Sentence examples for rank animals from inspiring English sources

In most cases, the animals defined as 'pure' peckers or receivers in our study were also among the top ranking or bottom ranking animals using the previously proposed formulas to rank animals in groups [ 19- 22].

Researchers rank animals in a hierarchy by observing who threatens whom with a dominance charge, and who submits with a pant and a grunt.

In a third situation, where no genetic evaluation is available to the producer, RFI can be used to rank animals for feed efficiency within population.

Some researchers have used aggressive encounters (both pecks and receiving pecks) to rank animals in a social dominance hierarchy [ 19- 22].

The common method to estimate breeding values and rank animals based on genetic merit is known as traditional BLUP (best linear unbiased prediction) selection.

Although this measure certainly has value to rank animals according to how trustworthy estimated GEBV are, it is likely overestimated for candidates with close relatives.

The variation in free space usage could be due to lower ranking animals feeling threatened by higher ranking sows, or larger sows feeling more space restricted in the stalls than smaller sows.

As the agent for many first-rank animals active in all media, I beg to differ with Dr. Rumbaugh.

We ranked animals by assigning weight rank 1 to lightest animals, weight rank 2 to animals having medium weight and weight rank of 3 to the heaviest animals in each triad.

For animals with simulated uncertainty, the percentage of correctly ranked animals was higher (0.7percentt point; Table 3).

The lowest ranked animals were deemed LI, while rats with intermediate levels of impulsivity were deemed MI.