Sentences with phrase «percent of all pigs»

Up to 5 percent of pigs in affected herds were dying, and the illness was spreading like wildfire.

Thanks to the ability of those 40 breeds to produce massive amounts of milk, eggs and meet, there has been a worldwide explosion in their use to meet the needs of both farming communities and consumers in the developed and, increasingly, developing world For example, Vietnam boasted local breeds for 72 percent of its pigs in 1994 but by 2002 saw them drop to 26 percent of pigs, replaced in large part by the faster - growing Large White pig.

In a recent study, 8 a team of researchers led by University of Iowa's Tara Smith found MRSA in 8.5 percent of pigs on conventional farms and no pigs on antibiotic - free farms.

«If we could decrease the percent of pigs in a population that are viremic and if we can decrease the level of that viremia, we will have more profitability in the group and less circovirus - associated diseases.»

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Stripping out the 15 percent of Peppa Pig that Entertainment One doesn't own gives an operating profit of around 141 million pounds for this year.

Lean hog futures — which reflect the anticipated prices of pig carcasses — were down 3.9 percent.

About five percent are used for teaching purposes, another five percent for diagnosis of disease, twenty percent for production of biological substances («biologicals») and for toxicity testing, thirty percent in development of drugs and their testing, and forty percent for other research activities such as the present work in genetic engineering to increase the size of sheep and pigs.

Eighty million of the ninety - five million pigs raised each year in America live on an industrial farm; more than 80 percent of those farms house around five thousand pigs each.

According to its new policy, Burger King Corp. will transition to 100 percent cage - free eggs for all U.S. locations within five years, and only purchase pork from suppliers that have documented plans to end their use of gestation crates for breeding pigs.

Currently, the SUBWAY ® brand uses a significant amount of pork from suppliers that are phasing out the use of gestation crates to confine breeding pigs, and more than 5 percent of its turkey comes from suppliers that use «controlled - atmosphere killing,» which has been shown to dramatically reduce the suffering of birds during slaughter.

More than 80 percent of breeding pigs in the U.S. are confined day and night during their four - month pregnancy in gestation crates, cages roughly the same size as the animals» bodies, preventing them from even turning around.

A very large increase also took place over the period 1992 to 1997 in the case of organic dairy cows (469 percent), layer hens (1123 percent) and broilers (120 percent) with certified organic livestock being raised in 23 States; but over the same period, the production of organic beef cows decreased by 35 percent, hogs and pigs by 65 percent and sheep and lambs by 42 percent.

«Group housing... resulted in a weaned pig cost that was 11 percent less than the cost of a weaned pig from the individual stall confinement system.»

And at Wimbledon in»92 the British tabloids dubbed Krajicek the Rotterdam Rotter for saying, «Eighty percent of the top women players are fat, lazy pigs who should not be allowed on the show courts.»

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For example, typical pork meat contains roughly 15 percent omega - 6 fatty acids and only 1 percent omega - 3; in contrast, omega - 3s made up 8 percent of the engineered pigs» total muscle fat.

They're in gyms, at the beach, and increasingly, on the farm.One strain of methicillin - resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) known as CC398 has been rapidly spreading through poultry and pig farms, infecting people who work with the animals around the world (up to 26.5 percent of farm workers sampled in the Neatherlands), and popping up in nearly half of all meat sampled in the U.S.

One - fourth of 285 pigs studied were infected, according to a report in Veterinary Microbiology, with a 20 percent rate of transmission to the pig farmers.

In Canada — a country that provides 80 percent of the United States» pork imports — a strain of MRSA was found in a sample of pigs and their farmers.

His experiments on sperm and eggs from pigs and cows seem more promising: «When you block proteasomes, you prevent fertilization 100 percent of the time.»

For the current study, the researchers fed eight pigs a high - calorie diet, which has 23 percent fat, and fed the control group of eight pigs a standard diet with 5 percent fat during a 13 - week period.

The majority of the positive samples (72 percent) were 79 - 100 percent similar to astroviruses associated with human infections; 23.5 percent of the samples were similar to mammalian astroviruses isolated from diverse animal hosts including dogs, pigs and sheep.

Of these, 40 — such as the Holstein - Friesian cow, White Leghorn chicken, and Large White pig — form the basis of industrial agriculture in the developed world; in fact, 90 percent of cattle in the industrialized world come from just six breedOf these, 40 — such as the Holstein - Friesian cow, White Leghorn chicken, and Large White pig — form the basis of industrial agriculture in the developed world; in fact, 90 percent of cattle in the industrialized world come from just six breedof industrial agriculture in the developed world; in fact, 90 percent of cattle in the industrialized world come from just six breedof cattle in the industrialized world come from just six breeds.

In tests reported in the Journal of Trauma, the device sealed 95 percent of incisions in pig's lungs within a couple of minutes.

Compared with pigs in the placebo group, wounds that received 1 percent valsartan healed much more quickly, and all 12 wounds were closed by day 50, compared with none of the placebo - treated wounds, the researchers say.

Dietary mixtures for pigs, which are carefully formulated to promote reproduction and growth, allow approximately 1 percent of the ration as soy in a diet based on grains and supplements.

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.»

Pig out intelligently with Smart Bacon ® — a product advertised as bringing «that hearty bacon taste into the veggie world» — and you'll get the following ingredients: Water, soy protein isolate, wheat gluten, soybean oil, textured soy protein concentrate, textured wheat gluten, less than 2 percent of natural smoke flavor, natural flavor (from vegetable sources), grill flavor (from sunflower oil), carrageenan, evaporated cane juice, paprika oleoresin (for flavor and color), potassium chloride, sesame oil, fermented rice flour, tapioca dextrin, citric acid, salt.

Next year, in addition to the Connecticut Mastery Test, at least 20 percent of all Connecticut public school children will serve as guinea pigs for the new Common Core test system and the year after that; all Connecticut students will be taking the new Common Core tests.

Also according to APPA, 35 percent of dog owners bought natural parts chews, such as cow, lamb and pig parts, up from 28 percent in 2010.

Illinois - based Hilltop Animal Hospital recommends feeding a miniature pig between 2 percent and 2.5 percent of his body weight daily.

Use a pelleted potbellied pig food that consists of ample fiber and relatively low protein — think 14 percent protein or less — and has a low fat content.

«In another study, Traber heated an aluminum bar to nearly 400 degrees with a Bunsen burner and roasted the skin of live pigs on it for 30 seconds, creating a series of deep burns that covered 15 percent of their bodies.

The unidentified whistleblower told PETA that researcher Daniel Traber has subjected sheep, pigs, and mice to third - degree burns on up to 40 percent of their bodies and forced the animals to inhale smoke from burning cotton.

But no more than 10 percent of your guinea pig's diet should be made up of foods other than the pellets.

Nearly 37 - percent of U.S. households include a dog, but the number of pig households is minuscule by comparison.

Also according to the APPA survey, 13 percent of pet owners who buy natural parts chews prefer cow / beef, five percent prefer lamb, 16 percent prefer pig / pork, and 10 percent prefer another part.

It is made of 100 - percent recycled double - layer paper, and is ideal for pet rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, ferrets and chinchillas.

Nearly three - quarters of their diet is high - fiber carbohydrates, such as manioc, corn, rice, nuts, and fruit, while animal proteins, like howler or capuchin monkeys, wild pig, and raccoons, make up only 14 percent.

That is more than the second largest use of corn, as feed for cattle, pigs and chickens, which consumes 36 percent of the annual corn crop.