Sentences with phrase «modern animal production»
Microbiologist Lance Price at the ScienceWriters2011 conference in Flagstaff on October 16 explained that modern animal production methods are virtually designed to create antibiotic resistant bacteria.
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The first article by Schulz and Tonsor provides the reader with a description of the predominant modern swine production system using gestation stalls or crates — a system which many consumer voices have criticized due to animal welfare concerns.
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.
The solution is not to turn back the hands of time, but instead combine advanced technologies with modern production practices,» commented Matt Lucy, PhD, Editor - in - Chief, Journal of Dairy Science, and Professor of Animal Science, University of Missouri, USA.
Dr Ville Friman, from the University of York's Department of Biology, said: «In modern animal husbandry, animals are reared in high density to maximize food production.
However, a long, hard look at the methods through which animals are intensively reared for food production has led Dr. A-V to start to consider how modern interventions in animal husbandry might damage the gut microbes, and hence the health, of farm animals.
As production systems ramp up, so does the need for veterinarians and for support from animal health companies that have valuable experience in the needs of modern production.