Preventing the slaughter of surplus male production animals
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DOI: 10.1136/vr.l6071
Abstract: Georgina Mills discusses a new position statement on ways to reduce the number of unwanted males on farms read more here.
Keywords: production animals; male production; preventing slaughter; slaughter surplus ... See more keywords
Variation in rates of spontaneous male production within the nematode species Pristionchus pacificus supports an adaptive role for males and outcrossing
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DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-0873-7
Abstract: BackgroundThe nematode species Pristionchus pacificus has an androdioecious mating system in which populations consist of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites and relatively few males. The prevalence of males in such a system is likely to depend on the… read more here.
Keywords: nematode species; rates spontaneous; male production; species pristionchus ... See more keywords