Sentences with phrase «as breeders for»

As for responsible breeders: no human effort is 100 % successful, but responsible breeders» failure rate (measured in dogs or cats winding in shelters, or pet - quality anmals not being neutered, or animals winding up as breeders for BYBs or puppy mills) is vanishingly low.

The protocol we follow as breeders for our kittens will affect their entire future.

Not exact matches

Protection from other predators, yes, but they would be (and still are) routinely slaughtered for their meat after their usefulness as breeders and wool providers was over.

They slowly developed as breeders selectively bread for desired traits.

If, for example, a dog breeder only ever allows the fastest male dogs to breed with the fastest female dogs, after many years of such selective breeding the resultant dogs will differ so much in body shape, leg length and, perhaps, lung capacity from their ancestor as to be considered a separate breed.

Jennings had been looking for yellow rice since his earliest days as a rice breeder in Colombia with the Rockefeller Foundation in the 1950s.

Canadian plant breeders had worked on developing it for years with rapeseed — another Brassica — as their starting point.

In addition, ESCAS does not apply to «breeder» animals and dairy cows who are exported but not for the purposes of slaughter, meaning that as soon as they step off a ship, exporters bear no legal responsibility for what happens to them in the importing country.

In a sense the shocking breakdown of Go for Wand in the 1990 Breeders» Cup Distaff at Belmont, as she and Bayakoa went hammer and tongs 100 yards from the wire, poisoned the well even more deeply than Ruffian's demise, since Go for Wand went down deep in the stretch, in full view of everyone, and then tried to stand on a foot that flapped around grotesquely as she bounded in a panic in front of the horrified crowds that filled the grandstand.

It is somewhat curious that Argentines, interested as they are in staying blood and distance racing, should have so little regard for the great gains made by French breeders along these same lines.

When Johnny retired from riding in 1966, Vance stepped down as head trainer for owner - breeder Frank McMahon and let his father take over.

I respect Alanna Weissman's feelings regarding intense dislike of children, but I would not care for anyone, who hates children, snark off pregnant women as «breeders,» to be my friend.

Cari Meyers, founder and president of the Puppy Mill Project, described large - scale breeders as «prison for a dog,» with inhumane conditions that can leave pets with lasting health and behavior issues.

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has commended Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, for accepting to adopt cattle ranching as a solution to the clashes between...

The governor again accused the leadership of Myetti Allah cattle breeders as being behind the mayhem and called for the arrest and prosecution of the group's leaders.

Suffolk County is poised to become the first county in New York State to regulate the sale of animals, as the county legislature unanimously approved a measure on Tuesday that sets a framework for discouraging pet retailers from buying from unsafe breeders.

This best chicken egg incubator is good for use in the home, as an educational tool, or even for a breeder who needs a better way to hatch eggs.

The new and improved wheat assembly will help wheat breeders accelerate their crop improvement programmes and researchers to discover genes for key traits such as yield, nutrient use and bread making quality.

This is good news for breeders seeking to develop cultivars that are resistant to disease, says Myles, as so few of the potential crosses have actually been made.

Purists like Smith and Moore see the quest for size as industry's deal with the devil: In return for bigger pop and bigger profits, commercial breeders now cultivate hybrids that are just bland sponges for other flavors.

The operation itself, as I've indicated is what we call farrow to finish, so this breeder has his own sows on the farm which have young pigs which he keeps on the farm, grows them out and their only exit from the farm on a rotational basis as the young pigs come through the older pigs meet market weight, and they are shipped out for slaughter as their end destination.

Plant breeders have generally been supportive of this technology, not seeing the genetic modification as a threat to crossbreeding for combating climate change.»

For example, plant breeders working to develop crops that can resist pests and diseases or higher temperatures often look to the broad range of plants and traditional crops in primary regions of diversity as sources of useful traits for crop improvemeFor example, plant breeders working to develop crops that can resist pests and diseases or higher temperatures often look to the broad range of plants and traditional crops in primary regions of diversity as sources of useful traits for crop improvemefor crop improvement.

Professor Brown suggests that as wheat breeders selected ever more strongly for higher yield, susceptibility to Septoria hitch - hiked along with it.

We are transferring as many segments of different chromosomes as possible from as many different species as possible so they can be screened for any of the traits the breeders are interested in.

His cataloguing of the unusual and sometimes bizarre varieties of pigeon was more than a hobby: he was an avid pigeon breeder, and devoted many pages of On The Origin of Species to documenting how readily the birds change their form when selected for unusual traits such as webbed or feathered feet.

As people familiar with the controversy likely know, transgenic technology allows breeders to add genes for desirable traits to valuable breeding materials.

And she says it's important for plant breeders like herself to keep in mind that the traits they select for in plants — such as heat in peppers — might have disadvantages under certain conditions.

Most simply, once these genes, or bits of DNA tied to the genes (known as markers), have been identified, molecular breeders can quickly target offspring inheriting the genes for further development, cutting breeding time and improving the crop's «genetic gain,» the generational improvements made to a crop, like increased height, by human selection.

«Given that cattle breeders usually sow grass species as fodder, our results should be used for managing cattle stocks with bird conservation in mind by selecting the fodder species that are most consumed by the most specialized seed - eating birds,» says Marone.

In Mother Nature, published in 1999, Hrdy synthesized her previous work, positing that both infanticide and polyandry — the tendency for females to mate with more than one male — exist because humans evolved as cooperative breeders and, as such, are ill - equipped to cope without helpers.

The genome will serve as a resource for jujube breeders working on improved cultivars, as well as for researchers working on other fruit trees, such as apples.

With this information, plant breeders will know which individuals to choose as parent stock for crops that can survive droughts by making the most of the available water.

Dr. Bill Rooney, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research sorghum breeder in the Texas A&M department of soil and crop sciences in College Station, has been appointed as the first holder of the Borlaug - Monsanto Chair for Plant Breeding and International Crop Improvement.

COLLEGE STATION — Dr. Bill Rooney, a Texas A&M AgriLife Research sorghum breeder in the Texas A&M department of soil and crop sciences in College Station, has been appointed as the first holder of the Borlaug - Monsanto Chair for Plant Breeding and International Crop Improvement.

MusaBase serves as a parallel resource for researchers and breeders of banana, which is from the genus Musa.

CGIAR's Technical Advisory Committee, IRRI should «Continue to campaign for GE as a legitimate breeders» tool, using the «golden» rice as a flagship.

Find exceptional horses for sale, ponies for sale and stallions at stud as well as horse riders, trainers, breeders, race trainers, livery yards and competition yards.

She too is doing what she can to make ends meet, working part - time as a cashier in a supermarket, in addition to temporarily looking after dogs for a breeder.

Taking place some time after the events of Cheaper by the Dozen (director of that stillbirth, Shawn Levy, makes a cameo in this one, what with all the time on his hands waiting for Sony to discreetly dump his long - completed Pink Panther in theatres next spring), the film reacquaints us with dangerously irresponsible breeder couple Tom (Steve Martin) and Kate (Bonnie Hunt) Baker (as in «Baker's dozen,» get it?

You could let the game play as usual on your television and on the gamepad you could show all the vital stats for your pet or breeder.

While each has its single electric zone, for the filters of classifying exotic consideration they can be scaled as one, as each kills of the upper three venues: vehicles, horsemen and breeders.

However, it could prove a deterrent to a takeover approach, for example — but I didn't highlight this above, as I think any potential acquirer would also seek out / require assurances of support from a majority of breeders (& buyers) anyway.

As an organization whose mission is to end the killing of pets in shelters, of course Best Friends Animal Society encourages people looking for a pet to adopt from a shelter or rescue group, rather than buying from a pet store, breeder or online retailer.

They may refuse to feed their young, not care for the babies properly or have other behavioral issues that make them unsuccessful as breeders.

Backyard breeders and puppy mills produce as many puppies of these breeds as possible for income.

Since 2013, the subcommittee has orchestrated several successes and positive outcomes, some of which include: • Collaborating with the PIJAC Zoonosis committee to update the Healthy Herp Handling poster promoting healthy reptile and amphibian handling practices; develop the Zoonotic Disease Prevention Series for Retailers; draft informative store signage on how to prevent zoonotic diseases; participate in meetings on rodent and reptile disease transmission with the Centers for Disease Control; and produce and revise best management practices (BMP) documents; • Collaborating with the United States Association of Reptile Keepers on past and current attempts to pass legislation, ordinances, and regulatory activity that may impact herp ownership and related businesses; • Attending Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meetings with reports and summary of actions affecting import and export of reptiles; • Addressing the 2013 Center for Biological Diversity petition to list 53 herp species under the Endangered Species Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards in Ohio.

For those not familiar with the bill, Oklahoma is the only high volume breeder state to lack state regulations of the facilities commonly referred to as «puppy mills.»

Breeders bred wolves to Northern breeds such as Malamutes and Huskies for their pelts, thus getting what we know now as the wolfdog.

This caused significant consternation and disagreement within the industry, as some saw the information as a violation of privacy rights for breeders and others saw the information as critical to a transparent industry.