Essays about: "poultry"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 134 essays containing the word poultry.
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21. Feeding brown algae and brown algae extracts from Saccharina Latissima to Broiler breeders : effects on transfer of antibodies and nutrients from hen to egg
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and ManagementAbstract : Brown algae and extracts of algae have been proved to have prebiotic effects. Seaweeds grow very fast and underwater. This is good from a sustainable point of view since algae do not need fertilizers, freshwater or agricultural land for growth. Brown algae is rich in nutrients, vitamins and minerals, and has an especially high content of iodine. READ MORE
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22. The risk of handling poultry meat with Campylobacter jejuni from the consumer's perspective
University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular SciencesAbstract : Campylobacteriosis is the most reported gastrointestinal infection in humans, within the EU, since 2005. Campylobacteriosis is a zoonosis and caused by Campylobacter spp. Poultry is believed to be a vehicle for human exposure to Campylobacter. Foodborne outbreaks of campylobacteriosis have been connected to private households. READ MORE
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23. Förebyggande åtgärder och veterinärvård för hobbyfjäderfän : rutiner och behov bland djurägare
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical SciencesAbstract : Förekomsten av hobbyfjäderfä har ökat i Sverige såväl som i övriga Europa och USA de senaste åren, men trots detta finns liten kunskap om flockarna. Det har gjorts ett begränsat antal studier för att öka kunskapen om demografi, utfodring, skötsel, smittskydd och välfärd samt de främsta skälen till att hålla hobbyfjäderfä. READ MORE
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24. 'The world has changed; these days, women are the ones who are keeping their families'. Gender norms, women's economic empowerment and male capture in the rural Tanzanian poultry value-chain
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : The study presented in this thesis aimed to explore how gender norms in four rural districts in Kilimanjaro and Lindi Region of Tanzania might influence rural women chicken farmers' economic empowerment when an urban vendor introduces an improved breed of chicken. More specifically, the following aims were explored: the normative expectations for husbands and wives in the communities researched, and how these expectations may influence intra-household negotiation processes following a market-led intervention within the Tanzanian poultry value-chain; if and how intra-household resource allocation may be changed if profits were to increase within a women-led business. READ MORE
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25. To be a chick mother : variation in maternal care and its effect on chick behavioural development
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and ManagementAbstract : In Swedish poultry production today over 7 million chicks are incubated, housed and reared without maternal care. Studies indicate that chicks behavioural development and welfare may benefit from hen maternal care and potentially maternal care could be artificially provided in the commercial situation. READ MORE
