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ESTIMATING THE ECONOMIC VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH EPDS FOR ANGUS BULLS AT AUCTION [PDF]

open access: yes
The genetic traits that an Angus bull possesses convey the reproductive and economic value of the animal to potential buyers. This paper examines and draws comparisons between the value of actual production weights and production EPDs, while also ...
Dhuyvetter, Kevin C.   +3 more
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

A comparison of first-, second- and third-cut timothy silages in the diets of finishing beef bulls

open access: yesAgricultural and Food Science, 2017
The objective of the present experiment was to study the effects of the third-cut grass silage compared with the first- and second-cut silages on intake, performance and carcass characteristics of finishing bulls.
Arto Kalevi Huuskonen, Maiju Pesonen
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding the Housing and Support Experience of People With Complex Disability in Australia: A Qualitative Analysis of Submissions to the Disability Royal Commission

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Australian government established the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (‘Disability Royal Commission’, DRC) to investigate widespread mistreatment of people with disability. Nearly 10,000 people with disability, their families and supporters engaged with the DRC.
Kate D'Cruz   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Animal breeding in organic farming:Discussion paper [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
It is uncertain whether animals which have been bred for conventional production are capable of optimum performance in organic conditions. In conventional agriculture there is a movement towards maximum control of production conditions in order to ...
Baars, Nauta   +4 more
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Electrical Impedance Myography Detects Disease Progression over 12 to 24 Months in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy

open access: yesAnnals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Targeted therapies for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) are progressing through clinical trials. Electrical impedance myography (EIM) provides a noninvasive biomarker of muscle composition that may be valuable especially in early phase trials. This study evaluated EIM data from a multicenter FSHD cohort over 24 months.
Karlien Mul   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Observations: bulls, bears, and ballclubs [PDF]

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When professional sports teams go public.Professional ...
Matt Rutledge
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Proof-of-concept trial in mature bulls prophylactically and therapeutically vaccinated with an experimental whole-cell killed Tritrichomonas foetus vaccine

open access: yesParasitology
Tritrichomonas foetus causes bovine trichomonosis, a venereal disease that reduces productivity in naturally mated cattle. Its high prevalence in Northern Australian herds underscores the need for a locally made strain-specific vaccine.
John Harvey Santos   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of starch level and roughage intake on animal perfomance, rumen wall characteristics and liver abscesses in intensively fed Frisian bulls [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Organic dairy cows in Denmark has a higher frequency of liver abscesses, which is probably due to higher starch levels in the feed rations to high yielding cows compaired to conventional cows. Following abstract is based on experiments on young bulls and
Andersen, H.R.   +3 more
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Bull urine and semen as potential vectors of disease transmission for Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Hardjo

open access: yesJournal of Dairy Science
: Bovine leptospirosis can result in infertility, abortion, placentitis, weak offspring, stillbirths, and decreased milk production. The leading cause of bovine leptospirosis globally is Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Hardjo.
Camila Hamond   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

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