PAIN IN THE HOURS FOLLOWING SURGICAL AND RUBBER RING CASTRATION IN DAIRY CALVES: EVIDENCE FROM CONDITIONED PLACE AVOIDANCE

Pain in the hours following surgical and rubber ring castration in dairy calves: Evidence from conditioned place avoidance

Male cattle reared for beef are Foundation typically castrated.Male calves born on dairy farms are increasingly reared for beef, so a better understanding of how to humanely perform this procedure in dairy systems is now required.We studied the short-term affective responses of dairy calves to castration using a conditioned place aversion paradigm.

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A cultural-conceptual analysis of plant-related proverbs in Nzema

Proverbs are wise sayings that are built from socio-cultural experiences, including natural phenomena and objects such 217 as plants, animals, rivers, among others.This paper focuses on plant-proverbs in Nzema, and how the imagery of plants provides basis for conceptualising human behavioural principles in the Nzema society.In this paper, twenty pl

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Primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in adults: the utility of family surveys in a single-center study from China

Abstract Background This study investigated the clinical characteristics of primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in adults, including immunological markers, pedigree findings, and conditions of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (Allo-HSCT).Methods The study included clinical data of 18 adult patients with primary HLH tr

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