free-ranging
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free-range
(frē′rānj′) or free-rang·ing (-rān′jĭng)adj.
Of, relating to, or produced by animals, especially poultry, that range freely for food, rather than being narrowly confined: free-range chickens.
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Hematologic values of healthy and sick free-ranging lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) in Kenya.
Few studies report the occurrence of these microorganisms in wild felines, particularly in Brazil, (2) and reports about free-ranging animals are even more rare.
Keeping your chickens locked in a coop can have some benefits, but for chickens to reach their full potential usefulness the best type of living situation is to be allowed full or partial free-ranging. If allowed even partial free ranging, they can have many benefits.
But the idea of happy, free-ranging chickens--with the resultant more nutritious eggs--was appealing, so we decided free-ranging was the only way to go.
Infection with frog virus 3 (FV3), the type species of the genus Ranavirus, results in edema, hemorrhage, and necrosis of lymphoid tissue, hematopoietic tissue, liver, spleen, and renal tubules (3,5); mortality rates in free-ranging amphibians are >90% (6).
and The Wilds in Ohio are involved in an effort to return free-ranging Takhi to Mongolia.
A survey was undertaken to investigate the occurrence of gastrointestinal parasites in captive and free-ranging birds at Bristol Zoo Gardens between May and July 2016.
The epidemiologic features of Bartonella infection in other felid species has been explored; a high prevalence of seropositivity has been found in free-ranging and captive wild cats from California and Florida (3), as well as panthers from Florida (4).
Studies have shown that nearly all free-ranging cats -- even the well-fed ones -- kill wildlife.
We describe basic principles of safe anesthetic delivery, monitoring, and recovery for application in procedures involving free-ranging wildlife.
In Puerto Rico, risk for transmission of B-virus from free-ranging rhesus monkeys to humans has become a serious challenge.
The minimum level for performance of surgeries in the field on free-ranging animals should be the same as for domestic animals undergoing surgery in animal hospitals.
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