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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Husbandry practices"”.
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Deer Preference for Corn Hybrids and Husbandry Practices During the Growing Season
… at the time of observations. Corn hybrids and husbandry practices desirable to deer (i.e., earlier maturing hybrids and fertilizer/herbicide applications) could be used to reduce damage to field corn by altering type and placement of corn by wildlife managers and crop producers.
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Changes in Suid and Caprine Husbandry Practices Throughout Dynastic Egypt Using Linear Enamel Hypoplasia (LEH)
… as a way to understand the health status and husbandry practices of both ancient and modern animal populations. As there are no data that describe the prevalence of LEH in either ancient or modern Egyptian animal material, this thesis aims to establish the frequency of LEH in the …
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AN OVERVIEW OF EXISTING RESEARCH INTO STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR IN THE HORSE
… behaviors, researchers have looked at various husbandry practices as well as medication and physical prevention with inconsistent results. The existing research, however, indicates that horses may benefit from stereotypic behavior by increasing their ability to cope with their environment. This …
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Livestock and landscape: exploring animal exploitation in later prehistory in the South West of Britain.
… needs of livestock and detailed consideration of husbandry methods have informed identification of the types of archaeological data we can use to discuss husbandry practices. This thesis integrates faunal, field and environmental data to achieve a holistic understanding. Husbandry practices and …
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Cattle Producer Motivations and Willingness to Participate in Industry Animal Welfare Program Verification
… are beginning to question traditional animal husbandry practices and on-farm animal welfare protocol. It is essential that the food system meets new demands and understands consumer views. In order to address these concerns, the industry has rallied around the Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) …
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Examination of the effect of weaning stress on the physiological and molecular regulation of immune function in circulating bovine leukocytes
… a multifaceted stressor and may involve numerous husbandry practices, including the abrupt separation of the calf from its dam, a nutritional adjustment to a non-milk diet and social reorganisation and, additionally, is often associated with other husbandry practices, such as housing and …
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Quantitative and Molecular Genetics of a Three - Generation Intercross Between Chickens Selected for Low Body Weight and Red Junglefowl
… adaptability of the chicken to a broad range of husbandry practices. Differences in growth patterns implied additive and non- additive genetic variation and modifications in resource allocation strategies during domestication.
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Poultry Husbandry Training to Improve Indigenous Chicken Production by Safina And Shalom Women Groups In Arusha Municipality
… problems were poor skills on indigenous chicken husbandry among poultry keepers which lead to poor nutrition, poor housing system and high mortality rates due to existence of different poultry killer diseases in the area. The project implementation have focus on one major area of training on …
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Cattle behavioral responses following castration and dehorning measured by accelerometers.
Castration and dehorning are common husbandry practices in the United States. The objective of this research was to evaluate behavioral responses to these painful procedures. Two studies were conducted using three dimensional accelerometers to measure behavioral differences in cattle following …
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Development of an ontology of animals in context within the OBO Foundry framework from a SNOMED-CT extension and subset
… represented formally because of inconsistency in husbandry practices. ACO classes are of interest to science, medicine and agriculture, and can connect information between animal and human systems to enable knowledge discovery.
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Farming and feasting in Iron Age Orkney: a comparison of livestock farming practices and dietary traditions at The Cairns, Mine Howe, Pool, and Howe, based on mortality profiles analyses of cattle, sheep/goat, and pig mandibles.
… this thesis is to address livestock farming and husbandry practices of<br/>cattle, sheep, goats and pigs at four sites during the Orcadian Iron Age: The Cairns, Mine<br/>Howe, Pool and Howe. The core methodology utilised in this research applies the methods<br/>developed by Payne (1973) and Grant …
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Exploring Diet and Society in Medieval Spain: New Approaches Using Stable Isotope Analysis
… all sites demonstrates the variety of animal husbandry practices and ecological niches that were exploited during the medieval period in Spain.
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The stress of moving out : physiological and behavioural effects of commercial transport on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts
… out by our industry partners reflects good husbandry practices and fish welfare.
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The Status and Conservation Potential of Carnivores in Semi-Arid Rangelands, Botswana The Ghanzi Farmlands: A Case Study
… A wide variety of land management and livestock husbandry practices were apparent, with some farmers prepared to do more than others to actively protect their livestock. Farmers with small stock suffered from greater levels of depredation than those who farmed only cattle, while some species of …
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Presence of Antibiotic Resistant Salmonella spp. in Backyard Poultry and Their Environment
… a lack of proper biosecurity and poultry husbandry practices. The criteria developed for accessing the poultry’s environment ranged from dedicated shoes for cleaning, egg handling, access to other animals and wildlife, number of birds and breeds or species in a coop, cleaning routine, …
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The Endurance of Tell Qarqur: Settlement Resilience in northwestern Syria during the Late Bronze and Iron Ages (ca. 1200 – 700 BC)
… the people of Qarqur’s agricultural and animal husbandry practices demonstrate that the residents of Qarqur did not escape the effects of the instability that occurred throughout much of the wider region. However, in the subsequent Iron I period, the archaeological record shows that the …
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Chimpanzee Early Life Experiences and Responses to Caregiver Use of Species-Specific Behavior
… history and individuality and let this inform husbandry practices.</p>
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Pigs from six medieval sites in Flanders: A multiple methodological approach to the study of their husbandry development
… A wider theme examines whether changes in the husbandry of animals can be understood more clearly and recognised more accurately by employing recently developing techniques and whether any of these could be beneficial to use as standard practice. It investigates how, using a much wider than …
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The effect of weather on sleep and the welfare of drills in captivity
… a sophisticated social system. The role of key husbandry practices during the daytime, such as environmental enrichment and diverse feeding regimes, is well understood across most species in accredited wildlife facilities. However, less is known about the importance of night-time husbandry and …
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Exploring alternatives for milk quality improvement and more efficient dairy production in a smallholder farming context – case study: Mantaro Valley (Peru)
… face implementing milk quality controls and practices; and evaluate “ex-ante” how different strategies suggested to improve milk quality could affect farmers and processors’ profits. The analysis is based on three complementary field studies conducted between 2012 and 2013. Our work has shown …
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