Sentences with phrase «use in animal agriculture»

A stunning 70 percent of all antibiotics important in human medicine in the U.S. are sold for use in animal agriculture.

According to the FDA, 80 percent of the antibiotics produced in this country are used in animal agriculture.

Not exact matches

Resistance is also fueled by the massive and often inappropriate use of antibiotics in agriculture; for decades these precious drugs have been used to promote growth and fend off costly infections that can result from the cramped conditions of industrial - scale food animal production.

Founded in 2017 and based in Emeryville, California, Finless Foods is one of a number of startups using so - called cellular agriculture to replace age - old methods of food production: farming, animal husbandry, and, in this case, fishing.

Like fellow Bay area start - up Geltor, Perfect Day is one of a new breed of companies in the «cellular agriculture» business — using genetically engineered yeasts that have been «programmed» to produce proteins or other ingredients found in plants or animals - on an industrial scale, without raising animals, and with less impact on the environment.

In addition to climate change, animal agriculture is a major contributor to air and water pollution, water use, land degradation and deforestation, biodiversity decline, and ocean degradation.

The Initiative and NGO meeting place gives this commitment a face, and projects related to politics, agriculture, «doing business differently», genetic engineering, animal welfare, fairness, using local suppliers, and consumer and climate protection will be presented in this area.

The oil is also used in animal feed, and while major global retail chains, multiples and manufacturers such as Arla, Danone, Kelloggs, M&S and Unilever have already begun to show their support for sustainable palm oil products, the agriculture industry has been slower to catch on.

Today, the adoption of high - yielding, uniform cultivars and varieties has led to a considerable reduction in the number of plants and animals used in agriculture.

NOAH (National Office of Animal Health) would like to dispel the «myth and misunderstanding» surrounding regulation and use of antibiotics, following the publication in December 2015 of a Report on Antimicrobials in Agriculture, as part of the AMR Review chaired by Lord O'Neill.

«Agricultural practices» shall mean all activities conducted by a farmer on a farm to produce agricultural products and which are inherent and necessary to the operation of a farm including, but not limited to, the collection, transportation, distribution, storage and land application of animal wastes; storage, transportation and use of equipment for tillage, planting, harvesting, irrigation, fertilization and pesticide application; storage and use of legally permitted fertilizers, limes and pesticides all in accordance with local, state and federal law and regulations and in accordance with manufacturers» instructions and warnings; storage, use and application of animal feed and foodstuffs; construction and use of farm structures and facilities for the storage of animal wastes, farm equipment, pesticides, fertilizers, agricultural products and livestock, for the processing of animal wastes and agricultural products, for the sale of agricultural products, and for the use of farm labor, as permitted by local and state building codes and regulations; including construction and maintenance of fences and lanes; «Agricultural products» shall mean those products as defined in subdivision 2 of section 301 of the agriculture and markets law; «Farm» shall mean the land, buildings and machinery usable in the production, whether for profit or otherwise, of agricultural products;

The animal health sector wants to limit the development of antibiotic resistance by promoting responsible use of antibiotics in order to preserve them for future generations, for example through the work of RUMA (Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture) Alliance, which produces best practice guidelinuse of antibiotics in order to preserve them for future generations, for example through the work of RUMA (Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture) Alliance, which produces best practice guidelinUse of Medicines in Agriculture) Alliance, which produces best practice guidelines.

But the test tube burger, rolled out to the press in 2013, has helped put a spotlight on the question of how the U.S. government will regulate the emerging field of cellular agriculture, which uses biotechnology instead of animals to make products such as meat, milk, and egg whites.

In perhaps its most dramatic step, Congress would withhold more than $ 57 million from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) if the ARS doesn't update its animal care policies and ensure it has fully functioning Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees at 50 - odd locations across the coanimal care policies and ensure it has fully functioning Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees at 50 - odd locations across the coAnimal Care and Use Committees at 50 - odd locations across the country.

(Update, 9:26 pm Statement from New Iberia:» Nothing in the videos alter the fact that the New Iberia Research Center is in compliance with all federal standards and guidelines regarding the care and use of animals, as determined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control.»)

But the list of changes that must accompany such an approach is daunting: education and more accurate diagnoses leading to fewer, and more appropriate, prescriptions of antibiotics; restrained use of antibiotics in animal husbandry and agriculture; reduced use of antibacterials in household disinfectants.

► «The number of federally regulated animals used in U.S. biomedical research dropped last year to its lowest level since data collection began in 1972, according to new statistics posted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),» David Grimm reported later at ScienceInsider.

The results for antibiotics were mixed: The scientists found that the concentration of tetracyclines, the most - used antibiotics in animal agriculture, was lower in the liquid fertilizer than in the original raw manure.

«This report shows us again that reductions of antibiotic use in both human medicine and animal agriculture are necessary to stem the tide of resistance,» comments Carmen Dolores Cordova of the US Natural Resources Defense Council in San Francisco.

Other explanations, such as a more virulent strain or changes in land use, agriculture, or animal health systems, seemed implausible, they said, and the disease had struck primarily in those areas that had heated up the most.

The number of federally regulated animals used in U.S. biomedical research dropped last year to its lowest level since data collection began in 1972, according to new statistics posted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The use of animals in research and scientific procedures in Finland is regulated by the Law 62/2006 and the Decree 36 / EEO / 2006, given by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, both enforced 1st of August 2006.

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)-- Under the provisions of the Animals for Research Act (R.S.O 1990, Chapter A. 22), all facilities performing research using animals in the Province of Ontario must be licensed annually and are subject to unannounced visits by veterinary inspectors at anAnimals for Research Act (R.S.O 1990, Chapter A. 22), all facilities performing research using animals in the Province of Ontario must be licensed annually and are subject to unannounced visits by veterinary inspectors at ananimals in the Province of Ontario must be licensed annually and are subject to unannounced visits by veterinary inspectors at any time.

The animal house and animal facilities at the CNB - CSIC have been registered at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, regarding the use of animals in experimentation, with nº 28079 -29-A; and at the Ministry for the Environment, through the National Commission on Biosafety, regarding the experiments with genetically modified mice (both transgenic and knockout) under risk type II, with nº A / ES / 03 / I - 5.

Agriculture and land use change contributed about 1/3 of total human greenhouse gas emissions in the past decade, through crop cultivation, animal production, and deforestation.

«The report focuses on the use of GM and cloned animals in agriculture and biotechnology, however all transgenic animals, whether used in agriculture or for medical research are at present covered by the legislation in the Animals in Scientific Proceduranimals in agriculture and biotechnology, however all transgenic animals, whether used in agriculture or for medical research are at present covered by the legislation in the Animals in Scientific Proceduranimals, whether used in agriculture or for medical research are at present covered by the legislation in the Animals in Scientific ProcedurAnimals in Scientific Procedures Act.

You might be surprised to learn that more than half of all water consumed in the U.S. is used for animal agriculture.

If you worry about the use of antibiotics in agriculture and the rise of antibiotic - resistant bacteria, grass - fed animals receive less medication (and sometimes none).

The Paleo diet has its roots in what we used to eat in the «Paleolithic» period — 10,000 years ago, before the advent of agriculture, or before we grew grains and farmed animals.

«Companion animal,» as used in this section, shall have the same meaning as in subdivision 5 of section 350 of the agriculture and markets law.

Last year Perdue wrote a letter to the state Department of Agriculture, urging the adoption of rules requiring use of lethal injection as the only method of euthanasia in animal shelters.

Under the federal Animal Welfare Act, the US Department of Agriculture regulates commercial breeders, kennels, and brokers who sell dogs through wholesale channels and sets standards for the use of animals in biomedical and product research, circuses, zoos, and other public animal disAnimal Welfare Act, the US Department of Agriculture regulates commercial breeders, kennels, and brokers who sell dogs through wholesale channels and sets standards for the use of animals in biomedical and product research, circuses, zoos, and other public animal disanimal displays.

We focus our research on investigations of animal agriculture, 2 but this intervention is also used to document animal abuse in other areas, such as laboratory research that involves live animals3 and the breeding of companion animals.4 We believe that undercover investigations have had significant direct effects in reducing farm animal suffering through corporate policy change.

Although Maryland already has strict regulations in place requiring retail pet stores to disclose information about breeders and barring them from using any commercial breeders that have received citations from the U.S. Agriculture Department within the past two years, Governor Hogan, a dog lover whose whose 16 - year - old Shih Tzu died last year, said that not enough was being done to protect the animals.

The complaint in the case said that the state Department of Agriculture and Irvin have licensed animal shelters that illegally use gas chambers.

(4) As used in the Kansas pet animal act, «adequate veterinary medical care» shall not apply to United States department of agriculture licensed animal breeders or animal distributors.

One should also pay attention to other greenhouse gases, particularly methane (from rice paddies, ruminant animal digestive processes, industrial processes, and distributed natural sources, some of which could be triggered to large releases by warming) and nitrous oxide (from the nitrogen cycle linking the atmosphere, plants, and bacteria, now exacerbated by extremely heavy use of nitrogenous fertilizers in agriculture; note, as does Vaclav Smil from the University of Manitoba, that fertilizer use is required to feed half the world's current population.

In the United States, for instance, 80 percent of antibiotics use is in agriculture — and often not for treating sick animals but for promoting rapid weight gaiIn the United States, for instance, 80 percent of antibiotics use is in agriculture — and often not for treating sick animals but for promoting rapid weight gaiin agriculture — and often not for treating sick animals but for promoting rapid weight gain.

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51 Fig. 20 - 14, p. 481 Cut fossil fuel use (especially coal) Shift from coal to natural gas Improve energy efficiency Shift to renewable energy resources Transfer energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies to developing countries Reduce deforestation Use more sustainable agriculture and forestry Limit urban sprawl Reduce poverty Slow population growth Remove CO 2 from smoke stack and vehicle emissions Store (sequester) CO2 by planting trees Sequester CO 2 deep underground Sequester CO 2 in soil by using no - till cultivation and taking cropland out of production Sequester CO 2 in the deep ocean Repair leaky natural gas pipelines and facilities Use animal feeds that reduce CH 4 emissions by belching cows Solutions Global Warming PreventionCleause (especially coal) Shift from coal to natural gas Improve energy efficiency Shift to renewable energy resources Transfer energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies to developing countries Reduce deforestation Use more sustainable agriculture and forestry Limit urban sprawl Reduce poverty Slow population growth Remove CO 2 from smoke stack and vehicle emissions Store (sequester) CO2 by planting trees Sequester CO 2 deep underground Sequester CO 2 in soil by using no - till cultivation and taking cropland out of production Sequester CO 2 in the deep ocean Repair leaky natural gas pipelines and facilities Use animal feeds that reduce CH 4 emissions by belching cows Solutions Global Warming PreventionCleaUse more sustainable agriculture and forestry Limit urban sprawl Reduce poverty Slow population growth Remove CO 2 from smoke stack and vehicle emissions Store (sequester) CO2 by planting trees Sequester CO 2 deep underground Sequester CO 2 in soil by using no - till cultivation and taking cropland out of production Sequester CO 2 in the deep ocean Repair leaky natural gas pipelines and facilities Use animal feeds that reduce CH 4 emissions by belching cows Solutions Global Warming PreventionCleaUse animal feeds that reduce CH 4 emissions by belching cows Solutions Global Warming PreventionCleanup

Reduce deforestation Sequester CO2 in the deep ocean Use more sustainable agriculture and forestry Repair leaky natural gas pipelines and facilities Limit urban sprawl Use animal feeds that reduce CH4 emissions by belching cows Reduce poverty Slow population growth Fig, p. 481

• reducing the risk of major killers like heart disease, stroke and cancers while cutting exposure to food borne pathogens; • offering a viable answer to feeding the world's hungry, through more efficient use of grains and other crops; • saving animals from suffering in factory farm conditions and from painful slaughter; • conserving vital, but limited freshwater, fertile topsoil and other precious resources; • preserving irreplaceable ecosystems, such as rainforests and other wildlife habitats; • mitigating the ever - expanding environmental pollution of animal agriculture; and the list goes on.

«Given the large footprint of agriculture in Southern Asia, improved fertilizer use efficiency, rice management and animal diets could substantially reduce global agricultural N2O and CH4 emissions.»