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Comparative performance of British hill sheep breeds and crosses

, 1997
Five British hill sheep breeds and their crosses were compared on a hill farm in a common environmental and husbandry system in 1974 in Peeblesshire, Scotland.
Findlay, R. H., Al-Nakib, F. M. S., Bateman, N., Smith, C., Thompson, R.   +4 more
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Effect of feeding system on growth and carcass characteristics of Improved Jezersko-Solčava lambs

Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2012
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of feeding system on growth and carcass characteristics of Improved Jezersko-Solčava (JSR) weaned lambs.
Angela CIVIDINI, Andreja KOMPREJ, Ajda KERMAUNER, Dragomir KOMPAN   +3 more
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Conservation of autochthonous sheep breeds in Serbia and Slovenia [PDF]

, 2015
The objective of this paper is to review the status of autochthonous breeds of sheep in Serbia and Slovenia, of their conservation breeding program goals and incentives.
Caro Petrović, Violeta, Ružić-Muslić, Dragana, Bojkovski, Danijela, Simčić, Mojca, Cividini, Angela, Škrbić, Zdenka, Kompan, Drago, Bijelić, Zorica   +7 more
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Modelling nutritional requirements of growing pigs from local breeds using InraPorc

, 2019
International audienceUnlike with conventional pig breeds, knowledge on growth and performance, and even more so on nutritional requirements, is very limited for local breeds. Using a modelling approach based on a growth model and data from literature or
Brossard, Ludovic, Nieto, Rosa, Charneca, Rui, Pugliese, Carolina, Araujo, José Pedro   +4 more
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Amino acid and mineral composition of milk from local Ukrainian cows and their crossbreedings with Brown Swiss and Montbeliarde breeds

Journal of the Indonesian Tropical Animal Agriculture, 2018
The aim of this study was to analyze the mineral composition of milk, the amino acid composition of milk protein, and the productivity per 305 days of lactation in crossbred cows compared to pure-breed local Ukrainian analogues.
A. A. Borshch, A.V. Borshch, M.M. Lutsenko, S.V. Merzlov, L.T. Kosior, I.A. Lastovska, L.V. Pirova   +6 more
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Morphological Characteristics of Breast and Thigh Muscles of Autochthonous Breeds of Chickens [PDF]

, 2015
Morphological characteristics of skeletal muscles of autochthonous breeds of chickens are very important for meat quality and comparison with current hybrids for intensive production.
Stojanovic, S, Zikic, D, Uscebrka, G, Kanacki, Z, Djukic-Stojcic, M   +4 more
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SUSCEPTIBILIDADE DE BOVINOS DAS RAÇAS JERSEY E GIR À ACIDOSE LÁCTICA RUMINAL: II - ACIDOSE METABÓLICAE METABOLIZAÇÃO DO LACTATO-L SUSCEPTIBILITY OF JERSEY AND GIR STEERS TO RUMEN LACTIC ACIDOSIS: II - METABOLIC ACIDOSIS AND L-LACTATE METABOLISM

Ciência Rural, 2002
Quatro garrotes Jersey (J) (Bos taurus) e quatro Gir (G) (Bos indicus) foram utilizados para comparar a susceptibilidade de zebuínos e taurinos à acidose láctica ruminal (ALR).
Celso Akio Maruta, Enrico Lippi Ortolani
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Valuing animal genetic resources: a choice modeling application to indigenous cattle in Kenya

, 2007
In an effort to improve productivity and profits, many farmers have replaced traditional livestock breeds with higher yielding alternatives. While such changes may bring about short-term economic gains, the loss of traditional livestock breeds could ...
Garrod, G, Ruto, E., Eric Ruto, Ruto, E, Guy Garrod, Ruto, Eric, Scarpa, R., Garrod, Guy, Scarpa, R, Riccardo Scarpa, Scarpa, Riccardo, Garrod., G.   +11 more
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Comparison of growth performance, chemical composition, and functional amino acids composition of hybrid wild boars under different crossing systems

Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2018
The objective of this experiment was to evaluate the growth performance, chemical composition, and functional amino acids (FAA) composition of two crossing systems between wild boars and different domesticated pig breeds.
Binxing Wang, Huan He, Chunhua Guo, Zhengfan Zhang, Yanhua Gao, Guoshun Chen   +5 more
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Bubalus bubalis: A Short Story

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
The domestic buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), also known as water buffalo or Asian buffalo to prevent confusion with the American bison (Bison bison), wrongly named buffalo in North America, comprises two subspecies: the river buffalo (B.
Antonio Humberto Hamad Minervino, Marco Zava, Domenico Vecchio, Antonio Borghese   +3 more
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