Re: Poll from [Ferret-Health-list] Digest Number 616
Re: Poll from [Ferret-Health-list] Digest Number 616
Dear Vicki. Thank you. I have an appointment with my Vet this week. I plan on discussing this with him. I do appreciate all the in put from this group & have
AVMA Passes Groundbreaking Animal Welfare Policies
The American Veterinary Medical Association House of Delegates (AVMA-HOD) voted today to pass a groundbreaking policy on veal calf housing that promotes both animal health and welfare. The resolution passed by a landslide 88.7 percent vote. This new policy states “that the AVMA supports a change in veal husbandry practices that severely restrict movement, to housing systems that allow for greater freedom of movement without compromising health or welfare.
Complex Food Webs Prevent Competitive Exclusion Amongst Producer Species
Competitive exclusion prevents coexistence of producer species, which eventually limits the biodiversity of natural ecosystems. For the first time, analyses of complex food-web models show that herbivory predominantly reduces the biomass of dominant producers without assuming a trade-off between the producers’ nutrient-intake efficiency and their resistance to herbivory.