Objective: The aim of this study is to provide a management plan for the Sykan watershed of Darre shahr city located in Ilam province using GIS in land use planning. Methods: For land using of Sykan watershed of Ilam province with about 9 hectares area, map of classes, elevation, percent slope, geographical aspects, soil characteristics, vegetation density and the final map units were combined ...

The purpose of this study is to assess the energy savings and emission reductions of the present rural biogas system in China. The life cycle assessment (LCA) method is used to analyze a "pig-biogas-fish" system in Jingzhou, Hubei Province, China. The nonrenewable energy cost and the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the system, including the pigsty, the biogas digester, and the fishpond, are t...

The importance of women in livestock production is though widely acclaimed, the issues relating to their control over income from livestock activities and its outcomes on children’s health, nutrition and education have not received much attention in the empirical literature. This paper assesses the role of livestock in improving women’s bargaining power in intra-household resource allocation an...

Aquaculture is important to the United States and the world's fishery system. Both import and export markets for aquaculture products will expand and increase as research begins to remove physiologic and other animal husbandry barriers. Overfishing of wild stock will necessitate supplementation and replenishment through aquaculture. The aquaculture industry must have a better understanding of t...

The tremendous therapeutic advantage afforded by antibiotics is being threatened by the emergence of increasingly resistant strains of microbes. Selective pressure favoring resistant strains arises from misuse and overuse of antimicrobials (notably extended-spectrum cephalosporins), increased numbers of immunocompromised hosts, lapses in infection control, increased use of invasive procedures a...

By W. H. BLACK, senior animal husbandman, and R. L. HINER, assistant animal husbandman, Animal Husbandry Division, Bureau of Animal Industry; L. B. BTJRK, marketing specialist, Agricultural Marketing Service; LUCY M. ALEXANDER, associate specialist in foods, Foods and Nutrition Division, Bureau of Home Economics, United States Department of Agriculture, and C. V. WILSON, associate animal husban...

Production and management systems do significantly effect animal health and therewith the use of drugs and prophylactic treatments. This may lead to residues and a change for the worse in food safety. The consequent implementation and use of hygiene and management tools and measures is needed, as well as a combination of these measures with effective programmes (e.g. vaccination, procedure with...

A cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of ectoparasites and possible risk factors in free-range pigs from 135 farms of Busia District, Kenya. Three hundred and six pigs were examined for presence of external parasites using standard parasitological methods. Data on management practices including housing and history of acaricide spraying were also collected. The ectop...

A Faculty of Veterinary Science within the University of Queensland was constituted by University statutes early in 1936 and Dr H R Seddon, Director of Veterinary Research in New South Wales, was appointed to the newly-established Chair of Veterinary Science (Seddon 1951). At the outset, it was decided that the course should be of five years duration and although a sound clinical training would...