Sentences with phrase «modern animal feeding»

Modern animal feeding operations also often put very large numbers of cows, chickens, or other animals in close quarters, sometimes in a single building.

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The drugs, which could be administered in both feed and water, helped shield the livestock from disease, which also allowed farmers to pack more animals into barns and transformed old - fashioned agriculture into its modern industrialized form.

Modern US steakhouses feature grass - fed cattle, sustainably sourced products, locally raised animals

To cut costs and increase production, many modern farmers put their cows on feed - lots — a small, industrialized space where they are given grain - based food that is specifically designed to influence the health of the animal.

Modern agriculture extends well beyond the traditional production of food for humans and animal feeds.

Modern mysticetes have keratin fibers — called baleen — in place of teeth that allow them to trap and feed on tiny marine animals such as shrimp.

Many basilosaurids were probably active hunters, similar to modern orcas, with mouths that were suited for biting and attacking, but Mystacodon has a mouth more suited for sucking in smaller animals, leading the researchers to conclude that Mystacodon most likely represents an intermediate step between raptorial and filter feeding and between the ancient basilosaurids and modern mysticetes.

Normally it is possible to deduce the feeding habits of fossil animals on the basis of the shape and wear of their teeth — however, the teeth of the Giant Sloth are not comparable to those of modern animals.

Their meat was generally quite lean, and provided more healthy omega 3s than meats from modern day animals, even the grass - fed ones, according to Dr. Katz.

Similarly, eating the kidneys of a healthy animal was believed to support urinary ailments and overall kidney health... Pancreas was fed to people with digestive and endocrine problems... [7] trachea and other cartilaginous parts provided concentrated amounts of connective tissue, collagen and other proteins that are now missing from the modern diet.

Modern farming often involves slipping meat products (for protein) into the feed of animals that would never even think of eating another animal!

Modern diets commonly include far more arachidonic acid, mostly from grain fed animal products, than either the diet of our distant ancestors consuming more plant - based diets, or even relatively recent ancestors consuming smaller amounts of grass - fed animal products.

So like our true paleo ancestors the best approach in today's world is likely a plant based diet with small servings of wild seafood and / or grass fed bison or game meat that is very close in composition to the animals that true paleos ate versus the fat and pesticide laden, nutrient - deficient, modern livestock meat and farmed seafood.

There were fundamental biology standards at play here — my student was grappling with the sheer amount of saturated fat being produced in an animal fed by the gratuitous starches provided in modern feed corn.

Although there are numerous heartbreaking puppy mills that fall into this category, there are also commercial breeders of dogs who have clean, modern and spacious facilities where animals are well fed and housed.

If you read Brian's post on drug - resistant bacteria and CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations), you are probably now seriously questioning the wisdom of modern farming practices.