Obtaining farm animal embryos <i>in vitro</i>

Modelling Farm Animal Welfare

The use of models in the life sciences has greatly expanded in scope and advanced in technique in recent decades. However, the range, type and complexity of models used in farm animal welfare is comparatively poor, despite the great scope for use of modeling in this field of research. In this paper, we review the different modeling approaches used in farm animal welfare science to date, discuss...

Obtaining gametes and embryos of ascidians.

Ascidians are basal chordates that have become increasingly important for understanding chordate evolution. They comprise three orders. In the orders Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia, most species freely spawn eggs and sperm, whereas members of the order Aplousobranchia form colonies that brood their eggs and broadcast sperm. In the two free spawning orders, eggs and sperm are easily obtained...

Economics and Farm Animal Welfare

Farm Animal Welfare Committee (2014). Evidence and the Welfare of Farmed Animals Part 1: The Evidence Base: Farm Animal Welfare Committee. Defra Farm Animal Welfare Committee

Sustainability in Farm Animal Breeding: A Review

The paper examines the notion of sustainable farm animal breeding. A brief explanation of why sustainability matters is offered first. After this, the historical development of the concept of sustainability is charted. The authors then turn to review published literature with a bearing on sustainable farm animal breeding. Little has been written directly on the subject: the requirements of sust...