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Welfare Assessment for Captive Anseriformes: A Guide for Practitioners and Animal Keepers
Animals, 2020 Welfare assessment is a tool to both identify welfare challenges and to evidence where current husbandry practices support positive welfare outcomes. Such tools are becoming more available and can be amended based on the nature of the facility and needs ...
Paul Rose, Michelle O’Brien
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Ciência e Agrotecnologia, 2008 A avicultura de corte constitui-se numa importante atividade econômica no estado do Paraná e, como qualquer outra, está sujeita a riscos. Objetivou-se, neste trabalho, proceder à análise econômica da produção integrada de frango de corte, avaliando os ...
Cármem Ozana de Melo +2 more
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Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental, 2006 Com o objetivo de comparar duas opções tecnológicas de climatização na produção de frangos de corte, foi realizado, na cidade de Rio Claro, SP, um experimento em dois galpões comerciais de uma granja, um com sistema de ventilação e nebulização e com 13 ...
Leda Bueno, Luiz A. Rossi
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Engenharia Agrícola, 2011 O abastecimento de ração nos galpões avícolas pode ser feito de forma manual ou automática, e por demandar esforço acredita-se que o abastecimento manual pode expor o tratador a sobrecarga física.
Cinara da C. S. Carvalho +4 more
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CLOACAL AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES OF BROILERS SUBJECT TO THERMAL STRESS [PDF]
Engenharia Agrícola, 2017 : The cloacal and surface temperatures are important physiological parameters to quantify the thermal comfort of animals, its variations may occur as a function of thermal variables.
Lucas H. P. Abreu +4 more
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Frontiers in Conservation ScienceConservation breeding program practitioners select potential mates in an attempt to maximize pair compatibility and maintain genetic diversity. Therefore, pair duration, or the number of breeding seasons that individuals retain the same mate, is ...
Lisa P. Barrett +3 more
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The dynamics of avicultural markets [PDF]
Environmental Conservation, 2001 Trade restrictions stemming from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) have created a situation in which rare and attractive bird species command high prices on international pet markets. Most of these species are of tropical or subtropical origin, and many are amenable to captive breeding.
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When and why to give shorebirds a head start
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Headstarting is a translocation technique involving the hatching or rearing of wild eggs or young in captivity and the release of those individuals back to the wild at or before independence. It has been trialed as a conservation intervention for shorebirds over recent decades to improve the population trend of target populations by increasing
Lynda Donaldson +4 more
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Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2012 This study was developed with the objective of evaluating reflective paint on covering and artificial ventilation on performance of broilers (males and females).
Roberta Passini +3 more
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A more‐than‐human political ecology of Indonesian songbird trade
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Since its inception, conservation science has considered wildlife trade a problem. In focusing on conservation outcomes, conservationists almost completely ignore the welfare of traded animals and plants and the harms they endure. We developed a political ecology approach that incorporates the interconnectedness of people with animals and ...
Sicily Fiennes +9 more
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