Simulation modeling can be used in aiding decision-makers in deciding when to invest in additional research and when the risky animal disease-import decision should go forward. Simulation modeling to evaluate value-of-information (VOI) techniques provides a robust, objective and transparent framework for assisting decision-makers in making risky animal and animal product decisions. In this anal...

Background: Gastroenteritis caused by Salmonella spp. is mainly related to the consumption of undercooked chicken meat or raw poultry products. The objective of this study was to assess the occurrence of Salmonella spp. in chicken carcasses and giblets commercialized in Southern Chile (Valdivia city). Methodology: A total of 560 samples were collected from four supermarkets and one poultry prod...

Adapting existing laying facilities to meet animal welfare certifications is not a simple task. It causes higher expenses producers, who are often hesitant accept the need for changes. Considerations of their financial situation make them insecure assertive decisions in this area, as they seek maintain economic efficiency poultry. This study aims analyze viability systems (conventional cages an...

PURPOSE To understand how adults living in a low-income, public housing community characterize meaningful activity (activity that gives life purpose) and if through short-term intervention, could overcome identified individual and environmental barriers to activity engagement. METHODS We used a mixed methods design where Phase 1 (qualitative) informed the development of Phase 2 (quantitative)...

Dividend relevance has been a subject of significant recent interest for academicians and researchers in the area of hospitality finance. The subject has attracted noticeable controversy, given the stringent or no-dividend payout policies observed in many hospitality firms. This study builds on existent dividend literature in hospitality finance by examining the relevance of cash dividends for ...

The communication which I venture to bring before you this evening has three objectives in view. First, to examine the statement frequently made and supported by statistics, that puerperal mortality is as high to-day as it was seventy years ago; second, to question the opinion, also widely held, that the bulk of this mortality is the result of instrumental and other interference with the course...

This study examined constraints and adoption in poultry production in the Northern Agricultural Zone of Delta State, Nigeria. A sample size of 80 respondents comprising of Supervisors of selected farms was used for the study. Data were collected through the use of a structured and validated questionnaire. Data were collected in March 2017. Descriptive statistics such as frequency count, mean sc...

Poultry farming plays a key role in agricultural air emissions. Particulate matter (PM) level tends to be high broiler and cage-free layer houses, that may impair health welfare of animals their caretakers. To protect public welfare, the occupational exposure limit for PM10 PM2.5 (i.e., PM diameters are generally ≤10 2.5 μm, respectively) suggested not exceed 150 µg m−3 35 m−3, respectively, ba...

A framework for the integration of poultry and fish production in the tropics and sub-tropics is proposed. Poultry may be integrated with fish culture in several ways and benefits extend to both. Both poultry production and processing wastes have value as nutrient inputs to fish and the water used for fish culture can be used for evaporative cooling of poultry and fertilization of crops. The co...