This paper presents the results of excavations carried out in Chalcolithic contexts from walled enclosure Ota (Alenquer, Portugal). Six new absolute dates allow discussion stratigraphical evidence and chronologically frame zooarchaeological taphonomical analysis faunal assemblage. Domesticated swine, caprine bovine are prevalent, while wild species, most notably leporids, but also red deer, aur...

background: most fleas infest their host temporarily then pass to another of the same kind, while others move from one to a different host species. although the comprehensive list of fleas reported from iran, but there still exists considerable gap in our knowledge of zoonotic aspect of flea infestation. the present study was undertaken to determine correlation between domestic animals and man ...

background toxoplasma gondii is a worldwide parasite which infects animals and human. infections with this zoonotic parasite are acquired mostly by consumption of undercooked or raw meat, which contains tissue cysts. objectives the current study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of toxoplasma infection in farm animals in southern iran. materials and methods sera were obtained from 3...

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...

Interpretations of George Orwell’s Animal Farm have been almost exclusively focused on anthropocentric allegory in the text and what I call anthropo-allegorical interpretive frame. Given Farm’s iconic enduring status English classrooms, unpack this process, particularly how it is informed perpetuated by persistence human exceptionalism rooted humanist literary tradition, hegemonic approaches to...

Objective: To provide data on the magnitude of animal-related farm injuries to youth in the United States. Data Source: A youth farm injury survey of 26,000 farm households conducted for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1998. Subjects: Youth less than 20 years of age. Results: There were an estimated 6438 ...