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A conceptual and empirical framework to analyze the economics of consumer food waste [PDF]

, 2019
We develop a microeconomic model to understand food waste of consumers. We capture at-home and away-from home food consumption and distinguish between food purchases and food consumption.
de Gorter, H., Drabik, D., Reynolds, C.
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The ‘Real Welfare’ scheme: benchmarking welfare outcomes for commercially farmed pigs

Animal, 2017
Animal welfare standards have been incorporated in EU legislation and in farm assurance schemes, based on scientific information and aiming to safeguard the welfare of the species concerned.
F. Pandolfi, K. Stoddart, N. Wainwright, I. Kyriazakis, S.A. Edwards   +4 more
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A Retrospective Case Study into the Effect of Hoof Lesions on the Lying Behaviour of Holstein–Friesian in a Loose-Housed System

Animals, 2021
The association between hoof lesions and lying behaviour was assessed on a Holstein–Friesian dairy farm in England. Twenty-nine cows were included in the study.
Karen Jiewei Ji, Richard E. Booth, Nicola Blackie   +2 more
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Host pathogen interactions in relation to management of light leaf spot disease (caused by Pyrenopeziza brassicae) on Brassica species [PDF]

, 2017
Light leaf spot, caused by Pyrenopeziza brassicae, is currently the most damaging disease problem in oilseed rape in the UK. According to recent survey data, the severity of epidemics has increased progressively across the UK, with current yield losses ...
Ashby, Barrett, Batish, Blein, Boys, Boys, Bradburne, Bruce D. L. Fitt, Brun, Brunner, Burdon, Carter, Carter, Chalhoub, Cheah, Chinthani S. Karandeni Dewage, Collard, Coretta A. Klöppel, Courtice, Crous, Davies, Evans, Evans, Figueroa, Figueroa, Fitt, Fitt, Fitt, Gilles, Gilles, Gilles, Gilles, Goodwin, Haddadi, Harper, Hatzig, Henrik U. Stotz, Hickman, Ilott, Jones, Joshi, Jupe, Karolewski, Karolewski, Karolewski, Karolewski, Kirsten, Klosterman, Lacey, Larkan, Larkan, Laugé, Li, Li, Liu, Lowe, Maddock, Maddock, Majer, McCartney, McDonald, McDonald, Oerke, Oxley, Penselin, Pilet, Pöggeler, Rawlinson, Rawlinson, Rohe, Savary, Schmutzer, Sekhwal, Siebold, Simons, Singh, Singh, Snowdon, Staunton, Stotz, Strange, Teng, Turgeon, Wafford, Wang, Welham, West, Woolhouse, Wu, Yang, Yoder, Zhan   +91 more
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Persistence of chlorpropham (CIPC) in the concrete flooring of potato stores [PDF]

, 2018
The loss of the sprout suppressant, chlorpropham (CIPC), to the fabric of potato stores is currently of concern due to the risk of potential cross contamination of other crops subsequently housed in these stores.
Briddon, Adrian, Cook, Gordon, Douglas, Leisa, Duncan, Harry, MacKinnon, Gillian, Seamark, Steven   +5 more
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Creating an index to measure health state of depressed patients in automated healthcare databases: the methodology

Journal of Market Access & Health Policy, 2017
Background and objective: Automated healthcare databases (AHDB) are an important data source for real life drug and healthcare use. In the filed of depression, lack of detailed clinical data requires the use of binary proxies with important limitations ...
Clément François, Adrian Tanasescu, François-Xavier Lamy, Nicolas Despiegel, Bruno Falissard, Ylana Chalem, Christophe Lançon, Pierre-Michel Llorca, Delphine Saragoussi, Patrice Verpillat, Alan G. Wade, Djamel A. Zighed   +11 more
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Exploring pig trade patterns to inform the design of risk-based disease surveillance and control strategies [PDF]

, 2016
An understanding of the patterns of animal contact networks provides essential information for the design of risk-based animal disease surveillance and control strategies.
A Clauset, A Gillespie, A Ortiz-Pelaez, A Scott, A-L Barabási, AP Iannoni, AR Elbers, B Martínez-López, B Martínez‐López, B Martínez‐López, C Brakewood, C Dubé, C Dubé, C Mannion, C Zepeda, DJ Watts, DM Green, EM Fèvre, IZ Kiss, J Gibbens, J Lowe, J Verdasca, JE Dent, L Mansley, L Mur, L Ratananakorn, M Bigras-Poulin, M Carrieri, M Gilbert, M Nöremark, M Stevenson, MD Shirley, ME Newman, MM Mweu, P Pons, R Kao, R Lysons, R Smith, RR Kao, S Bansal, S Dorjee, S Rautureau, S Rautureau, S Ribbens, S Robinson, SP Borgatti, T Porphyre   +46 more
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A randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of indoor living space on dairy cow production, reproduction and behaviour

Scientific Reports, 2022
As a global society, we have a duty to provide suitable care and conditions for farmed livestock to protect animal welfare and ensure the sustainability of our food supply.
Jake S. Thompson, Christopher D. Hudson, Jonathan N. Huxley, Jasmeet Kaler, Robert S. Robinson, Kathryn J. Woad, Nicola Bollard, Jenny Gibbons, Martin J. Green   +8 more
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Modification of the existing maximum residue levels for mandipropamid in various crops

EFSA Journal, 2019
In accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, the applicants Syngenta Crop Protection B.V. and Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) submitted, respectively, a request to the competent national authorities in the ...
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Himdata Abdourahime, Maria Anastassiadou, Alba Brancato, Daniela Brocca, Luis Carrasco Cabrera, Chloe De Lentdecker, Lucien Ferreira, Luna Greco, Samira Jarrah, Dimitra Kardassi, Renata Leuschner, Alfonso Lostia, Christopher Lythgo, Paula Medina, Ileana Miron, Tunde Molnar, Stefanie Nave, Ragnor Pedersen, Marianna Raczyk, Hermine Reich, Silvia Ruocco, Angela Sacchi, Miguel Santos, Alois Stanek, Juergen Sturma, Jose Tarazona, Anne Theobald, Benedicte Vagenende, Alessia Verani, Laura Villamar‐Bouza   +30 more
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Modelling the impacts of pasture contamination and stocking rate for the development of targeted selective treatment strategies for Ostertagia ostertagi infection in calves [PDF]

, 2017
A simulation study was carried out to assess whether variation in pasture contamination or stocking rate impact upon the optimal design of targeted selective treatment (TST) strategies. Two methods of TST implementation were considered: 1) treatment of a
Berk, Zoe, Forbes, Andrew B., Kyriazakis, Ilias, Laurenson, Yan C.S.M.   +3 more
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