Sentences with phrase «animals bred at»

Although Maryland state law already prohibits the sale of dogs and cats bred by illegal «puppy mills,» it does not ban the retail sale of animals bred at large - scale commercial breeding facilities which, many will argue, are merely federally inspected, legal puppy mill operations.

In Germany, there are approximately 1 million Fleckvieh dairy cows: «Their genomes can be traced back to a small number of key ancestors,» explains Prof. Ruedi Fries, Chair of Animal Breeding at TUM.

Not exact matches

The study, conducted by Eli Lilly's (lly) Elanco Animal Health division at the request of the National Chicken Council, said that if one - third of U.S. broilers switched to slower growing breeds, that would mean 33.5 billion pounds more feed, 7.6 million acres / year more land, 28.5 billion pounds of manure, and 5.1 billion additional gallons of water.

This is an animal of breed, and a beautiful and noble one at that.

Animals Australia says laws now allow battery hens to be packed into cages where they can not stretch their wings; mother pigs can be caged barely able to move for months on end; and chickens raised for meat have been bred to grow at three times their natural rate, causing health problems.

An exception is made for harvest of breeding stock and where replacement animals are not technically possible from organic sources — in this case they must be maintained under organic conditions for at least two - thirds of the production cycle before they are sold as organic.

(Jan. 31, 2012) The Humane Society of the United States released undercover videos taken at Oklahoma pig breeding facilities owned by two leading U.S. pork producers and filed legal complaints with the U.S. Securities and Exchange and Federal Trade Commission alleging false and misleading statements about animal care by one of the producers.

Raising organic meat is far more than just making sure animals are free ranging and grass fed, it's equally about producing cattle without synthetic growth hormones, limiting vaccine use, not using routine antibiotics, breeding using natural methods, stress free weaning that allows for the ethological needs of mothers and young, access at all times to unfiltered sunlight and not using electric prodders as a routine management method.

Raising organic meat is far more than just making sure animals are free ranging and grass fed, it's equally about producing cattle without synthetic growth hormones or antibiotics, breeding using natural methods, stress free weaning that allows for the ethological needs of mothers and young, access at all times to unfiltered sunlight and not using electric prodders as a routine management method.

The extreme minority of males in this species hasn't made the cooperative breeding program easy, which is why Ken Ramirez, executive vice president of animal care and training at Shedd, says this calf is particularly exciting.

«Identifying which of these candidate genes actually causes variation in responses to cold snaps will give us the potential to understand whether evolution to climate change can occur in both wild and domesticated animals, allowing us to better predict which species or breeds will be «winners» and «losers» and to better mitigate the effects of anthropogenic climate change on a wide range of organisms from beneficial pollinators to invasive pests,» said Theodore Morgan an associate professor of evolutionary genetics in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University and senior author of the study.

Our results provide strong evidence for complex communication directed at humans in a species that was domesticated primarily for agricultural production, and show similarities with animals bred to become pets or working animals, such as dogs and horses.»

Mr Edward Matson of Twemlows Stud Farm said: «We have always strived to stay at the forefront of horse breeding and to offer our clients the most up to date techniques which are firmly centred on good science and focus on the welfare of their animals.

The Association of Zoos and Aquariums» Species Survival Plan manages the black - footed ferret breeding program at ex situ facilities, the breeding population in which is comprised of approximately 300 animals.

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Belyaev and his colleagues selected the least aggressive animals they could find at local fox farms and bred them.

Again and again, animals of various species domesticated at different times in different parts of the world develop the same domestication syndrome characteristics: more extensive breeding periods; smaller brains, hearts and teeth; small or floppy ears; spotted coats; curly hair and tails; variable numbers of vertebrae in the spine; and juvenile faces with shorter snouts.

He says that better studies of this unique animal and more reserves in the Yangtze are required, though scientists at his institute have started a captive breeding program.

According to Morgan, it faces a lifetime in captivity at wildlife breeding centres because it is too risky to release these sought - after animals back into the wild.

Animals that rely on river conditions at a certain time of year in order to breed or find food could be affected by surprise floods.

In 1991, with only 100 field crickets remaining in a single population in West Sussex, researchers at the London Zoo embarked on the sort of captive breeding program usually reserved for higher - profile or furrier animals.

That means the animals move through the corridors and breed with other populations, says study author Stephen Mech, now a conservation biologist at the University of Memphis in Tennessee.

It demonstrates too the value of captive breeding, even for such a diverse group as this: not only to preserve at least some threatened species, but also to provide contact between humans and animals, and promote human understanding, without which all conservation is doomed.

While searching for funding I took the opportunity to develop courses and supervise students at the Animal Breeding and Genetics Group at Wageningen University.

Ellen Heber - Katz, an immunologist at the Wistar Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, came upon the peculiar animals when she ordered lab mice bred for studying the overactive immune response in lupus.

«He's one of a dying breed,» says physiologist Arlan Richardson, director of the Aging Research and Education Center at UTHSCSA, «one of the [few] people who has really thought about whole - animal systems.»

Researchers say the insights could eventually inform animal breeding programmes aimed at improving farmers» stocks.

Researchers led by Professor Eckhard Wolf, Chair of Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology at the Gene Center and the Department of Veterinary Sciences at LMU, now report in the journal PNAS, that early phases of the development of bovine embryos, might offer a better system for the understanding of the earliest differentiation steps.

The project covers the central aspects of primate research and is aimed at advancing knowledge and competence in the areas of research, animal keeping and breeding.

Some microbes merged with hydrogen - producing microbes (probably multi-functional ancestral mitochondria) to become eukaryotes that later developed into multi-cellular «animals» that survive and breed in anoxic conditions, without oxygen (phylum Loricifera, which includes Spinoloricus at left — more).

At BPRC non-human primate (NHP) models of infectious diseases are available in high quality, using purpose - bred and MHC - typed animals.

C57BL / 6 (wild type) and perforin - deficient (C57BL / 6 - Prf 1tm1Sdz / J, Prf1 − / −) mice were obtained from the Jackson Laboratory and bred in the Abramson Research Center Animal Facility at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Jon Hennebold, a researcher at the Oregon National Primate Center, is injecting monkey embryos with CRISPR to breed animals with more genetically precise equivalents of human diseases.

All mice were bred and housed in specific pathogen - free conditions at the Association of Laboratory Care - approved animal facility at the Life Science Addition, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

Animals need to breed at the time of year when their progeny have the best chance of survival.

«Our breeding efforts have intensified again because there is a growing interest in the restoration of these horses,» says Dr Monika Reissmann from the Department for Crop and Animal Sciences at Humboldt University in Germany.

All animals were housed and bred in vivaria approved by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care located in the School of Medicine of UCSD and at Columbia University and New York University, following standards and procedures approved by the IACUC of UCSD.

She worked at Wistar from 1909 until 1950 and bred the Wistar rat, which was the first standardized lab animal.

Dr. Helen Fisher, a noted anthropologist at Rutgers University said, «In the animal kingdom, you can't spend three months discussing your resume; you need to feel instant sparks to start the breeding process.»

The game is being showcased this year at E3 2016 to unveil its new features: a new environment, new vehicles, a new animal to breed, and new gameplay mechanics that increase the game's richness and depth every year, but also to make it more accessible for both existing fans and new players.

Pratt plays Owen Grady, a maverick animal trainer in charge of this dangerous breed of dinosaur at the Jurassic World theme park.

This event is geared at addressing myths and educating the public on breed awareness, spay & neutering, training & obedience, and the human and inhumane treatment of animals in society.

It has been reported by certain animal welfare organisations that at certain pet farms, unscrupulous breeding occurs behind the scenes, animals that are used for breeding may be kept in appalling conditions, while they churn out litter after litter not unlike a production line.

It has been reported by certain animal welfare organisations that at certain pet farms, unscrupulous breeding occurs behind the scenes and the dogs that are used for breeding may be kept in appalling conditions, while they churn out litter after litter not unlike a production line.

Dr. Ron Hooley at River Trail Animal Hospital explains the reason why certain breeds are more prone to this and why they do it.

«A new pet can stimulate someone to read up on an animal or breed, which can be very mentally stimulating and important at that age,» says Dr. Katharine Hillestad, a veterinarian with the office of Doctors Foster and Smith in Rhinelander, Wis., which provides online advice and retails pet supplies and pharmaceuticals.

At the same time, the PLC will enthusiastically champion the vast majority of breeders who care deeply about animals, and who operate above those standards because they care about the animals they breed.

Setting the Standard Presented by Dr. Candace Croney, an associate professor of animal behavior and well - being at Purdue University, this session will illustrate the efforts by Purdue University and the pet industry to establish science - based breeding guidelines, and the benefits that will accrue to the animals, the dog buying public and the breeders themselves.

Setting the Standard: Why We Need Science - Based Breeding Guidelines Dr. Candace Croney, Ph.D., associate professor of animal sciences at Purdue University, specializes in dog - breedingBreeding Guidelines Dr. Candace Croney, Ph.D., associate professor of animal sciences at Purdue University, specializes in dog - breedingbreeding issues.

The term «hobbyist» refers to an individual or an organization who is not a commercial breeder but is (1) actively involved in any nationally recognized, organized animal sport or hobby for a period of at least one year prior to making application; or (2) participates in field trials, owns nationally - recognized breeds used specifically as hunting dogs, participates in hunting activities, has held (and continues to hold) a current valid Oklahoma hunting license and has held such license for at least one year prior to making application; or (3) qualifies as a «rescuer.»