Spatially explicit estimation of heat stress-related impacts of climate change on the milk production of dairy cows in the United Kingdom [PDF]
Dairy farming is one the most important sectors of United Kingdom (UK) agriculture. It faces major challenges due to climate change, which will have direct impacts on dairy cows as a result of heat stress.
Fodor, N +5 more
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There is nothing like an oat [PDF]
The items reports on first year trials in of the “Quoats” project. It’s well known that oats are generally a good fit in organic rotations and the “Quoats” project – Harnessing new technologies for sustainable oat production and utilisation – aims to ...
Döring, Thomas F., Pearce, Helen
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A value chain analysis of interventions to control production diseases in the intensive pig production sector [PDF]
Value chain analysis (VCA) calculated the financial effects on food chain actors of interventions to improve animal health and welfare in the intensive pig sector. Two interventions to reduce production diseases were studied.
Bennett, Richard +6 more
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La depuración del personal del Museo Arqueológico de Barcelona y del Servicio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas después de la Guerra Civil (1939-1941) [PDF]
Al finalizar la Guerra Civil española (1936-1939), el personal del Museu d' Arqueologia y de la Secció d'Excavacions i Arqueologia del Servei del Patrimoni Artístic, Historic i Científic (SPAHC) de la suprimida Generalitat de Catalunya fue sometido a ...
Gracia Alonso, Francisco, 1960-
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Assessing the potential economic benefits to farmers from various GM crops becoming available in the European Union by 2025: results from an expert survey [PDF]
This paper reports on a study that identified a range of crop-trait combinations that are: agronomically suited to the EU; provide advantages to arable farmers and consumers; and are either already available in international markets, or advancing along ...
Jones, Philip J. +3 more
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Development and optimisation of a sex pheromone lure for monitoring populations of saddle gall midge, Haplodiplosis marginata [PDF]
Saddle gall midge, Haplodiplosis marginata (von Roser) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), is a sporadic pest of cereals in Northern and Central Europe and is of increasing importance in the UK. Recently the major component of the sex pheromone produced by adult
Cherrill, Andrew +5 more
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Impact of Lameness on Brush Use in a Loose-Housed Dairy System
This study focused on a group of 49 high-yielding dairy cows (primarily Holstein Friesians) and how their interactions with wall-mounted automated brushes correlated to their mobility (also described as lameness) score (AHDB 0–3 system. Of the 49 animals
Yuri Ian Burton, Nicola Blackie
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Teléfono para todos... o casi. La singular experiència de la red de la Mancomunidad de Cataluña, 1914-1925 [PDF]
Sin lugar a dudas, la creación de una red telefónica pública es el logro más comentado por quienes, desde ángulos bien diferentes a veces, se acercan al estudio de la obra de la Mancomunidad de Cataluña.
Calvo Calvo, Ángel, 1949-
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Chaplygin-gas Solutions of f(R) Gravity [PDF]
We explore exact f(R) gravity solutions that mimic Chaplygin-gas inspired LCDM cosmology. Starting with the original and modified Chaplygin gas equations of state, we reconstruct the forms of f(R) Lagrangians.
Abebe, Amare +2 more
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Injection-site lesion prevalence and potential risk factors in UK beef cattle [PDF]
Injectable veterinary medicinal products (VMPs) are widely used in cattle in the UK, and in particular vaccines are often used on large numbers of animals in the herd.
CRESSWELL +23 more
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