Sentences with phrase «animal reproduction at»

Yukio Tsunoda, a professor of animal reproduction at Kinki, refers modestly to «beginner's luck,» but most analysts point instead to Japan's extensive support for the latest biotech tools in livestock research.

Not exact matches

Animal studies of the chemical have found it has no health effects on reproduction or development at doses up to at least 100 mg per kg of body - weight per day.

Thus, at the lowest level, electrons tend to unite and converge in the atom; atoms converge by molecularization, crystallization; molecules unite by polymerization; cells unite by conjugation, reproduction, association; nerve ganglions concentrate and localize to form a brain by what might be called a process of cephalization; the higher animal groups form colonies, hives, herds, societies, etc.; man socializes and forms civilizations as foci of attraction and organization.

There is random genetic variation and non-random survival and non-random reproduction, which is why across the generations animals get better at doing what they do - which is quintessential ^ non-random.

«As phenology is advancing around the globe, there are concerns that plant - pollinator interactions may be disrupted through phenological mismatches, or mismatches in the timing of when flowers bloom and their pollinators emerge, leading to reduced plant reproduction,» says lead author Zak Gezon, who conducted the research as a doctoral student at Dartmouth and who is now a conservation biologist with Disney's Animal Programs.

Because high stress levels can cut into life - span and reproduction, at least in laboratory animals, Wasser says the results — which he emphasizes are preliminary — raise some questions about the efficacy of federal regulations designed to protect the owl.

«The origins of communication signals have long fascinated evolutionary biologists, and multiple potential mechanisms for these origins have been proposed,» says co-lead author Hannah ter Hofstede, an assistant professor at Dartmouth who investigates how sensory systems evolve to encode the environmental cues that are crucial for an animal's survival and reproduction.

«Through this study, the pandas at the San Diego Zoo have made a significant contribution to our understanding of what may be affecting panda reproduction in habitats in China,» said Ron Swaisgood, director of applied animal ecology, San Diego Zoo Global.

At ViaGen, we're driven by a deep passion to advance the science underlying animal reproduction that supports the interests and desires of our large and small animal owners.

The animals served by the Spay Shuttle are those that have been identified as being at highest risk for reproduction and then admission to the shelter, based upon breed, age and residence within high - intake neighborhoods in Knoxville and Knox County.

She practiced in Florida at a general practice that specialized in canine reproduction before being named the American Kennel Club / Theriogenology Foundation small animal resident.

In the laboratories at the Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University, Dr. Vicki Meyers ‐ Wallen focuses upon inherited disorders that affect canine reproduction.

While all species of animals are included, here at Bulger Veterinary Hospital we concentrate on canine and feline reproduction.

Dr. Macpherson is a professor of large animal clinical sciences and former chief of reproduction services at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine.

At this time, spaying female and neutering male animals are the preferred methods of preventing reproduction.

CAAWS can provide limited assistance trapping cats dependent upon volunteer availability The TNR program has been proven to be the humane alternative of controlling cat reproduction, and helps to reduce the euthanasia rates at local municipal animal shelters.

While Beck uses a poetic title to trip layers of association and insinuate meaning in Torn Animals Were Removed at Sunset from That Smile (Strike), the punning title Brick and Bracket contradicts the haunting true crime reproduction it frames.

All mammals have thyroid systems, and these are physiologically essential for growth, development, reproduction, stress response, tissue repair, metabolism and thermoregulation (an animal's ability to keep its body temperature within limits): disruption at any stage of life can be damaging, but thyroid regulation is vital in the earlier stages of life.

Still, with its numbers decreasing in its home country of Madagascar — blame deforestation and hunters for that — the aye - aye's chances for reproduction are becoming increasingly scarce, and even those in captivity aren't going at it too frequently; only two of the animals have ever been born in North America, the second at the Denver Zoo last spring.

(b) The record must be a reproduction of a visual or audio experience occurring at the animal facility, including but not limited to a photographic or audio medium.