Sharks are found in association with main Hawaiian Island ocean fish farms more frequently and at higher densities than is typical for coastal Hawaiian waters. Sharks attracted to fish farms could potentially threaten human water users, interact negatively with other fisheries, and seasonal migrations could be disrupted if individuals become entrained around farms throughout the year. We hypoth...

This study utilises data collected from Costa Rican dairy farmers to conduct a cradle farm gate Life Cycle Assessment and the first Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) for production in Latin America. Ninety farms across five typologies were assessed, reflecting Rica's diverse agroclimatic zones varying degrees of dairy/beef specialisation. The efficacy cost-effectiveness specific mitigation m...

The study was undertaken to assess the input use efficiency have been computed using primary data collected from 68 Mentha growers spread over two blocks in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh. were through a personal interview and pretested schedule. Cobb-Douglas production function is used estimate efficiency. value Coefficient Multiple Determination (R2) found be 0.82 indicating average variab...

Geospatial database of farm locations and biosecurity measures are essential to control disease outbreaks. A study was conducted to establish geospatial database on poultry farms in Al-Jabal Al-Gharbi region of Libya, to evaluate the biosecurity level of each farm and to determine the seroprevalence of mycoplasma and its relation to biosecurity level. A field team of 7 Veterinarians belongs to ...

BACKGROUND Calf disease may result in great economic losses. To implement prevention strategies it is important to gain information on management and to point out risk factors. The objective of this internet based survey was to describe calf management practices on registered dairy breeding farms in Austria and to estimate differences in calf disease incidences depending on farm structure and m...

With the development of deregulated power systems and increase of prices in some hours of day and increase fuel price, demand response programs were noticed more by customers. demand response consists of a series of activities that governments or utilities design to change the amount or time of electric energy consumption, to achieve better social welfare or some times for maximizing the benefi...

Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) ST398 isolated from pigs raised in conventional farms was previously reported. Here we report a study on 25 farms adhering to an alternative system. LA-MRSA ST398 was not detected in nasal swabs from 178 pigs or from 89 humans working and living on these farms.