Browsing by Subject "behavior"
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(2009-05-15)Poor maternal health is one of the major risk factors related to adverse birth outcomes. Women entering pregnancy with poor health status are at higher risk of these outcomes. Prenatal care has been established as the ...
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1977)
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(2021-12-08)The “Broiler Breeder Paradox” describes the necessary management of broiler breeders requires significant feed restriction to maintain their health while increasing their lifespan and reproductive potential. The paradox ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)I examined fission-fusion sociality in dusky dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus), and investigated aspects of social convergence between dolphins and great apes. I used boat-based group focal follows and photo-identification ...
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(2011-10-21)Behavior is a complex process resulting from the integration of genetic and environmental information. Thus, the genetically tractable Drosophila melanogaster was utilized to better understand the interplay between these ...
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1978)
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(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. ...
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(2021-04-06)Social environments can have major implications on cattle welfare and their disruption can result in stress that negatively impacts welfare. Yet, there is a dearth of information regarding the social dynamics of beef cattle ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)To explore attributions about chronically ill peers, 545 older adolescents ages 17-26 read a short vignette describing a brief social encounter with a hypothetical peer suffering from a medical condition, and then responded ...
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(2023-04-21)Animals are in constant interaction with single-celled organisms. These microbes inhabit an animal’s environment as well as most surfaces of the body, including the skin and gut. The intimate relationship animals have with ...
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(2014-04-14)Learned mate choice has a fundamental role in population dynamics and speciation. Social learning plays a ubiquitous role in shaping how individuals make decisions. Learning does not act on a blank slate, however, and ...
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(2017-09-05)Examining the chemicals involved in interkingdom interactions (e.g., microbe-insect) is useful for understanding the mechanisms governing insect behavior. Recent studies have shown that blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) ...
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(2012-04-17)A longitudinal investigation of two beluga whale mother-calf pairs located at SeaWorld San Antonio was conducted in order to examine and describe the calves’ change in swim positioning in relation to their mothers over ...
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The neuromolecular mechanisms that coordinate food availability with C. elegans male sexual behavior (2009-05-15)Organisms must coordinate behavioral and physiological responses to changingenvironmental conditions. In the nematode C. elegans, the presence or absence of foodin the environment affects many metabolic and behavioral ...
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(2017-06-23)Lyme disease (LD) is a tick-borne infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) that has a global impact and a high incidence in the United States. If not treated with antibiotics during the early stages of the disease ...
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(1980)Intracranial electrical stimulation of the brain can serve as a reward when administered to certain areas in and around the hypothalamus. These stimulation sites seem to be associated with major catecholamine (CA) pathways. ...
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(2023-04-21)I studied the responses of wild ungulates to harassment by flies (Diptera) by reviewing the literature on North American ungulates and studying the behavior and physiology of female moose (Alces alces) in a boreal forest ...
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(2021-07-12)American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) inhabit freshwater wetlands but are vulnerable to salt stress during storm surges and droughts. Anthropogenic alterations to freshwater system hydrology, runoff of coal mine ...
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(2020-08-12)The termite genus Reticulitermes contains species that are important wood decomposers and major economic pests. In the U.S., there are eight species of Reticulitermes, many of which broadly overlap geographically. These ...
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Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) is an emerging technology application allowing vehicles to communicate with each other for safety improvements. The current protocol calls for open broadcast of Basic Safety ...