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Category : Beef cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Beef 2007-08
Author: National Animal Identification Systems
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on AgriculturePublisher:
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Flock Register
Author: American Cheviot Sheep SocietyPublisher:
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Category : Cheviot sheep
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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The U.S. Beef Cow-calf Industry
Author: Henry C. GilliamPublisher:
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Category : Beef cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Extract: The number of beef cows in each of the four major U.S. cow-calf production regions declined by about one-fifth between 1975 and 1980 in response to sharp reductions in feeder cattle prices and increases in production costs during the midseventies. Several physical measures of performance indicate that most resources were used more efficiently in beef cow-calf production in 1980 than in 1975. This report identifies the structural characteristics and operating practices for beef cow-calf production operations in the United States.
Improved Standards for Laboratory Animals Act; and Enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign AgriculturePublisher:
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Category : Animal experimentation
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Hearing to Review the National Animal Identification System
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry (2007- )Publisher:
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Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Definition of Pain and Distress and Reporting Requirements for Laboratory Animals
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309072913
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
In this first in a proposed series of workshops on regulatory issues in animal care and use, the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR) has addressed the existing and proposed requirements for reporting pain and distress in laboratory animals. The Animal Welfare Act, administered by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), mandates that pain and distress in laboratory animals be minimized. USDA is considering two policy changes with regard to this specific mandate. Firstly, since there has been no functional definition of "distress," USDA has prepared such a definition and requested feedback from the scientific community on its usefulness for regulatory and reporting requirements. The second issue concerns the pain and distress categorization scheme for reporting to USDA. Various groups and individuals have questioned the efficacy of the current categories, and specific changes have been proposed by the Humane Society of the United States. USDA is considering these and other potential changes to the existing scheme. Thus, given these potential changes to animal welfare policy, the aim of the ILAR/NIH joint workshop was to provide feedback to the USDA. The speakers were asked to address these two issues as well as to comment upon whether the information contained in the 1992 ILAR report Recognition and Alleviation of Pain and Distress in Laboratory Animals is still useful to investigators in assisting them to comply with regulations. The speakers provided perspectives based on their individual expertise in the areas of science of pain and distress, animal welfare policy, protocol review, and/or as representatives of relevant organizations or institutions. The following proceedings are an edited transcript of their presentations.
Animal Health at the Crossroads
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309092590
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 287
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The confirmed case of "mad cow" disease (BSE) in June 2005 illustrates the economic impact of disease outbreaks, as additional countries closed their markets to U.S. beef and beef products. Emerging diseases also threaten public health-11 out of 12 of the major global disease outbreaks over the last decade were from zoonotic agents (that spread from animals to humans). Animal Health at the Crossroads: Preventing, Detecting, and Diagnosing Animal Diseases finds that, in general, the U.S. animal health framework has been slow to take advantage of state-of-the-art technologies being used now to protect public health; better diagnostic tests for identifying all animal diseases should be made a priority. The report also recommends that the nation establish a high-level, authoritative, and accountable coordinating mechanism to engage and enhance partnerships among local, state, and federal agencies, and the private sector.
Animal Care and Management at the National Zoo
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309091780
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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This interim report assesses issues related to animal management, husbandry, health, and care at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park. The report finds that there are shortcomings in care and management that are threatening the well-being of the animal collection and identifies the "most pressing" issues that should be addressed.
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