animal welfare improvement Articles
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Ambitious green farming requirements can lead to higher environmental benefits, study shows
A new JRC study shows how the choices farmers make to adopt voluntary green practices are affected by how much they are already obliged to contribute to the environment. The behavioural science study finds that the more mandatory requirements placed on farmers, the less likely they are to make additional voluntary contributions. However, if the mandatory requirements are ambitious enough, the ...
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Milk Production Process: Pledge to Cut Emissions from Dairy Farms
Interest in the increasing carbon footprint of the dairy industry has grown considerably over the past few years and growing greenhouse gas emissions from the milk production process are a contributing factor. A number of greenhouse gases (GHG) are produced from fertiliser production through to consumption and disposal of packaging. Methane is produced as a direct emission from cows and carbon ...
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Ventilation and cooling system to improve animal welfare and productivity
My name is Segev Segalchick, involved in the Dairy business for more than 25 years as Farm Manager, General Manager and consultant in Israel and around the world. I have degree of Animal engineer from Ruppin Academy in Israel and several study in Academy in US, Spain and others. ...
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Ventilation and cooling system to improve animal welfare and productivity
Today we talk about ventilation and cooling in the barn, a much discussed topic in our sector, through this short interview we will show you the point of view of an expert in Brazil who talks about us touching various points of ...
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Gene Editing Used to Create Single-sex Mouse Litters
Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute, in collaboration with Kent University, used gene editing technology to create litters with only female and male mice at 100% efficiency. The study, published today in Nature Communications, shows how the technology can be used to improve animal welfare in scientific research and even agriculture. In scientific research and agriculture, males or ...
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Project Cal Poly University Research Centre - Cases Study
About the Poultry Center The Cal Poly Poultry Center has housing facilities for 7,000 broilers and 7,000 replacement pullets. In addition, the Poultry Center has two egg production facilities—a two-story turbo house and a stack-deck house. Both houses are exact replicas of the facilities currently used by the commercial egg production industry. The Poultry Center also contains a research ...
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Qualitative Stakeholder Analysis for the Development of Sustainable Monitoring Systems for Farm Animal Welfare
Continued concern for animal welfare may be alleviated when welfare would be monitored on farms. Monitoring can be characterized as an information system where various stakeholders periodically exchange relevant information. Stakeholders include producers, consumers, retailers, the government, scientists, and others. Valuating animal welfare in the animal-product market chain is regarded as a key ...
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The Wonderful Use of Bamboo Biochar in Poultry Farming
Bamboo biochar, a carbon-rich material produced through the pyrolysis of bamboo biomass, offers numerous benefits for poultry farming operations. From enhancing soil fertility to improving animal health and reducing environmental impact, bamboo biochar has emerged as a valuable resource in sustainable poultry production. In this article, we explore the wonderful uses of bamboo biochar in poultry ...
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