The animal Article of the Month for November is entitled ‘Prenatal stress, immunity and neonatal health in farm animal species’ In farm mammals, preweaning mortality rates are high and variable between farms: 10-25% in lambs, 7-50% in kids, 0-50% in calves, 0-35% in foals, 5-35% in pigs.…
In the chemical age of agriculture that began in the 1960s, potassium chloride (KCl), the common salt often referred to as potash, is widely used as a major fertilizer in the Corn Belt without regard to the huge soil reserves that were once recognized for their fundamental importance to soil fertility.…
Reintroduced Gorillas Going Strong. The Aspinall Foundation’s reintroduction of western lowland gorillas to areas of Africa where they have been hunted to extinction appears to be working, according to a scientific study published today in Oryx The International Journal of Conservation.…
The animal Article of the Month for November is entitled ‘Genetics of milking characteristics in dairy cows’ The milking routine accounts for a large proportion of the labour requirement in a dairy herd.…
King of Beasts Losing Ground in Uganda’s Paradise – Wildlife Conservation Society. Conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University of St.…
This post is the last in a series of blogs written by the authors of papers which were presented at the recent Greenhouse Gases & Animal Agriculture Conference held in Dublin.…
This post is the second in a series of blogs written by the authors of papers which were presented at the recent Greenhouse Gases & Animal Agriculture Conference held in Dublin.…
Saeed A. Khan, Ph.D., ,Richard L Mulvaney, Ph.D. and Timothy R Ellsworth, Ph.D. have published a compelling and provocative article on “The potassium paradox: Implications for soil fertility, crop production and human health.”…
This post is the first in a series of blogs written by the authors of papers which were presented at the recent Greenhouse Gases & Animal Agriculture Conference held in Dublin.…
The animal Article of the Month for October is entitled ‘Precursors for liver gluconeogenesis in periparturient dairy cows’ Balancing diets for transition dairy cows is a challenge due to limitations in our ability to delineate basic responses and interactions between energy and protein during the periparturient period.…
The June issue of The China Quarterly features a fascinating selection of articles entitled ‘Dying for Development’. Expert in Human Geography in China at Oxford University, Anna Lora-Wainwright looks at the issues surrounding development that have arisen from China’s rapid growth in recent years.…
The EU FP7 research project RobustMilk investigated ways of breeding cows that will produce healthy milk, e.g. packed with healthy fats, without drawing on the health of the dairy cows themselves.…
Should the media pay for wildlife conservation? | CIFOR Forests News Blog. BOGOR, Indonesia (5 September, 2013)_Wildlife documentaries are big business.…
Perspective: Should the wildlife media pay for ecosystem services? | The BioFresh blog. Ecosystem services frames the environment as a producer of goods and services for humanity.…
The animal Article of the Month for September is entitled ‘ Welfare of entire male pigs is improved by socialising piglets and keeping intact groups until slaughter’ Surgical castration is painful and should be avoided to improve pig welfare.…
Canadian amber reveals bizarre ants from the Cretaceous – Editor’s Pick for TCE 145(4) | ESC-SEC Blog. It’s with great pleasure that I announce my pick for the latest issue of The Canadian Entomologist. …
Human farming and the introduction of domestic dogs are posing a threat to the ability of Burmese long-tailed macaques to use stone tools.…
Leptocephali are the remarkably transparent larvae of eels and their relatives, but they are rarely seen because they mostly live in oceanic waters. …
The animal Article of the Month for August is entitled ‘ An individual reproduction model sensitive to milk yield and body condition in Holstein dairy cows’ To face rapid changes in economic or climatic conditions and to maintain their competitiveness, dairy producers increasingly need to anticipate the consequences of their management decisions.…
The population of large carnivores in Manas, north-east India is bouncing back from near extinction, a recent study has found. The study published by Cambridge University Press in the journal Oryx reveals that both clouded and common leopards are recovering well after a decade of conflict in the region.…
In ‘Influence of the EU Chemicals Regulation on the US Policy Reform Debate: Is a ‘California Effect’ Within REACH?’, published in Transnational Environmental Law (TEL) in April 2013, I investigated whether the demanding EU chemicals regulation (REACH) had led the exporting US chemicals sector to lobby its government to follow suit. …
I am pleased to present the “Editor’s Pick” manuscript for the current issue of The Canadian Entomologist. This pick was a paper by Bob Lamb, Patricia MacKay and Andrei Alyokhin, titled “Seasonal dynamics of three coexisting aphid species: implications for estimating population variability” I had always admired the ongoing work on aphids, spearheaded by Bob and Pat.…
The animal Article of the Month for July is entitled ‘Impact of dietary protein on microbiota composition and activity in the gastrointestinal tract of piglets in relation to gut health: a review’ The microbial ecosystem of the intestinal tract of pigs is influenced by various factors.…
Dr. Garth Youngberg and Suzanne DeMuth have made a fundamental contribution to the literature on organic and sustainable agriculture with the recently published first view article: ‘Organic Agriculture in the United States: A Thirty-Year Retrospective’.…
To celebrate the publication of a special issue of International Journal of Astrobiology, two articles are being made freely available to the public. …
Sharks are worth more in the ocean than in a bowl of soup, according to researchers from the University of British Columbia.…
Artisanal fishermen’s perception and seabird conservation in Chilean Patagonia The sub-Antarctic islands and fjords in southern Chile together form a complex geographic area with thousands of components of archipelagos and marine channels.…
A recent publication in Oryx, The International Journal of Conservation by Tumenta et al., 2013 (Leiden University) on human-lion conflict over livestock depredation in Waza National Park, Cameroon has demonstrated that the human-lion conflict remains an important factor in the depletion of lion populations.…
This year, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) marks its 110th Anniversary. To celebrate, Elizabeth Allen has been searching through the archives, looking at how conservation has changed over the decades.…
A new report by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) reveals that while large climatic changes are taking place in parts of the Antarctic, such as the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica, much of the continent has experienced little change.…
The current issue of Transnational Environmental Law (TEL) includes a contribution by Arie Trouwborst, Richard Caddell and Ed Couzens, examining the legal position of a rescued whale subsequently retained in captivity. …
This year, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) marks its 110th Anniversary. To celebrate, Elizabeth Allen has been searching through the archives, looking at how conservation has changed over the decades.…
This year, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) marks its 110th Anniversary. Over the next 12 months, FFI’s Elizabeth Allen will be searching through the archives, looking at how conservation has changed over the decades.…
New research shows that collaborative approaches to conservation can give hope to endangered species such as Chilean national icon the Huemul deer I think it’s beautiful that this has turned out to be an example of real hope for an endangered species – Cristóbal Briceño The Huemul, a species of deer found only in the Latin American region of Patagonia, is bouncing back from the brink of possible extinction as a result of collaboration between conservationists and the Chilean government, says a new study.…
This year, Fauna & Flora International (FFI) marks its 110th Anniversary. Over the next 12 months, FFI’s Elizabeth Allen will be searching through the archives, looking at how conservation has changed over the decades.…
The Canadian Entomologists’ latest issue is devoted to Arctic Entomology, with guest editors Derek Sikes and Toke T. Høye putting together an excellent suite of papers on this topic. …
In his second post, Cambridge University Press Social Science Publisher John Haslam offers a few more notes on getting your first book ready for publication. …
In the first of three posts, Cambridge University Press Social Science Publisher John Haslam offers a few notes on getting your first book ready for publication.…
Posted by Morgan Jackson on February 21, 2013 in Academic, Canadian Entomology, Editor’s Pick, Research Blogging, The Canadian Entomologist (Journal) by Christopher Buddle, McGill University ————– As the Editor-in-Chief of The Canadian Entomologist, I have the pleasure of seeing all papers move through the publication process, from first submission to approval of the final proof. …
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