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Sustainability and welfare of Podolian cattle [PDF]

, 2005
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the sustainability and welfare of extensively farmed Podolian cattle. A trained interviewer visited 50 farms and filled in a checklist which included four cards corresponding to the following animal categories:
BRAGHIERI A., DE ROSA, GIUSEPPE, GIROLAMI A., NAPOLITANO F., PACELLI C.   +4 more
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Assessing physiological, behavioral and movement responses to Suprelorin implant delivery methods in free‐ranging eastern grey kangaroos Macropus giganteus

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Overabundant populations of eastern grey kangaroos Macropus giganteus in peri‐urban areas pose ecological and social challenges. Current management strategies are often hindered by animal welfare and logistical concerns. This study aimed to assess stress responses of kangaroos to two contraceptive delivery methods.
Fabiola R. O. Silva, Sebastien Comte, Tamara Keeley, Maquel Brandimarti, Catherine A. Herbert   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge synthesis: Animal health and welfare in organic pig production - Final Report COREPIG [PDF]

, 2011
This report reviews the available information on the welfare of pigs when maintained according to organic standards in Europe. It begins by overviewing the populations of organic pigs in different countries at the time of writing (2007), the organic ...
Bochicchio, David, Bonde, Marianne, Edwards, Sandra, Früh, Barbara, Hegelund, Lene, Heinonen, Mari, Leeb, Christine, Lindgren, Kristina, Lubac, Stanislas, Maupertuis, F., Mejer, Helena, Prunier, Armelle, Roepstorff, Allan, Rousing, Tine, Sundrum, Albert, Sundrum, Albert, Werne, Steffen, Wiberg, Sophia   +17 more
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Effect of hyperthyroidism on circulating prolactin and hypothalamic expression of tyrosine hydroxylase, prolactin signaling cascade members and estrogen and progesterone receptors during late pregnancy and lactation in the rat [PDF]

, 2017
Hyperthyroidism (HyperT) compromises pregnancy and lactation, hindering suckling-induced PRL release. We studied the effect of HyperT on hypothalamic mRNA (RT-qPCR) and protein (Western blot) expression of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), PRL receptor (PRLR ...
Jahn, Graciela Alma, Neira, Flavia Judith, Pennacchio, Gisela Erika, Soaje, Marta, Valdez, Susana Ruth   +4 more
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Understanding Farmer Behaviour for Successful Climate Change Mitigation in Voluntary Initiatives

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Private and voluntary initiatives, such as voluntary carbon markets, can support public policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in agriculture. This study investigates the impact of behavioural factors (reluctance to change) and social dynamics (peer imitation) on the adoption of two mitigation practices on Swiss dairy and ...
Marta Tarruella, Robert Huber, Nadja El Benni, Gabriele Mack, David Schäfer, Robert Finger   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

MASS MEDICAL EXAMINATION IN CAMELS: METHOD AND OUTCOMES

Ветеринарная патология, 2014
Mass medical examination of camels kept at the 2nd Site of the Center for Rare Animals of European Steppes under the Live Nature of Steppe Association in Orlovsky District of Rostov Oblast, and at Son’n Ltd in Yashkulsky District of the Republic of ...
T. N. Babkina, A. G. Tabatskaja
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Risk Factors for and Prevalence of Failure of Passive Transfer of Immunity in Calves on Dairy Farms in Türkiye. [PDF]

Vet Med Sci
The prevalence of FPTI in this study was similar to reports internationally. This research shows that there were both modifiable and non‐modifiable significant risk factors for FPTI in Türkiye dairy herds, specifically colostrum feeding method and season of birth and herd size, dam parity and calf breed.
Sağlam N, Topal O, Biçer P, Uzabacı E, Gençoğlu H, Mee JF, Batmaz H.   +6 more
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The beast initiate: the lycanthropy of Heracles [PDF]

, 2019
The obscurantist Hellenistic poet Lycophron referenced the initiation of Heracles as a beast suckling the breast of the goddess Hera. This was the event that was the mythological origin of the Galaxy and of the lily flower that incarnated the same ...
Ruck, Carl
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‘Let's Turn the Grass Into Meat’: Animal Husbandry as Women's Work in Cold War North Korea

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In postcolonial North Korea, the future of the nation was said to be a function of the feedlot. Unobtainable on the battlefields of the recently ended Korean War, liberation and unification of the peninsula became a question of competitive developmentalism.
Sunho Ko, Derek J. Kramer
wiley   +1 more source

A meta-analysis approach for annotation and identification of lncRNAs controlling perirenal fat deposition in suckling lambs

Animal Biotechnology
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are being studied in farm animals due to their association with traits of economic interest, such as fat deposition. Based on the analysis of perirenal fat transcriptomes, this research explored the relevance of these ...
María Alonso-García, Beatriz Gutiérrez-Gil, Rocío Pelayo, Pablo A. S. Fonseca, Héctor Marina, Juan José Arranz, Aroa Suárez-Vega   +6 more
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