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Showing 1 to 20 of 203 for “"husbandry"”.
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The Husbandry and Nutrition of Carp Larvae and Fry
… carpio) larvae, diet presentation and related husbandry techniques, as well as selected nutritional requirements of carp juveniles, were studied. Carp larvae held at a temperature of 24°C in continuous light showed optimal growth and food conversion during the first five days after commencement …
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Identifying the beginnings of Sheep Husbandry in Westen China
… wild Caprinae hunting to the adoption of sheep husbandry was discovered. There might be complex interactions between the different animals and humans in the unique ecological and social contexts.
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Shropshire Deer Parks c.1500 - c.1914 Recreation, Status and Husbandry
This study sets out to explore the spatial development, changing use and survival of the post-medieval deer park in Shropshire. In so doing, it is hoped to add to and complement a body of research that has been assembled for other parts of the country, in the belief that individual regional studies …
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Making a third place: the science and the poetry of husbandry
… no third place in’t.<br/>(Webster 1993)<br/><br/>Husbandry in its original sense is a ‘being together’, based on dwelling in a particular place. There is an intricate connection between modern science and industrialised agriculture, both of which developed on the basis of particular values …
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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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Lessons in animal husbandry to be taught in Virginia agricultural high schools
The outline of lessons in animal production, as made in the following pages, was planned with two aims in view: first, to suggest a skeleton for a lesson in each phase of livestock which should be taught in Virginia; and second, to suggest to the agricultural instructors some of the best textbooks …
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Using feeding ecology to influence captive Slow Loris (Nycticebus spp.) nutrition and husbandry
Despite the advancement of science within the animal nutrition field, specifically production and domestic animals, exotic animal nutrition is very little studied. Some species are so understudied or shrouded in routine and anecdotes that both zoos and rescue centres manage them the same way, the …
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Behavioral and Reproductive Aspects of Captive Maxwell's Duiker (<em>Cephalophus mawellii</em>) Husbandry
… will provide critical information in the captive husbandry techniques used to house this species.</p>
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Review and optimization of housing and husbandry of anemonefishes for use in research
… critical to have standardization in housing and husbandry protocols for research laboratories. Here, we conducted a literature review, a questionnaire survey, and two experiments regarding the housing and husbandry of anemonefishes for use in research. The literature review identified the need …
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The effect of on-farm husbandry and housing conditions on pigmeat quality and eating characteristics.
A study of 29 commercial farms was undertaken to test for differences in the eating quality of bacon. Data were collected on management practices, genotype, feed and housing conditions. Bacon samples from each farm were subjected to a sensory profile analysis by a trained taste panel. Highly …
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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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The human horse: equine husbandry, anthropomorphic hierarchies, and daily life in Lower Saxony, 1550-1735
… early modern Germany, men involved with equine husbandry and horse breeding relied on their economic relationship with horses' bodies as a means to construct distinct trade and masculine identities. Horses also served as social projections of their owners’ bodies and their owners’ culture, …
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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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The Asian Palm Civet: Fundamental Baseline Findings in Ecology, Captive Husbandry and Effects of Trade in Civet Coffee
… and recommendations related to captive civet husbandry and welfare in ownership. Data were collected by camera trapping wild civets, visits to markets and kopi luwak plantations, and social media and online surveys. To identify what interactions and niches occur between mesocarnivores in the …
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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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Fishing, Farming, and Animal Husbandry in the Early and Middle Neolithic of the Middle Yellow River Valley, China
… before and after millet agriculture and pig husbandry became the dominant mode of subsistence, suggesting a regional difference in subsistence strategies between the Wei River valley and the Central Plain.
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What it means to be a herdsman: the practice and image of reindeer husbandry among the Komi of Northern Russia
… economic and political aspects of reindeer husbandry among the Komi, a people living in the north of European Russia. Taking agency as an initial concept, successive chapters examine how agency can be understood in various domains: the reindeer-herding unit and enterprise, the household and …
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Untersuchung zum Verhalten und der Haltung von Afrikanischen Straußen (Struthio camelus) unter deutschen Klimabedingungen
… and to conclude from that to appropriate animal husbandry under German farming conditions. Special concern was given to the use of the stables and the influence of different climate parameters. Recommendations for the optimisation of an appropriate husbandry of ostriches should be formulated.
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Growth and water use of the potato variety Record on contrasting sites
… Farm, Gleadthorpe and Terrington Experimental Husbandry Farms) in four years (1985-88) to examine the effect of site, season and husbandry on growth and water use of the potato variety Record. Crisp processing quality was assessed at harvest and after periods of storage. Confounding of site and …
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