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Effects of human-animal relationship on animal productivity and welfare [PDF]
, 2020 This is a literature review of the effects of humans´ relationships with farm animals on animal productivity and welfare, including the following topics: definition of the concept and description of different tests that have been developed to measure ...
Alonso-Spilsbury, María +5 more
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, 2022 SIMPLE SUMMARY: The European Union (EU) has made commitments to review all established policies on farm animal welfare and by the end of 2023 propose new regulations that will improve farming conditions and phase out the use of cage-based systems. A case
Mariann Molnár, Molnár, Mariann
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Consumers’ Concerns and Perceptions of Farm Animal Welfare [PDF]
, 2020 P. 1-13In this paper, we explore the evolution of consumers’ perceptions and concerns about the effects that intensification of production systems could have on the welfare of farm animals.
José R. González-Montaña +5 more
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Implications of heterogeneous biting exposure and animal hosts on Trypanosomiasis brucei gambiense transmission and control [PDF]
, 2015 The gambiense form of sleeping sickness is a neglected tropical disease, which is presumed to be anthroponotic. However, the parasite persists in human populations at levels of considerable rarity and as such the existence of animal reservoirs has been ...
Chitnis, Nakul +5 more
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Processing and visualising association data from animal-borne proximity loggers [PDF]
, 2015 The authors thank the BBSRC (Grants BB/G023913/1 and/2 to CR) and the University of Bath (studentship to EMB) for funding.Background With increasing interest in animal social networks, field biologists have started exploring the use of advanced tracking ...
Bettaney, Elaine +3 more
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Controlled animation of video sprites [PDF]
Proceedings of the 2002 ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics symposium on Computer animation, 2002 We introduce a new optimization algorithm for video sprites to animate realistic-looking characters. Video sprites are animations created by rearranging recorded video frames of a moving object. Our new technique to find good frame arrangements is based on repeated partial replacements of the sequence.
Arno Schödl, Irfan A. Essa
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Control of sex determination in animals [PDF]
European Journal of Biochemistry, 1993 CONTENTS –Sex determination in the fruit fly and nematode–Somatic sex determination – Dosage compensation – Germ‐line sex determination–Mammalian sex determination signifies testis determination – The mammalian sex‐determining master‐regulatory gene, SRY–XX and XY sex reversal in man – Sex‐determining region Y chromosome (SRY) –Is SRY the primary ...
Mc Elreavey, K. +4 more
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An on-farm investigation of beef suckler herds using an animal welfare index (AWI) [PDF]
, 2010 peer-reviewedBackground: Beef suckler farms (194 farms throughout 13 counties) were assessed once with housed cattle and once with cattle at grass using an animal welfare index (AWI).
Veissier Isabelle +16 more
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Energy deprivation-induced AMPK activation inhibits milk synthesis by targeting PrlR and PGC-1α
Cell Communication and Signaling, 2022 Background The mammary gland is responsible for milk production and secretion, which is critical for neonatal health during lactation. Lactation efficiency is largely affected by energy status with unclear mechanism.
Zhihui Wu +7 more
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2023 Background Salmonella Typhimurium challenge causes a huge detriment to chicken production. N-acyl homoserine lactonase (AHLase), a quorum quenching enzyme, potentially inhibits the growth and virulence of Gram-negative bacteria.
Weiwei Wang +7 more
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