New animal welfare scoring system could enable better-informed food and farming choices
Cambridge University scientists have come up with a system of measuring animal welfare that enables reliable comparison across different types of pig farming.
Cambridge University scientists have come up with a system of measuring animal welfare that enables reliable comparison across different types of pig farming.
Agriculture
Mar 21, 2023
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A large Bronze Age debris deposit in Mycenae, Greece, provides important data for understanding the history of animal resources at the site, according to a study published March 1, 2023, in the open-access journal PLoS ONE ...
Archaeology
Mar 1, 2023
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Vegans and vegetarians have long argued their approach to eating is the kindest—to animals and to our planet.
Ecology
Feb 15, 2023
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Arthropods crawl and buzz around us in the wild and on farmlands, on the street and at home, under our floors and in our plumbing systems, even in our food and on our bodies. But while we often are inconvenienced by this ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 6, 2023
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Corn, rice, wheat, sugar cane—the grass family contains a number of species that are important food sources for humans and have been bred and cultivated for millennia. Wild and farm animals, too, depend heavily on grasses ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 11, 2023
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Two common drugs used by veterinarians to combat parasites may be effective against bed bugs, with one showing especially strong potential, according to a new study from North Carolina State University that examined the drugs ...
Veterinary medicine
Nov 29, 2022
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Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new form of rapid test to detect infections in farm animals, responding to the rising threat of dangerous outbreaks.
Veterinary medicine
Jun 10, 2022
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Using state of the art sensor technologies, experts at the University of Nottingham have found that calves reared on farms not only vary significantly in their movement and space patterns, but also that some calves are more ...
Veterinary medicine
Jun 8, 2022
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Production of animal protein in China has increased by 800% over the past 40 years, driven by population growth, urbanization and higher worker wages. However, the amount of climate-warming nitrous oxide released from animal ...
Environment
May 19, 2022
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Genetic material from E. coli bacteria in farm animals could be contributing to the evolution of deadly pandemic strains of E. coli in humans, new research shows.
Evolution
Mar 1, 2022
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