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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Extreme swings in food prices can put food security at risk. Fertilizer prices are among the main drivers of food prices. This work explores the recurrent behavior of the extreme global fertilizer price fluctuations underlying food price dynamics.
Massimiliano Calvia
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Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2020 Adequate numbers of progeny tested bulls are not available in India and whatever small number of bulls are progeny tested, they have low repeatability as the progeny tests are based on small number of daughters mostly reared at the institutional farms ...
A K DAS +10 more
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Cattle detection and counting in UAV images based on convolutional neural networks
International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2019 For assistance with grazing cattle management, we propose a cattle detection and counting system based on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) using aerial images taken by an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV).
Wen Shao +5 more
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Beyond Labels: Exploring Consumer Preferences for Plant‐Based Meat Labeling Policies
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Whether meat‐related terms should be permitted on the labels of plant‐based meat alternatives is hotly debated. Utilizing survey data featuring a discrete choice experiment, we examine consumer responses to plant‐based meat alternatives under three labeling scenarios: no restrictions; a ban on meat‐related terms; and a requirement for a ...
Liam J. S. Boldt +3 more
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Understanding Sport Participation and Athlete Development: The Exposure to Sport Scale
Current Issues in Sport ScienceThe purpose of this two-part paper was to conceptualize and validate a new method for measuring youth sport exposure. In part one, different disciplines were used to guide the creation of the Exposure to Sport Scale.
Alexandra Mosher +3 more
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BMC Veterinary Research, 2019 Background In the past years, it became apparent that health status and performance differ considerably within dairy farms in Northern Germany. In order to obtain clues with respect to possible causes of these differences, a case-control study was ...
Katharina Charlotte Jensen +12 more
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Meta-Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA Reveals Several Population Bottlenecks during Worldwide Migrations of Cattle [PDF]
, 2014 Several studies have investigated the differentiation of mitochondrial DNA in Eurasian, African and American cattle as well as archaeological bovine material.
Albano Beja-Pereira +25 more
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Nature, 1959 MUCH experimental work has been done on the causes of legume bloat in cattle and the prevention of its occurrence in the field (for reviews see Johns1). Several substances have been isolated from the feed or the animals' saliva, and have been reported to be responsible for the foam in the rumen of a bloated cow; but it has not been shown that any of ...
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The present study uses an agroeconomic supply model to assess the impacts of 2023–2027 CAP on Italian specialized dairy cattle farms. The model considers the voluntary choice of Eco‐Scheme 1, specifically addressed to livestock farms, through the implementation of binary variables.
Davide Dell'Unto, Raffaele Cortignani
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Constitutive expression pattern of ITGB6 receptor gene in the air pathways of buffalo
Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2016 Integrin beta 6 (ITGB6) is one of the important integrin family proteins, required for viral entry in their respective host. The constitutive expression of ITGB6 was reported in cattle and sheep but not in buffalo.
RANI SINGH +11 more
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