Agronomy I: Coffee Breeding Practices

The domestication of the horse began about 5500 years ago in the Eurasian steppes. In the following millennia horses spread across the ancient world, and their role in transportation and warfare affected every ancient culture. Ownership of horses became an indicator of wealth and social status. The importance of horses led to a growing interest in their breeding and management. Many phenotypic traits, such as height, behavior, and speed potential, have been proven to be a subject of selection; however, the details of ancient breeding practices remain mostly unknown. From the fourth millennium BP, through the Iron Age, many literature sources thoroughly describe horse training systems, as well as various aspects of husbandry, many of which are still in use today. The striking resemblance of ancient and modern equine practices leaves us wondering how much was accomplished through four thousand years of horse breeding.

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Perceptions of dog breeding practices, breeding dog welfare and companion dog acquisition in a self-selected sample of Australian adults

Animal Welfare ◽

10.7120/09627286.27.4.357 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 357-368 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

JK Woodhead ◽

LC Feng ◽

TJ Howell ◽

MB Ruby ◽

PC Bennett

Keyword(s):

Breeding Practices ◽

Dog Breeding

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Seropositivity to Sarcocystis infection of llamas correlates with breeding practices

Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports ◽

10.1016/j.vprsr.2017.08.006 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 ◽

pp. 65-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sandra Romero ◽

Tamara Carletti ◽

Cecilia Decker Franco ◽

Gastón Moré ◽

Leonhard Schnittger ◽

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Keyword(s):

Breeding Practices

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A political ontology of seeds

Focaal ◽

10.3167/fcl.2014.690104 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 (69) ◽

pp. 45-61 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Elise Demeulenaere

Keyword(s):

Social Movements ◽

Seed Production ◽

Regulation System ◽

Political Ontology ◽

Agricultural Modernization ◽

Scientific Paradigms ◽

The Social ◽

The Commons ◽

Breeding Practices

This article follows the trajectory of a French farmers' movement that contests the seed production and regulation system set in place during agricultural modernization. It focuses on the creativity of the movement, which ranges from semantic innovations (such as “peasant seeds”) to the reinvention of onfarm breeding practices based on new scientific paradigms, and includes new alliances with the social movements defending the commons. The trajectory of the movement is shaped by its encounters—with scientists, other international seed contestations, and other social movements—and by the productive frictions they create. This in-depth reframing of the activities connected to seeds contributes to building a counternarrative about farmers and seeds that reopens spaces for contestation. In this counternarrative, “peasant seeds” play a central and subversive role in the sense that they question the ontological assumptions of present seed laws.

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Fry production, induced breeding practices and cost-profit analysis of the hatcheries of Rajshahi district in Bangladesh

Journal of Fisheries ◽

10.17017/jfish.v2i3.2014.61 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 209

Author(s):

Naima Aktar ◽

Abdus Salam Bhuiyan ◽

M Nazrul Islam

Keyword(s):

Labeo Rohita ◽

Ctenopharyngodon Idella ◽

Catla Catla ◽

Hatching Rate ◽

Hypophthalmichthys Molitrix ◽

Total Cost ◽

Profit Analysis ◽

Net Profit ◽

Profit Status ◽

Breeding Practices

This study was conducted on the 13 hatcheries of Rajshahi district from March to December 2013 to know about the fry production status, induced breeding practices and cost-profit status. Average fry production of Labeo rohita, 93.38±83.32 kg, Catla catla, 62.00±60.84 kg, Cirrhinus cirrhosus, 77.46±58.61 kg, L. calbasu, 14.20±14.60 kg, L. bata, 53.73±50.56 kg, L. gonia, 10.00±0 kg, Heteropneustes fossilis, 5.00±0 kg, Clarias batrachus, 20.00±0 kg, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, 149.77±138.45 kg, Aristichthys nobilis, 104.54±148.11 kg, Ctenopharyngodon idella, 19.20±15.35 kg, Cyprinus carpio 108.08±77.39 kg and Barbonymus gonionotus, 23.10±14.04 kg were recorded in the surveyed hatcheries. Two types of hormone injections PG (pituitary gland) and HCG (Human chorionic gonadotropin) were used for induced breeding. The rate of 1st dose of injection of PG varied from 1 to 2 mg/kg and HCG from 100-150 IU/kg and the rate of 2nd dose of injection of PG varied between 5 and 8 mg/kg. The incubation period and hatching rate in different fish species varied from 10 to 72 hours and 55% to 80%, respectively. The average total cost, gross return and net profit of the hatcheries were 0.667±0.798, 1.152±1.636 and 0.485±0.846 million BDT respectively.

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