Global distortions to agricultural markets : new indicators of trade and welfare impacts, 1955 to 2007 [PDF]
Despite recent reforms, world agricultural markets remain highly distorted by government policies. Traditional indicators of those price distortions can be poor guides to the policies'economic effects. Recent theoretical literature provides indicators of
Anderson, Kym +2 more
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An intracellular transporter mitigates the CO2‐induced decline in iron content in Arabidopsis shoots
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.This study identifies a gene encoding a transmembrane protein, MIC, which contributes to the reduction of shoot Fe content observed in plants under elevated CO2. MIC is a putative Fe transporter localized to the Golgi and endosomal compartments. Its post‐translational regulation in roots may represent a potential target for improving plant nutrition ...
Timothy Mozzanino +7 more
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A Review of Animal-Based Welfare Indicators for Calves and Cattle
RuminantsAs the human population continues to rise, so does the consumption of animal proteins and products. To meet this demand, animal agriculture has intensified.
Sierra Harris +2 more
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Effects of environmental complexity on welfare indicators of fast-growing broiler chickens.
Poultry Science, 2019 Increasing environmental complexity, e.g., by providing environmental enrichment, has been suggested as a way to increase activity levels and improve leg health in broilers.
F. Tahamtani, I. J. Pedersen, A. Riber
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List of welfare indicators to assess turkeys' welfare on-farm
, 2023 This deliverable combines a list of welfare indicators and methods of assessment relative to on-farm turkeys’ welfare. As no specific European legislation is yet available, the legal requirements of directive 98/58/EC that apply to turkeys are identified and allocated to four welfare principles: Good Feeding, Good Housing, Good Health, and Appropriate ...
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Pro-Poor Growth Using Non-Income Indicators: An Empirical Illustration for Colombia [PDF]
In this paper, we analyze how the distribution of selected non-income welfare indicators changed between 1997 and 2003 in Colombia. We use multidimensional pro-poor growth measurement techniques and create indices for assets, health, education, and ...
Adriana Cardozo, Melanie Grosse
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Examination of the impact and effectiveness of herd health and welfare assessment in im-proving animal welfare on organic dairy farms, using qualitative interviews. [PDF]
, 2006 During winter 2002-03, 15 organic dairy farms in SW England participated in a herd health and welfare assessment and benchmarking study. A second assessment was carried out on 14 of the original 15 farms and on 14 new farms during winter 2003-04.
Burke, Dr J, Roderick, Dr S
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A Cre‐dependent lentiviral vector for neuron subtype‐specific expression of large proteins
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.We designed a versatile and modular lentivector comprising a Cre‐dependent switch and self‐cleaving 2A peptide and tested it for co‐expression of GFP and a 2.8 kb gene of interest (GOI) in mouse cortical parvalbumin (PV+) interneurons and midbrain dopamine (TH+) neurons.
Weixuan Xue +6 more
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Factors Affecting the Welfare of Calves in Auction Markets
Animals, 2019 Marketing cattle through auctions increases marketing time, exposing animals to more stressful events. Within Chile, 37% of auctioned cattle are “calves”.
Viviana M. Bravo +2 more
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Affect-Driven Attention Biases as Animal Welfare Indicators: Review and Methods
Animals, 2018 Simple Summary Good animal welfare requires minimizing suffering and promoting positive experiences. To achieve this, we need reliable indicators of animals’ psychological states.
A. Crump, G. Arnott, E. Bethell
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