Sentences with phrase «number of breeding females»

In fact, warm incubation temperatures may have a short - term conservation benefit on the turtles, increasing the number of breeding females and hence the total size of the population

Predicting the future of mammalian populations requires long time series of demographic and life history parameters: for example, the short term stability of the effective size of our seal population may be confirmed in the long term only when long time series of number of breeding females, pup mortality rate, and adult survival rate will be available.

Hobby breeders operate with a relatively small number of breeding females so they often work with other hobby breeders in order to maintain genetic diversity in their breeding programs.

the «Missouri Solution» (compromise law signed by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, April 2011, after repealing Proposition B) No wire flooring for new enclosures in 2016, existing wire flooring permitted to remain indefinitely; No limit on number of breeding females; No restriction on cage height; No restrictions on how often females are impregnated; Larger enclosures in 2016.

Proposition B promotes the humane treatment of dogs in Missouri's large - scale commercial dog kennels, which will improve the lives of dogs by requiring large - scale breeding operations to limit the number of breeding female dogs to 50, as well as provide each dog with common sense standards such as sufficient food and clean water, regular veterinary care, adequate housing and space, and access to regular exercise.

Not exact matches

And just as we no longer countenance slavery, which both Old and New Testaments regarded as normal, so we also no longer countenance the use of female slaves, concubines and captives as sexual toys or breeding machines by their male owners, which Leviticus 19:20 f., II Samuel 5:13 and Numbers 31:17 - 20 permitted — and as many American slave owners did slightly over 100 years ago.

The king used his secret power each breeding season to guarantee that exactly the right number of eggs would hatch as males and exactly the right number as females.

While praising the models» sophistication and the paper's illumination of the link between climate and nesting, Tucker says he is not convinced that baby - turtle survival is more important in determining nest counts than the number of adult females in good breeding condition.

«If you look at primate breeding systems the way I do, where the problem that the female faces is how to draw multiple partners into this net, then you see the need for a psychophysiological phenomenon that keeps her motivated to solicit and mate with a number of male partners» — in short, she needs an incentive for promiscuity.

It predicts that larger social groups should produce a greater number of new breeding groups; thus dominant breeding females (responsible for most reproduction) are likely to be more productive in larger groups.

The number of championship points awarded at a show depends on the number of males («dogs») and females («bitches») of the breed actually in competition.

There are a number of things one should do once the decision is made to breed your female.

Do we allow them to continue to breed, adding ever more cost to animal control budgets and taxpayer burden, or do we take the initiative to trap, alter, and release them, reducing the number of fertile females to manageable levels?

The fire department and health unit in the city received complaints about a female tenant in an apartment in the city who was breeding large numbers of the rodents.

It limits the number of breeding dogs permitted at a large - scale dog production facility to no more than 50, and requires female dogs to be examined by a veterinarian prior to breeding, among other improvements.

Breeders also would have to responsibly breed animals, screening for congenital disorders and limiting the frequency and number of litters that female dogs produce.

Restrictions on inbreeding dogs and limits on breeding female dogs by age and number of times per year.Â

I have 5 American Bulldogs (3 females and 2 males) that I breed, and my dogs get excellent care, love and exercise — I don't see how these operations can possibly provide exercise and attention for that many animals every day... I think they need to have a certain number of employees for the amount of animlas they have — I'd say 1 for every 15 - 20 dogs — this would provide enough time for them to clean their cages, bathe them, exercise them and get them the attention they need just to feel loved and appreciated every day — every dog deserves that.

The reduction in number was linked to a progressive abandonment of traditional breeding sites: a typical example is the Elephant Point area of Saunders Island (from about four hundreds breeding females in 1981 to less than ten in 1997, with a net production probably equal to 0; Poole - Evans, pers.

As we see from the population structure of one male and a number of females, the effective breeding population is far smaller.