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This study was conducted to evaluate effectiveness of an integrated management intervention in the control of endo- and ectoparasites of pigs kept by smallholder farmers in Mbeya Rural and Mbozi districts of southern highlands of... more
The increasing competition for the conventional plant protein sources for food, feed and other industrial uses necessitated researches into potential feed resources that are relatively underutilized. Velvet beans (Mucuna pruriens) is a... more
Although anatomically, physiologically and even socially, we 'share' so much with pigs, we raise them in increasingly appalling conditions for the purpose of killing them and experimenting on them so that, whether by ingestion or by... more
Schum acher, Meinolf: Sündenschmutz und Herzensreinheit: Studien zur Metaphorik der Sünde in lateinischer und deutscher Literatur des Mittelalters / Meinolf Schumacher. -München : Fink, 1996 (M ünstersche M ittelalter-Schriften ; Bd. 73)... more
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Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS), a co-product of the ethanol industry, is often used as feed material in livestock and poultry nutrition. Results of many experiments have indicated, however, that a high dietary level of DDGS... more
Arr Idéhistorisk tidsskrift nr. 3 2020
This paper explores the physical, social, and gastronomic place of swine in the life of people in medieval Poland. The diet of medieval poles is explored along with textural evidence showing the special importance of pork within the diet... more
During road transportation, livestock are subjected to a number of concurrent potential stressors that can increase mortality and morbidity and compromise welfare status and production efficiency. A major concern is the thermal... more
The pig (Sus scrofa) was one of the earliest animals in the ancient Middle East to undergo domestication. Scholars have long been interested in the pig's unique history, especially in the northern Fertile Crescent (NFC), the region in... more
The research was conducted to investigate the nutritional efficacy of fermented mixtures of cocoyam mixed with tridax procumbens leaf meal on the growth weight, haemoglobin content, serum biochemistry and the carcass evaluation of pigs.... more
The causes and timing of piglet mortality were studied in different farrowing systems. In the first experiment 198 litters were recorded in three systems, two of which allowed the sows to move freely, and the third restricted them in... more
Animal welfare during and as a result of transport can be assessed by using a range of behavioural, physiological, pathological and carcass-quality indicators that are described in this paper. Measures of the extent of any disease, injury... more
First some pictures of my pet pig Sporky, who lived with us from 1989-1993. (When our daughter was born, we gave Sporky to a vet’s assistant who lived on an acre of land.) Sporky will help us understand animal behavior. Then an analysis... more
Pigs have played a central role in the subsistence and culture of China for millennia. The close relationship between pigs and people began when humans gradually domesticated wild pigs over 8,000 years ago. While pigs initially foraged... more
BACKGROUND: Farm animals in intensive farming systems are frequently exposed to oxidative stress, which demands adequate antioxidant protection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant potential of different concentrations... more
The effect of a modified live Infectious bursal disease (IBO) vaccine containing an intermediate strain of IBO virus on the antibody response of broiler chicks to live Newcastle disease (NO) vaccine was evaluated. Seventy chicks from the... more
A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of haemo and gastro-intestinal parasites of pigs in some parts of Langtang north local government area of Plateau State. 171 blood and 171 faecal samples were collected from 171 pigs and... more
This study investigated the effects of graded levels of bovine rumen contents (digesta) supplemented with unripe plantain peels on the growth performance, nutrient digestibility of growing pigs. Digesta and unripe plantain peel meal were... more
Some diseases of pigs are caused by resident microorganisms as a result of the harmful effects of stress factors on the pigs. Weaning, which is considered to be a major physiological and psychological stress factor, is critical for the... more
Intelligent, adaptable and omnivorous, pigs have long been companions to humans. We know from cave paintings that Palaeolithic hunters pursued wild boars. The earliest evidence for the domestication of pigs dates from about 8000 BCE .... more
The purpose of this dissertation is to identify why and how the Jews’ avoidance of pork was singled out from among all of the other other Jewish dietary restrictions in the Greco-Roman world. Approached from the perspective of historical... more
Some relevant background to this research project is provided by outlining selected features of Vietnam’s pig industry. Then the main findings (in the view of the author) from this ACIAR-funded research are presented. These results... more
Resumen Con el objetivo de evaluar la ganancia de peso individual (GPI), eficiencia de conversión por lote (ECL) y tasa de mortalidad, se realizó un experimento involucrando 964 lechones en un sistema de cría a campo, en el período de... more
The effects of giving pigs dietary vegetable oils on oxidative stability, cholesterol level and oxysterol formation in their meat were studied. A total of 40 Polish Landrace pigs were randomly allocated to 4 groups with 5 gilts and 5... more
This article centers on cultures of anxiety and threat across the Pacific. Threat is an especially useful category for writing about a “rising” China, which is often imagined as both a site of localized environmental ruination that... more
The global Save Movement, alongside other animal rights organisations and practices, has since 2010 sought to bring the experiences of nonhuman farmed animals into the public domain from privatized, usually hidden spaces of industrial... more
Sows kept in stalls had higher levels of dynorphin in the frontal cortex than group housed sows.
Economic growth in more developed countries has resulted in farms increasing their scale of production and becoming more specialized in their production. The sizes of farms have tended to increase, agricultural production has become more... more
Con este artículo se pretende el análisis y conocimiento de los distintos sistemas o formas de explotación de la ganadería en la Región de Murcia. Para ello dedicamos un apartado a cada una de las principales especies ganaderas.