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Complex of primary and secondary parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae and Signiphoridae) of Hypogeococcus spp. Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in the New World [PDF]

, 2018
Se informan los resultados de los relevamientos de los parasitoides primarios y secundarios (hiperparasitoides) de Hypogeococcus spp. (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) realizados en el Nuevo Mundo durante el período 2009 para 2017 para obtener enemigos ...
Aguirre, María Belén, Ciomperlik, Matthew A., Hight, Stephen D., Logarzo, Guillermo Alejandro, Rodrigues, Jose C. Verle, Rugman Jones, Paul F., Triapitsyn, Serguei V.   +6 more
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Effect of castration age on carcass traits and meat quality of Simmental bulls

Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2010
Italian beef management is usually based on entire males, since they show better growth rate and higher lean yield carcasses. Despite consumer’s preferences require lean meat, producers have been induced to consider the positive effect of ...
I. Andrighetto, C. Bianchi, C. Mazzini, C. Elia, S. Segato   +4 more
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Slaughtering of entire male pigs seen from the slaughterhouse perspective

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2019
AbstractSeveral challenges need to be taken into account before a full transition to slaughtering entire male pigs. To optimize welfare, entire male pigs should spend as short a time as possible in the pick-up facilities at the farm. At the slaughterhouse, there is no need to control the ratio between genders in the pens, as this has only minor effects
M D Aaslyng, S Støier, B W Lund, D B Nielsen   +3 more
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Relationship between carcass weight, adipose tissue androstenone level and expression of the hepatic 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in entire commercial pigs

Animal, 2007
Boar taint is a major meat-quality defect in pigs and is due to excessive accumulation of skatole and androstenone in adipose tissue. The present work investigated the relationship between carcass weight, levels of skatole and androstenone in adipose ...
S.I. Nicolau-Solano, F.M. Whittington, J.D. Wood, O. Doran   +3 more
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Integration, Information Thresholds, and Arrangement in\ud Mindamic: A Probabilistic Causation Analysis [PDF]

, 2010
The objective of the research was to scrutinize probabilistic\ud causalities between integration, information thresholds, and\ud arrangement in mind dynamic. Data obtained from videotaped\ud sessions with structured observation.
Laasonen, Ed.D. Raimo J
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Circulating vaspin is unrelated to insulin sensitivity in a cohort of nondiabetic humans [PDF]

, 2010
Objective: To study the association of vaspin with glucose metabolism. Design: Cross-sectional and intervention study. Subjects and methods: The association of serum vaspin with metabolic and anthropometric characteristics was investigated in 108
Arafat, Ayman, M., Isken, Frank, Loeffelholz, Christian von, Mai, Knut, Möhlig, Matthias, Pfeiffer, Andreas F. H., Randeva, Harpal S., Spranger, Joachim, Weickert, Martin O.   +8 more
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Phenotypic characterisation and production system of the Nordestino horse from a multivariate perspective

Scientific Reports
Zootechnical data is a big challenge in the extensive rearing system of Brazilian locally adapted breeds once smallholdings with limited resources and funds rear them. So, information on Brazil's breeding system of locally adapted breeds is still scarce;
Neila Lidiany Ribeiro, Geovergue Rodrigues de Medeiros, Núbia Michelle Vieira da Silva, Kilmer Oliveira Soares, Janaína Kelli Gomes Arandas, George Vieira do Nascimento, Maria Norma Ribeiro   +6 more
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Organic pig production 2014 -without castration [PDF]

Organic pork is a clear alternative to conventional pork because organic pig production, with outdoor access and roughage, is quite different. The low market share (1 %) for organic pork provides a promising development potential.

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Study of the competitiveness of allochtonous sterile males during the tsetse eradication campaign in Senegal [PDF]

, 2012
Since 2007, the Government of Senegal launched an eradication campaign against the only species present in the Niayes area (Glossina palpalis gambiensis Vanderplank).
Bouyer, Jérémy, Lancelot, Renaud, Lo, Moustapha, Pagabeleguem, Soumaïla, Sall, Baba, Seck, Momar Talla, Vreysen, Marc J.B.   +6 more
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Estimating body weight from foot measurements in the Eastern Turkish Population using linear methods and artificial neural networks

Medicine Science
In forensic and archaeological contexts, accurately determining an individual's age, sex, height, and weight is essential for the identification of unidentified bodies and dismembered remains.
Omer Turan, Muhammed Emin Parlak, Bengu Berrak Ozkul, Mucahit Oruc, Osman Celbis   +4 more
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