Sentences with phrase «number of pigs»

«Mr Chuless, we see that your chart includes a number of pigs flying.
Now, the same groups have built more elaborate models that paint a detailed picture of how the British countryside was ravaged by the FMD virus, taking into account things such as the location of every farm, the estimated number of pigs, cattle, and sheep each farm contained, as well as exhaustive data about the spread of the disease and the culling process.
According to Iowa State University, between 1980 and 2002, the number of pig farms in Iowa (the nation's pork capital) dropped from 65,000 to fewer than 10,000.
«As there were a number of pig producers who voted against this decision, we have justifiable concerns at their willingness to comply with this voluntary phase out even by 2017.
Nearly 37 - percent of U.S. households include a dog, but the number of pig households is minuscule by comparison.

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That translates to staggering numbers of animals grown for food: there are over 30 million head of beef cows in the US, and 21 million pigs in Iowa alone.
Yahweh in hebrew means my Lord and is a common reference meaning supreme God.In the bible satan is referred specifically as the adversary in hebrew or slanderer in greek its quite clear there is no confusion.Satan is not in the same league as God he is sovereign in fact God has satan on a leash and limits his control particularly over his people as we read in Job.Christians need to realise that satan can influence us if we walk according to the flesh.In the case of David calling a cencus meant he gave in to his pride he wanted to know how many soldiers he had believing numbers would give him the upper hand and so Satan took advantage of his weakness and Davids choice displeased God.David of all people should have known as he as a young man had defeated goliath a mighty warrior and it was because of his faith and trust in God that he overcame.But it wasnt God that made David make that decision it was his own and satan tempted him and he gave in to that desire In the two verses there is no confusion if you understand how God and satan operate i did at one stage have the same issue with Jesus sending the demons into the pigs why would he help satan or at least it appeared that way?
Mathematics, by this definition, is bound up with intention and history whereby»... a new litter of pigs alters the meaning of every number, and of every extension of number, employed in mathematics» (ESP 232).
For some years now, the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) has been monitoring APL's support for small - scale farmers, and what we have witnessed is in fact a systematic campaign to undermine the efforts of the growing number of small - scale pastured pig farmers.
How many cases of extreme cruelty must we uncover before the industry acknowledges that there's something rotten at some considerable number of industrial pig farms throughout the nation?
«That shareholders of an iconic middle - America restaurant chain like Cracker Barrel have expressed support for getting pigs out of gestation crates is further evidence that these cruel cages» days are numbered,» said Matthew Prescott, food policy director for The HSUS.
The company is the country's largest producer of pork products, and also the number one pig farmer and producer of free range and organic pigs in the UK.
The Pork Checkoff has invested in the development of a number of tools to help pig farmers in various aspects of their businesses.
To boot, roasting a whole pig isn't the most efficient way to deliver the tastiest meat to the greatest number of people.
The third item was a great book called Peppa Pig and the Busy Day at School by Candlewick Press which follows the adventures of Peppa and friends at school as they learn numbers, letters and enjoy Special Talent Time.
Well, as someone who only eats «natural» things, surely she avoids beef cattle, sheep, pigs, and goats, all of which have been rather thoroughly domesticated for a good number of millennia, and thus are no longer «natural».
«There are already a number of unhappy citizens in Anambra State who believe that IPOB has singled their state as a guinea pig that will make them the only Igbo state without an elected governor in the South - east.
Researchers tested the material as a surgical adhesive in a number of different scenarios: It stuck to pig skin and liver.
There's the challenge of CRISPR» ing an unprecedented number of genes without compromising the viability of the designer pigs and without introducing aberrant edits.
One of the lessons was that there may be a fair amount of cross-protective immunity in the human population to a number of the viruses currently circulating in swine, some of which were introduced into pigs from people in the past.
You've done all the right things — dissected those fetal pigs, sat through numerous exams, published a number of papers — and have hurdled all the milestones more or less on schedule.
He could calculate the reduction by pulling multiple soil samples throughout the field, counting the number of tubers in the sample before they moved in the pigs and then three months later.
The system is being studied for use in the pig breeding industry to determine the quality of boar semen and can also be used to screen large numbers of men for fertility in industrial situations which involve possible chemical or radiation hazards.
Any number of factors could create these differences, making pigs — but not cattle — a source of a drug - resistant bacterium.
She noted a high number of deaths among newborn children born at the mission clinic, and observed too a sudden spike in stillbirths among their herd of pigs.
After doctors found a number of HAT cases in two villages there, French and Cameroon scientists visited the villages, sampling thousands of humans but also taking blood samples from pigs, goats, crocodiles, antelopes, and primates, which they tested for Trypanosoma DNA.
The researchers made an unprecedented number of DNA cuts to the pig cells.
Recently, the lab disabled 62 genes (in a pig genome) all in one go — the largest number of simultaneous gene edits ever accomplished.
The numbers of cats and dogs, each accounting for well under 1 % of research animals, has been cut by two - thirds in three decades; the proverbial guinea pig, by half.
But according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the number of experimental cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, sheep, swine and primates has been dropping, from 1.5 million (not including many farm animals that are now counted) in 1973 to 1 million in 2006.
A great number of problematic proteins and viruses must be engineered out of the pigs, and human genes added, before their organs can be made ready for human transplant.
Using mice as «guinea pigs» to test human drugs is flawed for a number of reasons, but perhaps the most relevant is that their biology isn't an apples - to - apples comparison with ours.
The number on the scale can creep up even when you don't pig out, in part due to the ongoing fluctuations of progesterone and estrogen associated with perimenopause.
The Central Soya Company, Inc. website gives a range of 2.5 percent to 17.5 percent soy in the diet of pigs, citing a number of anti-nutritional components that «have been documented to cause gastrointestinal disturbance, intestinal damage, increased disease susceptibility and reduced performance in pigs
We live in a small town in Pennsylvania with 1 dog, 2 guinea pigs, and any number of rabbits.
Most importantly, she is inspired every day by her husband, Steven, her two boys, Dylan and Deven, and her family's ever - increasing number of animals, including their dog Mate and their pig Ender.
All you have to do is put on some eyeliner and not eat like a fucking pig so you stay under 180 lbs — and for a good number of women, apparently that's even too much to ask for.
According to reports, Leto sent a number of bizarre «Joker - inspired» gifts to his cast mates, including live rats, a dead pig, bullets, «sticky» Playboy magazines, anal beads and even used condoms.
While the rest of the island welcomes these pigs whose leader, Leonard (Bill Hader, Train Wreck, 2015) claims they are merely visiting, Red (whose house was smashed) is angry and suspicious of the pigs whose numbers continue to multiply.
Heroes of Normandie [$ 14.99], the digital port of the Devil Pig Games» board game with the same name, is precisely the kind of wargame that creates stories not only because it usually has you command a very small number of units over a pretty small battlefield, but also because the game is constantly celebrating its inspiration: the classic, bombastic WWII movies like The Dirty Dozen and A Bridge Too Far...
In addition, there are a number of marks across specific foods to look out for such as Quality Standard Beef and Lamb, Scottish Beef, Scottish Lamb, Welsh Beef, Welsh Lamb, Mutton Renaissance, Quality Bacon Standard, Quality Pork Standard, Quality Ham Standard, Specially Selected Pork, British Pig Association, Great British Chicken, Quality British Turkey, Golden Turkey, The Lion Quality, Laid in Britain, OMSCo (Organic Milk Suppliers Co-operative) and Pasture Promise, as well as a range of fruit and vegetable trade bodies from the Asparagus Growers Association to The Watercress Alliance providing information on local sourcing and supply.
A farmer sends his daughter and son out into the barnyard to count the number of chickens and pigs.
Compared to what is actually taking place in Hartford and state capitols around the country, she might have begun her piece with the term, «when pigs fly» or «when Hell freezes over» or any number of other adynata.
Three wishes, three witches, the Holy Trinity, the triangle, lucky number three in China, three dimensional space, the three Babylonian classes of society, right down to the three little pigs — the list is endless.
Fortunately, there are a number of exercise enclosure products available that retailers can recommend to their customers who have guinea pigs.
President Roosevelt's family prepared to leave the White House as the president's second term drew to a close, taking with them a vast menagerie of pets that included a pony, a small bear, a lizard, a pig, and a number of dogs.
Hopefully that will mean an increased number of adoptions at places like the SPCA and Pet Pal animal shelter, where your new best friend is waiting for you, just like my menagerie of my dog, cats, and even my guinea pigs were waiting for me.
To aid in the prevention of uroliths be sure to feed your guinea pig a balanced and appropriate diet of green veggies, timothy hay or sweet grass, and a small number of pellets alongside adequate fluid intake and Vitamin C.
A drover was described as a licensed individual of outstanding character, responsible for taking vast herds of animals numbering from in the hundreds to the thousands — cattle, sheep, pigs, turkeys and geese — to market, and collecting money for the owners of the animals.
Washington residents own a large number of pets, including cats, dog, ferrets, hamsters and guinea pigs.
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