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Appendix K: Animal Science Investment by Knowledge Area
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... K Animal Science Investment by Knowledge Area TABLE K-1 Animal Science Investment by Knowledge Area (%) 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Reproductive performance 14.3 11.8 13..1 11.8 14.0 12.7 12.4 10.0 13...1 11.9 Nutrient utilization 12...1 10..6 11.2 11.7 11.2 11.3 11.5 13..1 14.0 15.2 409 Genetic improvement 8.1 6.8 8.4 8.1 5.0 9.2 8.7 8.6 6.3 7.8 Animal genome 5.0 11..5 9.6 10.5 12.6 8.2 9.5 9.0 9.7 7.1 Animal physiological 9.5 6.0 6.7 6.0 6.1 5.3 5.9 5.0 5.6 6.3 Environmental stress 1.2 1.6 1.7 1.4 2.3 1..1 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.4 Animal management systems 12.0 9.8 10.7 11.0 10.4 9.8 9.0 11..1 8.9 8.8 Improved animal products 1.8 2.2 2.5 4.2 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.6 5.5 6.4 Animal diseases 18.0 23.5 18.0 17.3 20.5 25.0 22.0 20.6 18.1 18.0 External parasites and pests 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.6 Internal parasites 1.4 1..1 1.7 1.0 1.3 0.5 0.4 1..1 1.3 1.4 Toxic chemicals 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 1.3 0.3 0.2 1.3 0.2 0.4
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... 410 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Animal welfare 1.3 2.0 2.5 1.9 2.3 3.8 5.2 3.3 6.5 3.2 Structures, facilities 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 Engineering systems 0.8 0.7 0.2 1.5 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 Waste disposal, recycling 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 Instrumentation 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 Drainage and irrigation 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Food processing 3.5 2.5 3.0 3.3 1.8 1.4 2.2 2.0 1.7 2.1 Food products 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.1 1.3 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.7 Food quality maintenance 0.9 1.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.4 Food service 0.0 0.0 00 00 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Non-food products 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.3 Quality maintenance, non-food 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Economics of agriculture 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.6 1.1 1.0 2.0 1.4 1.2 Business management 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 Market economics 1..1 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.7 Marketing and distribution 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.2 0.3 Natural resource and 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 environment CRITICAL ROLE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE RESEARCH International trade 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Consumer economics 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3
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... 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 APPENDIX K Community resource planning 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 Economic theory 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 Domestic policy analysis 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.2 Foreign policy and program 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 Zoonotic diseases and parasites 0.1 0.0 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.1 2.6 Total: 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 411

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