It has already been a trend for the management of animal husbandry in farms to employ the advanced management system(MIS)and the software-developing platform to scientifically manage the information about animal husbandry in farms through the network. This is a network system that combines B/S structure and ASP techniques, and the method adopts both the computer network technology and database ...

A meeting on Contemporary Topics in Zebrafish Husbandry and Care was held in the United Kingdom in 2014, with the aim of providing a discussion forum for researchers, animal technologists, and veterinarians from academia and industry to share good practice and exchange ideas. Presentation topics included protocols for optimal larval rearing, implementing the 3Rs (replacement, reduction, and ref...

The traditional agriculture land use system in Indian Himalayan region is an integral part of the society and local environment as in that the crop husbandry, animal husbandry and forests constitute interlinked systems. But due to variety of factors the land use under traditional crops is changing very fast in a part of Indian Himalayan region. This kind of land intensification is a severe thre...

Description: Thoroughly updated to reflect recent changes in the industry, Bovine Medicine, 3rd Edition, offers practicing large animal veterinarians and veterinary students a comprehensive reference to core aspects of contemporary cattle health and husbandry. New edition of a classic text, featuring thoroughly rewritten text, with coverage shifted to the core aspects of everyday cattle practic...

The well-known ability of octopuses to escape enclosures is a behavior that can be fatal and, therefore, is an animal welfare issue. This study obtained survey data from 38 participants-primarily scientists and public aquarists who work with octopuses-on 25 described species of octopus. The study demonstrates that the likeliness to escape is species specific (p =.001). The study gives husbandry...

The articles in this issue review pertinent and specific information about infectious and noninfectious disease, housing system design and function, husbandry practices and techniques, and Internet resources as they specifically relate to zebrafish (Danio rerio). This article explores aspects that members of institutional animal care and use committees, husbandry care staff, physical plant pers...

After a brief review of the legal framework of animal protection applicable to cattle--including Council of Europe and European Union legislation, as well as French law--the main features of husbandry systems used in the intensive husbandry of veal calves and young cattle are analysed. For veal calves, the standards proposed at the European level do not take into account major differences in th...

Resulting from centuries of traditional animal husbandry, extensive grasslands belong to the most important natural tourism resources in Central Europe adding to the amenity values of many landscapes. Facing agricultural market pressures, they are endangered by agricultural intensification as well as by abandonment. Both developments threaten grassland values for tourists and recreationists. Ho...

Mankind develops new technics and technologies constantly to have a better life. In this way, powerful machines robotic systems replace human animal labour in agriculture. Animal husbandry, which is part of agricultural activity our country, mostly carried out rural areas due its nature. Goat breeding, particular, highlands, scrub forest lands under extensive conditions. Qualified shepherd empl...

Legislative bodies and the general public both demand that suffering is minimized when animals are used for scientific purposes, which is important for both ethical and scientific reasons. In addition to refined experimental methods and good husbandry practice, the recognition of reduced wellbeing is a prerequisite to assure the welfare of laboratory animals. It is essential to be able to recog...