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Disposal rate in different age groups of Karan Fries (Crossbred) males in organized herd [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinary World, 2015
Aim: The present study was carried out to analyze the disposal rate in different age groups of Karan Fries (KF) males in National Dairy Research Institute herd.
Achun Panmei   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Production, environment and biodiversity: Conflicting dairy discourses? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
While farmers as private landowners are a prime target for native biodiversity conservation, they are also the focus of strong pressures to manage land for production.
Jay, Grace Mairi M.
core   +1 more source

Coping With Production Risk: Effects of Sown Plant Diversity on the Attractiveness of Crop Insurance in Grasslands

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimation of genetic parameters of weekly test-day milk yields and first lactation 305-day milk yield in Murrah buffaloes [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinary World, 2014
Aim: The aim was to estimate genetic parameters of weekly test-day (TD) milk yields and first lactation 305-day milk yield (FL305DY) in Murrah buffaloes.
Saroj Kumar Sahoo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fermented Citrus as a Functional Food Matrix: Evaluating Probiotic, Prebiotic, and Postbiotic Potential

open access: yesAgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Fermented citrus transforms bioactive compounds into metabolites with probiotic and prebiotic properties, enhancing gut health, immunity, and metabolic balance. This review highlights fermentation's role in developing sustainable, health‐promoting functional foods while addressing challenges in process optimization, sensory quality, and commercial ...
Sony Kumari   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

DCMS analysis revealed differential selection signatures in the transboundary Sahiwal cattle for major economic traits

open access: yesScientific Reports
The Sahiwal are among the most prominent international transboundary dairy cattle distributed in large numbers between India and Pakistan. With the elapse of more than seven decades after the independence and limited cross-border exchange of Sahiwal ...
Lal Muansangi   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Public health issues in Kenyan milk markets [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The Smallholder Dairy Project (SDP) was jointly implemented by the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) and ...
Smallholder Dairy Project
core  

Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asthma in Vermont Dairy Farmers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Introduction. Although 5.4% of the Vermont population participates in agriculture as an occupation, little data exists on the prevalence of asthma in Vermont dairy farmers, due to inadequate sample sizes.
Close, Victoria Lauren   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Determining the Prevalence and Seasonality of Fasciola hepatica in Pasture-based Dairy herds in Ireland using a Bulk Tank Milk ELISA [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This study was financed by both the Irish dairy levy and Merial.peer-reviewedBackground Fasciola hepatica is a helminth parasite of global importance in livestock, with major economic impact. However information on F.
Bloemhoff, Yris   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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