Water quality decline is a significant environmental issue in Australia and many other countries. Much emphasis has been placed on nutrient management especially for phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) in an attempt to reduce their loss to water bodies. Identifying nutrient sources and their transport potential can assist catchment managers to recognise critical nutrient sources and to devise manag...

An experiment was carried out to determine the effect of age and caponization on the development blood and bone characteristics development in male country chickens in Taiwan. A total of two hundred 8-wk-old LRI native chicken cockerels, Taishi meat No.13 from LRI-COA, were used as experimental animals. Cockerels were surgically caponized at 8 wks of age. Twelve birds in each group were bled an...