laboratory animal use in the decades following enactment of the 1966 Animal Welfare Act and to evaluate trends in terms of reduction and replacement alternatives. Methods: Statistics on regulated species published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the 22-year period 1973-1994 were...
EcologyEvolutionGeneticsAntimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are naturally produced antibiotics that play important roles in host defense mechanisms. These proteins are ... CE Lee,MA Bell - 《Trends in Ecology & Evolution》 被引量: 0发表: 2000年 Partitioning of reproduction in animal societies. A key fe...
There are now national action plans in most of the European countries. The European consumption of animal products has changed very little over recent decades. At the same time, production has become very intensive. Among other driving forces, the development of agriculture is steered by the EU ...
By using cell cultivation and precision fermentation, this approach allows for the production of animal-derived foods in controlled environments, significantly reducing the environmental impact, resource use, and ethical concerns associated with conventional agriculture. This approach offers a sustainable ...
The major initiatives by governments in the region also play a vital role in the growing trend of organic farming. For example, Japan's Basic Plan for Food, Agriculture, and Rural Areas aims to triple the number of organic farmers and lands by 2030. The growth of organic agriculture is ...
Technological advances in the past five decades enhanced production in the Great Plains despite periodic adverse economic and environmental conditions, and increases in crop yields, animal feeding, and government payments have sustained agriculture and income. Nonmetropolitan counties with irrigated farming ...
In the APMEI, PM emissions from animal feeding operations, wind erosion, land preparation, crop harvest, fertilizer and chemical application, grain handling, and pollen were calculated and compared for the Census years of 1981–2006. In this study, we present the results for PM10 and PM2.5, ...
, 4197), \({a}_{n}\) is the random direct genetic effect of animal \(n\) (\(n\) = 1, …, 282,035), and \({e}_{ijkoqn}\) is the residual effect for the FEED record. In matrix notation, the general model for each trait can be written as: $${\mathbf{y}}_{t}={\...
most investigations of yeast diversity were conducted in affluent countries in the northern hemisphere, but due to a shifting global economy, and wider availability of technologies, this pattern in biodiversity exploration is changing (Kurtzman et al.2015, Fig.2). Recently, countries in Asia, (part...
15 According to one of these alternative-meat start-ups, 93 percent of its customers also buy animal meat. Increased production of artificial meat could be a factor in increasing the overall size of the global meat-protein market. In response, food and agriculture companies sho...