Social behavior--an action directed toward, or in response to, a member of the same species--is tightly regulated but also highly plastic. It is influenced by many internal (e.g., age, hormonal state, and experience) and external (e.g., time of day, availability of food, encounters with conspecifics) factors. The study of social behavior in the laboratory can be challenging because many facets ...

Differences in risk perceptions of public health and food safety hazards in various poultry husbandry systems by various stakeholder groups, may affect the acceptability of those husbandry systems. Therefore, the objective was to gain insight into risk perceptions of citizens, poultry farmers, and poultry veterinarians regarding food safety and public health hazards in poultry husbandry systems...

Negative impact of heat stress on reproduction in cows: Animal husbandry and biotechnological viewpoints: A review | Jiří Bezdíček, Andrea Nesvadbová, Alexander Makarevich, Elena Kubovičová Agricultural Journals

Key Laboratory of Development and Evaluation of Chemical and Herbal Drugs for Animal Use, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, P. R. China; Institute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Höltystr. 10, 31535 Neustadt-Mariensee, Germany; Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, I...

Division of Animal Health, Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, Farah, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) – 281 122; Veterinary Officer, Animal Resources Development Department, Pt. Nehru Complex, Agartala – 799006; Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Uttar Pradesh Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwa ...

Veterinarians of the Department of Animal Husbandry play a major role in carrying out various developmental activities in this sector. However, increased demands of the job have resulted in the veterinarian being in a position where he has to play more than one role which could have repercussions for job performance and job stress. Thus a study was undertaken to understand the perception of vet...