Browsing by Subject "animal welfare"

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    • Bull-switching in African Bovid Herds: Assessing Best Practices for Breeding Management in Waterbuck 
      Jones, Renee Crystal Michelle (2011-10-21)
      To implement sustainable ex-situ management of big ungulate herds such as African Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), one strategy is to place a vasectomized male with females during the sub-optimal season for breeding and ...
    • Consumer Perception of Beef, Pork, Lamb, Chicken, and Fish 
      Grimshaw, Kaitlyn E (2013-08-05)
      One of the greatest challenges to developing successful marketing strategies in the food sector is gaining a better understanding of the diversity of consumer needs (Onwezen et al., 2012). It is important to understand ...
    • The Impact of Environmental Features on Beef Cattle Behavior, Physiology, Performance and Health 
      Park, Rachel Meredith (2019-03-11)
      Two separate experiments were conducted to further understand beef cattle welfare. The first experiment (e.g. systematic review) sought to answer the question “How do housing facility features impact the status of animal ...
    • Impact of Social Mixing on Feedlot Steer Behavior 
      Stavropoulos, Michaela; Huette, Nicole M; Madigan, Ciara (2020-04-21)
      Angus crossbred steers from two genetically similar sources (n = 48 BCS and n = 48 McG), were transported separately (833.64 ± 85.29 km) 39-d prior to commingling and housed at a feedlot without visual or tactile contact. ...
    • What's wrong with pain? 
      Shriver, Adam Joseph (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)
      The experience of pain is something that most people are extremely familiar with. However, once we begin to examine the subject from an ethical point of view, and particularly when we examine so-called marginal cases such ...