Animal Husbandry - Methods
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Could ozonation technology really work for mitigating air emissions from animal feeding operations?

29 Sep 2009 Among various mitigation technologies for ammonia (NH3) emission control at animal feeding operations (AFOs), room ozonation technology is the most controversial. This paper aims to present full perspectives of ozonation techniques through a ... Read more...

Effect of a free-range raising system on growth performance, carcass yield, and meat quality of slow-growing chicken.

29 Sep 2009 Experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of free-range raising systems on growth performance, carcass yield, and meat quality of slow-growing chickens. Slow-growing female chickens, Gushi chickens, were selected as the experimental birds. ... Read more...

Escherichia coli O157 prevalence in different cattle farm types and identification of potential risk factors.

30 Aug 2009 Although the prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 on cattle farms has been examined extensively, the relationship between this pathogen and farm type has been established only rarely. A large-scale study was designed to determine the prevalence of E. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Animal Husbandry - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Could ozonation technology really work for mitigating air emissions from animal feeding operations? 29 Sep 2009
• Effect of a free-range raising system on growth performance, carcass yield, and meat quality of slow-growing chicken. 29 Sep 2009
• Staging worms for next-generation analysis. 29 Sep 2009
• Uncovering the cause of a research problem. IACUC's responsibility. 30 Aug 2009
• Escherichia coli O157 prevalence in different cattle farm types and identification of potential risk factors. 30 Aug 2009
• Herd and cow characteristics affecting the odds of veterinary treatment for disease - a multilevel analysis. 20 Aug 2009
• More on the future of food animal medicine. 13 Aug 2009
• Risk factors for post-weaning mortality of Merino sheep in south-eastern Australia. 30 Jul 2009
• Re: Improved traceability of pigs in Australia. 30 Jul 2009
• Evaluation of the furosine and homoarginine methods for determining reactive lysine in rumen-undegraded protein. 30 Jul 2009
• In vitro digestibility of individual amino acids in rumen-undegraded protein: the modified three-step procedure and the immobilized digestive enzyme assay. 30 Jul 2009
• Technical note: A rapid enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay blood test for pregnancy in dairy and beef cattle. 30 Jul 2009
• Water-flow variation and pharmacoepidemiology of tetracycline hydrochloride administration via drinking water in swine finishing farms. 30 Jul 2009
• The effect of feeder space allocation on behavior of Hy-Line W-36 hens housed in conventional cages. 30 Jul 2009
• Shoaling preferences and the effects of sex ratio on spawning and aggression in small laboratory populations of zebrafish (Danio rerio). 30 Jul 2009
• Breeding Glen of Imaal terriers. 16 Jul 2009
• Procedures to eliminate H3N2 swine influenza virus from a pig herd. 16 Jul 2009
• Assessment of measures to prevent disease associated with animals in agricultural fairs--Maine, 2008. 13 Jul 2009
• Artificial rearing of infant mice leads to n-3 fatty acid deficiency in cardiac, neural and peripheral tissues. 7 Jul 2009
• A detailed characterization of the adult mouse model of glycogen storage disease Ia. 4 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Animal Husbandry'

Definition: The science of breeding, feeding and care of domestic animals; includes housing and nutrition.

Descriptor UI: D000822

Alternative terms: Animal Husbandry; Animal Husbandries; Husbandries, Animal; Husbandry, Animal;

Related Mesh Headings: Veterinary Medicine;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: J01.040.090;

History Note: 76

Technical Notes: includes animal "breeding, feeding & care ... housing & nutrition"; do not confuse with VETERINARY MEDICINE; SPEC: SPEC qualif