Animal Husbandry - Standards
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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...

Assessment of measures to prevent disease associated with animals in agricultural fairs--Maine, 2008.

13 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Outbreaks of enteric disease associated with animal exhibits have been reported with increasing frequency. Visitors at venues that permit contact with animals can become exposed by direct animal contact or by contact with environmental ... Read more...

[Livestock owners with specifically increased disease awareness for Bluetongue: A new approach to disease surveillance]

29 Jun 2009 For the first time in Switzerland, specifically trained livestock owners were included in a national disease surveillance program by the Federal Veterinary Office. A questionnaire on data about clinical and epidemiological aspects of Bluetongue ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Animal Husbandry - Standards'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Effect of a free-range raising system on growth performance, carcass yield, and meat quality of slow-growing chicken. 29 Sep 2009
• [Food poisonings are increasing. Dangerous grilled meat (interview by Dr. Judith Neumaier)] Sep 2009
• Uncovering the cause of a research problem. 30 Aug 2009
• Uncovering the cause of a research problem. On institution's shoulders. 30 Aug 2009
• Assessment of measures to prevent disease associated with animals in agricultural fairs--Maine, 2008. 13 Jul 2009
• [Livestock owners with specifically increased disease awareness for Bluetongue: A new approach to disease surveillance] 29 Jun 2009
• [Examination of rearing standards and health status in turkeys in Germany] 29 Jun 2009
• Comparative study on the behaviour, health and productivity of laying hens in a furnished cage and an aviary system. 29 Jun 2009
• [German poultry farming between animal welfare and global market] 29 Jun 2009
• [Pilot "goat Health plan"] 13 Jun 2009
• Assessment of companion animal quality of life in veterinary practice and research. 30 May 2009
• [Faculty wants to work together with the practitioners] 13 May 2009
• Evaluation of strategies to improve village chicken production-controlled field trials to assess effects of Newcastle disease vaccination and altered chick rearing in Myanmar. 11 May 2009
• Risk factors for lameness in cubicle housed Austrian Simmental dairy cows. 3 May 2009
• Modeling on-farm Escherichia coli O157:H7 population dynamics. 29 Apr 2009
• A field study of culling and mortality in beef cows from western Canada. 29 Apr 2009
• The welfare of animals used in science: how the "Three Rs" ethic guides improvements. 29 Apr 2009
• Nutrition and behavior of fennec foxes (Vulpes zerda). 29 Apr 2009
• Nutrition, care, and behavior of captive prairie dogs. 29 Apr 2009
• Nutrition and behavior of degus (Octodon degus). 29 Apr 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