Altering animals also eliminates the risk of certain diseases, such as mammary and testicular cancer.
Altering animals also reduces behavioral problems, making them better companions and neighbors!
Not exact matches
Whitehead notes that the upward thrust of evolution has produced
animals increasingly able to adapt the environment to themselves (FR 4 - 5), and this suggests that «adaptation» concerns not only an occasion's mode of responding to a given world but
also its mode of
altering the world beyond itself.
In
animal models, exposure to cigarette smoke or nicotine during fetal development
alters the expression of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in areas of the brainstem important for autonomic function, 28
alters the neuronal excitability of neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius (a brainstem region important for sensory integration), 29 and
alters fetal autonomic activity and medullary neurotransmitter receptors.30 In human infants, there are strong associations between nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and serotonin receptors in the brainstem during development.31 Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke attenuates recovery from hypoxia in preterm infants, 32 decreases heart rate variability in preterm33 and term34 infants, and abolishes the normal relationship between heart rate and gestational age at birth.33 Moreover, infants of smoking mothers exhibit impaired arousal patterns to trigeminal stimulation in proportion to urinary cotinine levels.35 It is important to note
also that prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke
alters the normal programming of cardiovascular reflexes such that there is a greater - than - expected increase in blood pressure and heart rate in response to breathing 4 % carbon dioxide or a 60 ° head - up tilt.36 These changes in autonomic function, arousal, and cardiovascular reflexes might all increase an infant's vulnerability to SIDS.
Global loss of vagility
alters a key ecological trait of
animals that affects not only population persistence but
also ecosystem processes such as predator - prey interactions, nutrient cycling, and disease transmission.
It
also remains unclear how knocking down expression of certain genes in zygotes via sperm miRNA leads to
altered stress response in adult
animals and
altered gene expression in the brain.
«We have found that the same genes responsible for tamoxifen resistance in our
animals are
also turned off in human breast cancer cells that do not respond to the drug,» she says «Because these genes were epigenetically silenced — meaning they were not irreversibly
altered, just switched off — it was possible to turn them back on.
Scientists
also discovered another commonality: the mind -
altering fungi grew in
animal droppings and rotting wood.
Since most CAFOs feed
animals genetically engineered (GE) grains (primarily corn and soy), there's
also the issue of whether or not such feed might
alter such meats in ways we still don't fully understand.
The word «natural» is a food package term,
also regulated by the FDA, but mostly refers to foods that are not
altered chemically or synthesized in any way as well as derived from plants and
animals.
During Dōbutsu no Mori +'s localization process overseas as
Animal Crossing, there were many changes that not only involved immense translation from Japanese to English, but
also replacements of many cultural references as well as brand new content, including new holidays, new items and new or
altered events.
However, rural areas with the least access to spay / neuter clinics and the least access to sheltering are
also the ones in which intact
animals are most likely to be released from the existing shelters with no follow - up to ensure they were
altered.
«It would
also degrade shelter operations, as well as morale and ultimately the character of shelter workers, by
altering the mandated focus of
animal control agencies from lifesaving back to the failed catch - and - kill orientation of the bad old days,» said Best Friends Animal Society co-founder Francis Bat
animal control agencies from lifesaving back to the failed catch - and - kill orientation of the bad old days,» said Best Friends
Animal Society co-founder Francis Bat
Animal Society co-founder Francis Battista.
We
also require that all existing
animals in home are current on vet care, including spayed or neutered unless age or medical reason prevents
altering.
In addition to reducing
animal homelessness, there are
also health and behavior benefits to
altering pets:
The laws
also encourage
animal control officials to confiscate dogs from owners if the dogs have not been
altered — causing the dogs to go into the shelter and often killed in the shelter.
We believe in spaying and neutering (
also known as «fixing») as a moral imperative, and all our
animals are surgically
altered before they are adopted.
Dr. Irv and Dr. Kris
also share their love of
animals through travels to Africa, Tibetan refugee camps in India, and our own Hopi and Navaho Indian Reservation to vaccinate and
alter dogs and cats.
Because the penicillins may
also alter gut flora, antibiotic - associated diarrhea can occur, as well as selecting out resistant bacteria maintaining residence in the colon of the
animal (superinfections).
And why would we discourage TNR — which is what
animal welfare groups are promoting which encourages not only
altering cats to keep them from being reproducing, but
also vaccinating them against rabies in the process?
Altered Beast «s world is
also populated by vicious and misshapen monsters, each layer of its deadly environment protected by a mutated and almost Lovecraftian boss — swollen masses of flesh and faces, grotesque gestalts of man and
animal.
Thater
also provides a window onto
animal subjectivity through her use of atypical camera angles, dramatic shifts in scale, and colored lights that
alter the spectrum of her exhibitions.
Folk art
also suggests isolation, with the
animal as
alter ego.
The taller and denser vegetation uses up more carbon from the atmosphere, changes the amount and composition of forage for grazing
animals, and
also alters the partitioning and distribution of energy and heat at the land surface.
Beever added that climate change could
also alter the vegetation mix the
animals rely on, giving them less to eat.
[Erik Beever] added that climate change could
also alter the vegetation mix the
animals rely on, giving them less to eat.