How to make a milk market: A case study from the Ethiopian highlands [PDF]
, 2014 Some smallholders are able to generate reliable and substantial income flows through small-scale dairy production for the local market; for others, a set of unique transactions costs hinders participation.
Delgado, Christopher L. +4 more
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What LFA beef and sheep farmers should do and why they should do it [PDF]
This paper describes how representative farm business models were employed to identify optimal beef and sheep production systems for Less Favoured Area (LFA) farms in Northern Ireland.
Anderson, Duncan J., Keatley, Paul
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Machine Learning-based Prediction of Cattle Body Weight Using Muzzle Morphometrics
Journal of Scientific Research and ReportsBody weight measurement of cattle is a tedious farm operation but is essential for their health maintenance at farm. This study proposes a novel and easier approach for cattle body weight prediction using muzzle morphometrics. Vrindavani crossbred cattle
Swarnalata Bara +6 more
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Breeding for Resistance to Infectious Diseases in Small Ruminants [PDF]
Livestock Production/Industries,
Eaton, B.T., Gray, G.D., Woolaston, R.R.
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HOW BIG IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? SPATIAL IMPLICATIONS OF MARKET PARTICIPATION BY SMALLHOLDER LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS [PDF]
Identifying ways to increase market participation by smallholder producers requires identifying variables that influence market access. This is usually achieved using probit estimation. An important phenomenon affecting entry decision-making is the entry
Ehui, Simeon K. +2 more
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Haplotype affinities resolve a major component of goat (Capra hircus) MtDNA D-loop diversity and reveal specific features of the Sardinian stock [PDF]
, 2012 Goat mtDNA haplogroup A is a poorly resolved lineage absorbing most of the overall diversity and is found in locations as distant as Eastern Asia and Southern Africa.
Argiolas, Giuseppe +29 more
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VARIABILITY, HERITABILITY AND CORRELATIONS OF EGG SHAPE IN THE ZATORSKA GOOSE [PDF]
, 2011 The experiment was aimed at the evaluation of inheritance of goose egg measurements, egg shape indices and egg weight as well as the relationship between these traits.
Andrzej RABSZTYN +2 more
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Evaluation and optimal utilisation of the international linear type classification schemes [PDF]
, 2007 End of project reportThe authors would like to acknowledge the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation for access to their excellent database for use in this study and to the Irish Holstein-Friesian Association for financial support of this studyThe main ...
Berry, Donagh
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A new method to learn growth curves of beef cattle using a factorization approach [PDF]
, 2018 Alonso González, Jaime +3 more
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