The study compared the thermal comfort provided by three different types of facilities to horses reared in the Sertão region of the state of Pernambuco. A sample of 18 adult horses was randomly assigned to three types of stalls or pens. A completely randomized split-split-plot design was adopted...

Grow-out culture of mud crabs Scylla serrata in East Africa is at an earlier development phase and is dependent on wild seed crabs. We assessed three different culture systems (net cages, ponds and pens) in three treatments (shelter, size and density) to evaluate survival and growth in small-scale...

Environmental enrichment in pig housing is a legal requirement under current EU legislation, but some recommended loose materials may cause obstructions in fully-slatted systems. Wood is an organic material that could be compatible with slatted systems. This study investigated enrichment use in...

A study was conducted in selected areas of Dahod and Kheda districts of Middle Gujarat to ascertain the housing and feeding management practices followed by goat keepers. The data was collected from randomly selected 240 goat keepers (120 each from Dahod and Kheda district) through personal...

The effect of an enrichment material, made from compressed algae, was assessed on pig welfare at the experimental facilities of Crécom, France. Its compatibility with slatted floor was checked. The study involved 444 pigs from two successive batches. In farrowing rooms, half of the crates received...

Two onsite tests were carried out to determine the effects of varying dietary protein to energy (P:E) ratio in intensive culture of Nile tilapia in two different places at two stocking densities. In both field trials, three diets were used namely commercial (CM) diet, control (CO) diet containing...

The welfare of laying hens in cage systems is of increasing concern. Represented by the European Union's 'End the Cage Age' initiative, more and more countries have advocated cage-free farming. China, an important country for poultry farming and consumption in the world, is highly dependent on cage ...

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) have proven their efficiency as an animal model for genetics and development, but their nutrition and housing requirements continue to elude researchers. Diet and housing density were predicted to affect weight change and reproductive success in 120 days postfertilization...

The present study investigated the effect of initial adult stocking densities and algal concentrations on production parameters of calanoid copepod, Acartia bilobata. Experiments were in triplicate with seven initial stocking densities (125, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000, and 8000 adult copepods L^-1)...

Offshore wind-wave resistant mechanized platform is a new mode of abalone farming in China compared to the traditional raft-based system. A series of on-site experiments was conducted to identify the optimal cultivation conditions for this new model. The effects of different stocking densities and...