Abstract Philosophers have used thought experiments to examine contentious examples of genetic modification. We hypothesised that these would prove useful in provoking responses from lay participants concerning technological interventions address welfare concerns. asked 747 US and Canadian citizens respond two scenarios based on experiments: genetically modifying chickens produce blind progeny ...

Background & Aim: The aim of this research is investigation and familiarity with the important herbal drugs that have used for traditional curing of animal diseases in different areas of Kerman province, Iran. From a long time ago native farmers and tribes of different regions used the available natural herbs which existed in those regions to cure animal diseases in different areas of Kerman pr...

the effects of waterlogging, sewage sludge and animal manure on the concentrations of dtpa extractable copper, iron, manganese and zinc were investigated in two different types of soil. a factorial experiment based upon a completely randomized design of two replications containing duration of waterlogging at six levels (0, 1, 3, 7, 15, 30 days), source of organic fertilizer at three levels (con...

Prevalence of different aggression types and some related risk indicators were studied in 434 dogspresented to the School of Veterinary Medicine at Shiraz University over a one-year period (From March2010 to June 2011). After taking case histories and examining all dogs, related questionnaires werecompleted for each dog and the nine classical types of aggression were evaluated. 25.3% of all cas...

OBJECTIVE Animal-assisted therapy involves interaction between patients and a trained animal, along with its human owner or handler, with the aim of facilitating patients' progress toward therapeutic goals. This study examined whether a session of animal-assisted therapy reduced the anxiety levels of hospitalized psychiatric patients and whether any differences in reductions in anxiety were ass...

background & aim: the aim of this research is investigation and familiarity with the important herbal drugs that have used for traditional curing of animal diseases in different areas of kerman province, iran. from a long time ago native farmers and tribes of different regions used the available natural herbs which existed in those regions to cure animal diseases in different areas of kerma...