Sentence examples for Selective culling from inspiring English sources

Selective culling stunts the evolution of host resistance to a much lesser degree than mass culling (Figure 5).

Selective culling of only infected and symptomatic chickens is impractical, but is considered for comparative purposes as the opposite extreme of mass culling.

Selective culling prevalences were significantly higher compared to stamping out prevalences (results of the GLMM: OR = 2.27, CI95%: 2.19 - 3.02).

Selective culling prevalences were also higher when compared to intensive monitoring (applied only in France, OR = 8.08, CI95%: 6.90 - 9.46).

Within each of the three categories, differences existed between countries i.e. in some instances animals tested from suspect flocks and contact flocks were included in the reporting, the minimum age of the tested animals varied, the proportion of animals tested among animals destroyed differed and differing genotypes were selected during selective culling and subsequently tested.

Did selective culling disrupt badger social groupings and territories, causing the stress that could activate the disease and the movement that would ensure its spread?

Even selective culls (11 animals shot in 2012) have no effect.

Selective culls are carried out in places where the group hunt is banned.

A selective cull of the animals would, they claim, go a long way to solving the problem.

But a new study suggests selective culls could permanently alter the genetic makeup of wild fish stocks.

The first one is the genotyping and selective cull of Type 3 and 5 genotypes in ewes and non-Type 1 genotypes in rams, with Type 4 genotype ewes being allowed to be slaughtered for human consumption.