Lecture 4 Flashcards
1
Q
What is the difference between rearing and breeding?
A
Rearing: ‘tending’, providing circumstances favorable for development and growth
Breeding: focus on reproduction and genetic selection on desired traits
2
Q
What is mini-livestock?
A
max body weight of 20kg
3
Q
What are the quality control monitoring points?
A
- egg viability
- neonate hatching
- pupal normality
- adult eclosion (emerging from pupa)
- mating and egg laying
- regular subsampling to quantify parameters accurately
- compare conditions and generations statistically
4
Q
What is the life cycle assessment?
A
It is a tool to evaluate the environmental impact throughout the entire life cycle of a product
raw material extraction & processing-> agricultural production & processing-> packaging & marketing -> product (re)use -> waste disposal
