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Animals, Volume 8, Issue 5

May 2018 - 19 articles

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Cover Story: The cow is considered one of the most important symbols of Hindu identity, often synonymous with nationalistic sentiment and pride. The issue of protecting and revering the cow has been the cause of much unrest, violence, and vigilantism. Indian law bans cow slaughter in most of the country, resulting in a large population of abandoned, unproductive cattle housed in cattle shelters. These often face inadequacy of space and infrastructure and require financial backing and veterinarian support. This review traces the 3000-year-old history of this unique phenomenon of nationwide animal protection and explores whether such strategies could find application in the Western milk-, meat-, and egg-production context. View the paper here

Articles (19)

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
15,480 Views
23 Pages

17 May 2018

In August 2008, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, commenced a trap-neuter-return (TNR) program to manage the population of approximately 69 free-roaming unowned urban cats on its Kensington campus. The goals of the progra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
5,357 Views
14 Pages

Quantification of Methane and Ammonia Emissions in a Naturally Ventilated Barn by Using Defined Criteria to Calculate Emission Rates

  • Alexander J. Schmithausen,
  • Inga Schiefler,
  • Manfred Trimborn,
  • Katrin Gerlach,
  • Karl-Heinz Südekum,
  • Martin Pries and
  • Wolfgang Büscher

16 May 2018

Extensive experimentation on individual animals in respiration chambers has already been carried out to evaluate the potential of dietary changes and opportunities to mitigate CH4 emissions from ruminants. Although it is difficult to determine the ai...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,635 Views
12 Pages

16 May 2018

During grazing on Alpine pastures, the use of concentrates in dairy cows’ diet leads to a reduction of the environmental sustainability of farms, and influences the selective pressure on some plant species. In order to minimize the use of conce...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,059 Views
15 Pages

14 May 2018

We tested the hypothesis that provision of enrichment in the form of enrichment blocks during the sucker and weaner phases would affect the behaviour of pigs. We measured the performance of pigs in an open field/novel object test, a maze test, an exe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,748 Views
22 Pages

Assessment of a Targeted Trap-Neuter-Return Pilot Study in Auckland, New Zealand

  • Sarah Zito,
  • Glenn Aguilar,
  • Shalsee Vigeant and
  • Arnja Dale

13 May 2018

There is a need for effective and humane management tools to manage urban stray cats and minimise negative impacts associated with stray cats. One such tool is targeted trap-neuter-return (TTNR), but no concerted implementation of this technique or f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
7,568 Views
17 Pages

Non-Compliance and Follow-Up in Swedish Official and Private Animal Welfare Control of Dairy Cows

  • Frida Lundmark Hedman,
  • Jan Hultgren,
  • Helena Röcklinsberg,
  • Birgitta Wahlberg and
  • Charlotte Berg

8 May 2018

Farmers often have to comply with several sets of animal welfare regulations, since private standards have been developed in addition to legislation. Using an epidemiological approach, we analysed protocols from animal welfare inspections carried out...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,955 Views
13 Pages

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the HIRA Gene Affect Litter Size in Small Tail Han Sheep

  • Mei Zhou,
  • Zhangyuan Pan,
  • Xiaohan Cao,
  • Xiaofei Guo,
  • Xiaoyun He,
  • Qing Sun,
  • Ran Di,
  • Wenping Hu,
  • Xiangyu Wang and
  • Xiaosheng Zhang
  • + 4 authors

4 May 2018

Maintenance of appropriate levels of fecundity is critical for efficient sheep production. Opportunities to increase sheep litter size include identifying single gene mutations with major effects on ovulation rate and litter size. Whole-genome sequen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
14,063 Views
11 Pages

3 May 2018

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reduced the threat status of the giant panda from “endangered” to “vulnerable” in September 2016. In this study, we analyzed current practices for giant panda conservat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
7,053 Views
12 Pages

3 May 2018

Litter quality has a significant influence on the performance and foot pad health in poultry. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of different types of flooring designs on the performance and foot pad health in fattening broilers...

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