The productivity and financial impacts of eight types of environmental enrichment for broiler chickens [PDF]
, 2020 Reduced mobility in broilers can contribute to leg health problems. Environmental enrichment has been suggested as one approach to combat this through stimulating increased physical activity.
Jones, Philip J. +4 more
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Estimation of costs for control of Salmonella in high-risk feed materials and compound feed [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction: Feed is a potential and major source for introducing Salmonella into the animal-derived food chain. This is given special attention in the European Union (EU) efforts to minimize human food-borne Salmonella infections from animal-derived ...
EFSA +7 more
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The Economic Cost of Domestic Hunger: Estimated Annual Burden to the United States [PDF]
, 2007 Examines the extent of domestic hunger and estimates the cost burden of food insecurity to the nation, including the costs of charity to help feed families, mental health and physical illnesses, and impaired educational outcomes and economic ...
Donald Shepard +3 more
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Resource efficiency and economic implications of alternatives to surgical castration without anaesthesia [PDF]
, 2009 This paper presents an analysis of the economic implications of alternative methods to surgical castration without anaesthesia. Detailed research results on the economic implications of four different alternatives are reported.
Baltussen, W.H.M. +3 more
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RAM FEEDING COSTS WHALES DEAR [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2008 ![Figure][1] Filtering tiny zooplankton from the sea, baleen whales have three options for getting a good mouthful of water. They can slurp it up, swim continually with their mouths open or lung forward intermittently.
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Feeding and the Equilibrium Feeder Animal Price-Weight Schedule [PDF]
Feeder animal prices depend on fed animal prices, the biological growth technology, and feed costs. In addition, daily maintenance costs can be avoided through accelerated feeding.
Hennessy, David A.
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The cost of diversity in livestock feed rations
PLOS ONE, 2022 This study investigates the financial cost of increasing the diversity of cereal grains in livestock feed rations. We first develop a nonlinear mathematical programming model that determines the least-cost composition of livestock feed rations of one metric ton that have at least the same energy and nutrient content as a reference feed ration.
Adam M. Komarek +2 more
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Economic simulation modeling of reprocessing alternatives for corn masa byproducts [PDF]
, 2003 Increasing production of corn masa for tortillas, chips, and related snack foods is resulting in large quantities of organic residuals requiring environmentally sound management. These byproduct streams appear suitable for use as livestock feed material,
Bern, Carl +5 more
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Empirical Analysis of Stanchion and Parlor Milking Cost on New York Dairy Farms [PDF]
This paper empirically estimates cost functions for two milking technologies, stanchion and parlor, using farm level data from New York dairy farms for the years 1993 through 2002.
Katsumata, Kentaro, Tauer, Loren W.
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A Study of Dairy Heifer Rearing Practices from Birth to Weaning and Their Associated Costs on UK Dairy Farms [PDF]
, 2015 There are many inputs into the dairy replacement herd which impact not only on the cost of rearing heifers from birth to first calving, but also on their future longevity and production potential.
Boulton, A C, Rushton, J, Wathes, D C
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