Previous studies suggest roadkill may not be evenly distributed among species or within species due to life history characteristics. We examine published data on mammalian roadkill surveys conducted in North America for a relationship between diet type, body size and roadkill frequency. Eight studies with comparable methods are used in the analysis for a combined survey mileage of 224,354 km th...

A total of 350 barrows (DNA 200 × 400; initially 13.5 ± 0.02 lb) were used in a 42-d study to evaluate the effects dried fermentation product administered through drinking water on nursery pig growth performance, antibiotic injection frequency, fecal consistency, and Escherichia coli presence. Upon arrival research facility, pigs randomly assigned pens (5 per pen) allotted 1 2 treatments with 3...

parently fears that buried animals could contaminate groundwater and that emissions from incinerators could contaminate the air. All states allow dead pigs to be either buried, incinerated, or taken for rendering, and some states also allow swine carcasses to be fed to animals (e.g., Minnesota) or to be composted (e.g., Missouri).2Fewer swine farms now have the option of rendering swinecarcasse...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an estimate the costs premature mortality caused by COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach Using pandemic-derived data for November 9, 2020 (globally 1,303,215 deaths) and applying a country-based value statistical life (VSL), worldwide cost was assessed. assessed based on income groups until projected into future March 1, 2021 using three...

Background: Neonatal Mortality is the death of a child within first 28 days life. It accounts for most under-five deaths but has not been given serious attention by academics, especially in Tamale Metropolitan area. As result, very little known about its cause and calibre women affected.
 Aim: This study focuses on neonatal mortality three major hospitals Tamale.
 Materials Methods: T...