Encyclopedia Of Animal Science - W doc
Encyclopedia Of Animal Science - W doc
... ASSESSING
ANIMAL WELFARE/WELL-BEING
Scientists working in the field of farm animal welfare
science have struggled with defining and assessing animal
welfare/well-being. The most widely-held view is ... research.
Animal welfare/well-being is the concern of all people
who own animals. People give animals adequate environ-
ments to ensure that they have good welfare/well-being.
The...
Encyclopedia Of Animal Science - A doc
... Americans wish to see laws
protecting animals in agriculture (available at http://www.
gallup.com).
The clearest example of this new ethic can be found in
the Swedish law of 1988, which essentially ... exam-
ple, workers in swine factories are low-wage, often
illegal-immigrant labor who have no empathy with,
knowledge of, or concern for the animals.) Once
again, this could be changed wit...
Encyclopedia Of Animal Science - R docx
... DIETARY LAWS
Allowed Animals and the
Prohibition of Blood
Ruminants with split hoofs that chew their cud, the
traditional domestic birds, fish with fins and removable
scales, and a few grasshoppers ... supplement the starter diet or
water of the newly hatched ostrich with a booster pack
containing: 1) electrolytes that will ensure that the correct
Encyclopedia of Animal Science 76...
Encyclopedia Of Animal Science - B pdf
... rate
and weaning weight of calves from crossbred cows.
[1]
More than half of this advantage is due to the use of
crossbred cows. Effects of heterosis are greatest for
lifetime production of cows (30%), ... to
selection for lighter-birthweight EPDs. Likewise, signif-
icant change has been made for direct and maternal
components of weaning weight, as well as for yearling
weight. Som...
Encyclopedia Of Animal Science - C pps
... counteract this welfare problem. The
increasing production of slower-growing Label chick-
ens (France), for example, has led to a practice of
mating a heavy broiler cockerel with a slow-growing
Label ... 2 Aerial view of levee ponds used for channel catfish culture. (View this art in color at www.dekker.com.)
Fig. 1 Photograph of a channel catfish. (View this art in color
at www.dekke...
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... predicted DMI of 30.2 kg. The TMR had an
NE-l value of 1.58 Mcal/kg of DM. RDP was 9.6% of total
DM. In this example, the same TMR had a 5% lower
energy value when fed to the higher-producing cow.
ENERGY
The ... hemionus) fawns are born in late May and
June after a gestation period of approximately 202 days.
[1]
Fawns weigh 7 8 pounds when born and their weight may
double in the fir...
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... whites
Ultrapasteurized whole eggs
(UHT)
Golden flaked egg whites
Whole eggs with salt
Flaked egg whites
(granular)
Whole eggs with corn syrup
Flaked egg whites
(powdered)
Whole eggs with sugar Nonwhipping ... spray
dried egg whitesWhole eggs with added yolks
Whipping spray
dried egg whites
Whole eggs with added yolks
and corn syrup
Neutral pH spray
dried egg whites
Blends of yolks and whit...
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... 1995.
4. Appleby, M.C. What Should We Do About Animal
Welfare?. Blackwell Science: Oxford, UK, 1999.
5. Fraser, D. Animal ethics and animal welfare science:
Bridging the two cultures. Appl. Anim. ... FEMALE
REPRODUCTIVE TRACT
The following Web site can be accessed for viewing of
videos of the female anatomy of several mammalian
species: http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/resource-room...
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... with complete penetrance in
females and incomplete penetrance in males.
[1,2]
WW Ww Presence of wattles. Does with wattles were 13% more prolific than ww does.
[2]
Note: polled females with wattles ... smooth-seeded line were mated with plants from a true-
breeding wrinkled-seeded line. The offspring (F
1
) were all
smooth-seeded. However, when the F
1
plants were self-
fertilized, ... poll...
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... completely.
CONCLUSION
The behavior of horses is as fascinating and worthy of
study as that of any endangered or wild species. An
understanding of how horses communicate with one
another and how they live in natural ... a low-protein diet to
increase coprophagy in horses is not known. Low-fiber
diets and boredom have also been reported to increase the
incidence of coprophagy. The di...