Nutritional implications of work in draught animals

Nutritional implications of work in draught animals.

Draught animals have not been used to any great extent in agriculture in the developed countries since the introduction of tractor power in the 1930s and the rapid expansion of agricultural mechanization over the succeeding decades. In the Third World, however, draught-animal power continues to make an important contribution to rural and urban economies. In fields that tractors cannot reach, su...

Draught animals and welfare.

In fifty developing countries, which contain half of the total human population of the world, there is a heavy dependence on draught animals as an energy source. These animals are used for agriculture operations in 52% of cultivated areas of the world, as well as for hauling 25 million carts. This situation is likely to continue for at least another fifty years. The work performed annually by t...

Knockdown Therapy for Treatment of Neoplasia in Draught Animals

Information on draught ability on all the major Indian breeds of cattle, buffaloes and pack animals including cross breeds is scanty available, because major research programme has been undertaken on milch animals. Similarly the scenario of cancer incidences in India is not much clear due to lack of systemic study at national level and absence of Animal Cancer Registry. In India, the incidence ...

Nutritional energetics of animals.

INTRODUCTION 101 TERMINOLOGY OF NUTRmONAL ENERGETICS........................................ 103 Description of Energy Transactions in Animals 104 Expression ofAnimal Energy Requirements and Feed Energy Values 105 BASAL METABOLISM AND MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS 106 Sources of Variation in Basal Metabolism................................................... 107 PRODUCTIVE PROCESSES....................

Draught Animal Power