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UMD receives funding to enhance quality of pork production through improved muscle growth in pigs
The University of Maryland (UMD) received funding from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) to enhance the overall quality and efficiency of pork production through improved muscle growth in pigs. While early life nutrition seems to be especially important for how muscles grow and develop, less is known about how these benefits can be passed from mother to child during pregnancy. According to the USDA, the United States is the world s third-largest pork producer. In this $20 billion industry, increased and faster muscle growth means a healthier animal, less feed and waste to raise that animal, and ultimately a more competitive and sustainable pork industry. In partnership with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), this work could also have future applicatio
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The white-tailed sea eagle is known for reacting sensitively to human disturbances. Forestry and agricultural activities are therefore restricted in the immediate vicinity of the nests. However, these seasonal protection periods are too short in the German federal States of Brandenburg (until August 31) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (until July 31), as a new scientific analysis by a team of scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) suggests. Using detailed movement data of 24 juvenile white-tailed sea eagles with GPS transmitters, they were able to track when they fledge and when they leave the parental territory: on average, a good 10 and 23 weeks after hatching, respectively. When forestry work is allowed again, most of the young birds are still near the nest. In a publication in the journal
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The fatal impact of heatwaves on the eggs of one of Australia’s most abundant birds species has raised the alarm for Macquarie University researchers.
In a remote area of north-western NSW, scientists have been studying the local population of zebra finches – one of the most widespread and abundant birds in Australia – for more than 16 years.
Danger zone: Zebra finches are abundant, and in an average year 80 per cent of chicks survive … but not during heatwave, the researchers found.
In the summer of 2017, they recorded a catastrophic event. A heatwave with temperatures over 40 degrees for several days baked all the embryos in their eggs causing complete reproductive failure for this remarkably resilient bird.