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  Life Cycle Assessment as applied to environmental choices regarding farmed or wild-caught fish.
Fish production is facing increasing worldwide demand while fish landings are plateauing. Fish production is the only kind of animal production that i...
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  Implications of multiple risk factors for delineation of disease control zones: case study on foot-a
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is the most economically important livestock disease worldwide. It is endemic in Uganda and most other African countrie...
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  Assessing and influencing personality for improvement of animal welfare: a review of equine studies.
Personality and its various sub-traits such as temperament can be defined as behavioural attitudes that remain relatively stable across time and sit...
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  Lamb mulesing: impact on welfare and alternatives.
Mulesing is a surgical procedure that is routinely performed without pain relief on Merino and Merino cross sheep to prevent flystrike in the breech...
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  Recombinant vaccines and infectious bursal disease virus.
Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) is the aetiological agent of infectious bursal disease (IBD), an immunosuppressive and highly contagious diseas...
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  Novel techniques for preserving genetic diversity in poultry germplasm.
There have been massive losses of avian genetic material over the past several decades, partly because of a belief that cryoconservation techniques us...
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  Fish frauds: the DNA challenge.
The rising demand for seafood and trade globalization has brought about a rapid increase in the number of fish species traded. Consequently, the occ...
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  A review of innate immune functions in crocodilians.
The immune function of crocodilians is understudied but is of interest for medical, ecological and evolutionary purposes. Crocodiles share a common an...
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  Laminitis in horses.
Laminitis is characterized by failure of the attachment of the laminar epidermal cells to the underlying basement membrane of the dermal laminae. It c...
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  Intensive versus extensive management systems in commercial egg production.
Despite the degree of environmental protection and economic feasibility offered by traditional poultry production systems, the practice of housing lay...
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