Encyclopedia Of Animal Science - A doc

... helplessness. [6] CONCLUSION Foundations of success in environmental aspects of animal care are the fundamental principles of animal Adaptation and Stress: Animal State of Being 3 Adaptation and Stress: Animal State of Being Stanley ... that the vast majority of the public affirms that animals have rights, as do many husbandry agri- culturalists. A Gallup poll published...

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... undertaken to develop a set of minimal animal welfare standards. As part of that process, a kosher/halal standard and audit requirements have been developed, based on the Amer- ican Meat Institute’s ... production. [5] Ionophores are antimicrobials (but not antibiotics) that inhibit Gram-positive bacteria. Because the rumen is populated by both Gram-positive and -negative bacteria,...

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... VS. ANIMAL WELFARE/WELL-BEING The public and the media often confuse animal rights and animal welfare/well-being. Animals have limited legal rights and few widely agreed-upon moral rights. Animals have ... Indicators J. C. Swanson M. Rassette Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, U.S .A. INTRODUCTION Animal well-being can be characterized as the harmony an animal is experienc...

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... phases of an animal s life cycle. For example, 1) meat packers can act as integrators, acquiring and maintaining ownership of an animal from the cow- calf operation until the consumer purchases ... have been incorporated into sequences of behaviors that on the whole are adaptive. TYPES OF ABERRANT BEHAVIORS Self-Directed Aberrant Behaviors These are directed at the animal or at i...

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... major producing states of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missis- sippi. [6] Mississippi leads all states with 106,000 acres, followed by Arkansas (33,500 acres), Alabama (26,000 acres), and ... 5000 m for llamas and 3500 5000 m for alpacas in Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Argentina. Additionally, Columbia has a few llamas. The total population of llamas and alpacas is about 3.8...

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... disease and metabolic conditions may affect 30% to 60% of animals calving on an annual basis. Animals may be affected by more than one problem, and an animal may experience repeated bouts of the same problem ... However, al- though free stalls can offer several advantages relative to tie stalls in terms of cow state of being, each free-stall design and each farm is unique, and anim...

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... matched, animal productivity can decrease and animal health can suffer. The effects on productivity and health are largely due to animals entering a state of distress. Stress can occur when an ... productivity can be a measure of a mismatch between an animal and its environment, a lack of impaired productivity does not mean that the animal s needs are being satisfied. Not...

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... to any attempt to understand the welfare of animals. Application to Farm Animals The externality model applies to the welfare of farm animals. Historically, farm animals have been held as chattel ... thought of as part of the art of husbandry, the welfare of farm animals has become a critical area of livestock production and animal science. The notion of welfare is derive...

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... than lamb carcasses. At a constant age, Angora carcasses are lighter and have smaller longissimus muscle areas compared to BoerÂSpanish carcasses. [2] Furthermore, Angora car- casses have a lower ... associated with animal waste. [3] As a result, potential for fecal adultera- tion of meats and the possible contamination of water and food supplies from land application of animal...

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... in a box stall and is fed a minimal amount of hay and maximal amount of grain. He is turned out (usually alone) into a paddock (usually grassless) for a variable period of time and ridden (usually ... bands in a given geographic area are called a herd. Bands are rarely larger than 10 adult animals. The band is always together (always within visual contact), and each horse is...

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