acclaimed <i>The</i> <i>Last of Us</i> game series premiered on January 15, showcasing the world after a devastating fungal pandemic wiped out most of humanity, a fictional brain infection that experts say is inspired by a very real set of fungi that can hijack their hosts and turn them into zombies. (<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2023/01/16/the-last-of-us-zombie-infection-is-real-heres-what-scientists-say-about-the-threat-to-humans/?sh=7e3c4b132a6e">Forbes</a>)</p> Mon, 23 Jan 2023 21:29:11 +0000 webfull 186591 at /channels /channels/channels/news/digestive-system-cows-influences-humans-vitamin-b12-intake-331408 <p>Milk is the main source of vitamin B12 consumption for Canadians. A glass of cow’s milk contains about 46% of the daily-recommended dietary intake of vitamin B12 for adults. But what factors influences the concentration of B12 in a glass of milk? Turns out, what cows eat and how they digest it can impact human’s B12 intake.</p> Tue, 08 Jun 2021 17:38:46 +0000 webfull 170994 at /channels /channels/news/fathers-lasting-influence-molecular-foundations-intergenerational-transmission-paternal-environment-247887 <h5>Laval and McGill researchers team up with Health Canada and international researchers from Africa, Italy, Copenhagen and Greenland to investigate the impact of environmental exposures on the hertibale information coded in the fathers sperm and the health of offspring.  The research team includes Professor Sarah Kimmins of the Department of Animal Science and is funded for $1.5 million by the Institute of Aboriginal Health, and the Institute of Gender and Health.</h5> Wed, 22 Apr 2015 18:02:49 +0000 webfull 109570 at /channels