McDonald's, Burger King and Wal-Mart saides quickly said they did not believe they had received meat from the animal.
To investigate whether males shared more meat with estrous than with anestrous females given their proportional representation in hunting parties, we controlled for the number of females of the reproductive state of the female who received meat, present in the hunting party at the time of the transfer.
To control for this possibility, we standardized the frequency/amount of meat shared on each occasion by dividing the said amount by the number of females of the same reproductive state as the female who received meat, present in the party when the transfer took place (see Methods).
The wrapper indicated that the plant had been receiving meat from a slaughterhouse just 20 miles from the bird flu outbreak in Sarvar, near the Austrian border.
In these situations, the individuals sharing meat have no control over whether or not their generosity will be reciprocated, and free riding becomes an attractive strategy for those receiving meat.
The above relationship could also occur if females that were more gregarious, and in general associated more frequently with males, copulated more often and were more likely to receive meat from males.
At least one-quarter of subjects at this age were also receiving vegetables and/or fruits, many (12%) were consuming dairy products other than formula or breast milk, and some (1-4%) were already receiving meat, poultry, and fish products.
Beginning at eight or nine months and extending throughout the remainder of infancy, there was a significant increase in the proportion of infants receiving meat, poultry, fish, dairy, beverages, desserts, breads, and combination dishes/casseroles.
Spanghero blamed Romanian abattoirs for supplying them with the meat and denied any knowledge of the substitution, despite records showing the company paid astonishingly low prices for its 'beef' and received the meat labeled with customs bar codes usually reserved for horse meat.
Dawn received its meat from QK. QK says it never knowingly incorporated horse into its beef products.
Officials would not name the store yesterday because of the investigation, and investigators have not determined when the store received the meat, said Jeff Lamm, a spokesman for the state's Division of Consumer Affairs.
