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CAGE ELEVAGE [3 records]

Record 1 2021-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
DEF

[A floating or submerged] enclosure of wire or netting … with both the top and bottom covered [and that is used for the culture of aquatic animals].

PHR

fish farming cage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Enclos limité par une structure maillée, rigide ou souple, flottant ou immergé et destiné à [la culture des animaux aquatiques].

PHR

cage d'élevage de poisson

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
OBS

used to study insects in the field

Key term(s)
  • screen house

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
OBS

pour l'étude des insectes sur le terrain

Spanish

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Record 3 1988-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
CONT

A hack box is an essential piece of equipment in the plan to re-establish a native Fundy population of Peregrine Falcons. Three-week-old chicks are brought to release sites and are housed and fed on cliff edges, in boxes such as this to simulate life in a peregrine nest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
OBS

Cage placée sur une corniche ou sur le haut d'une falaise dans laquelle on garde le faucon pèlerin en captivité avant de le relâcher dans la nature.

OBS

Le terme "cage d'élevage" a été tiré du "Rapport du service canadien de la faune 1985/1986 p. 24.

Spanish

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