Opportunities and challenges for integrating dairy cattle into farms with certified organic pineapple production as perceived by smallholder farmers in Central Uganda [PDF]
, 2019 A study was conducted in 2013 to assess opportunities and challenges of integrating dairy cattle into organic pineapple production in Uganda. Thirty organic pineapple farmers were interviewed using a semistructured questionnaire.
Kabi, Fred +4 more
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The Effect of Lameness on Milk Production of Dairy Goats
Animals, 2023 Lameness on dairy goat farms is a welfare concern and could negatively affect milk production. This study’s objective was to evaluate the effects of clinical lameness on the daily milk production of dairy goats.
Natasha Jaques +4 more
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Seizure Disorders in Goats and Sheep. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundGoats and sheep are more likely to be presented for examination for seizures than are cattle, possibly as a consequence of their relatively smaller body size.
Aleman, M, Chigerwe, M
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Case Report: A Case of Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis in Dairy Goat Farms in South Korea
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 One Saanen dairy goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) farm in Korea reported that some goats showed clinical signs such as arthritis, paralysis, carpal joint swelling, and even death. We monitored clinical signs and pathological lesions.
Ga-In Son +4 more
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Risk factors for human brucellosis in northern Tanzania [PDF]
, 2018 Little is known about the epidemiology of human brucellosis in sub-Saharan Africa. This hampers prevention and control efforts at the individual and population levels. To evaluate risk factors for brucellosis in northern Tanzania, we conducted a study of
Biggs, Holly M. +15 more
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In Practice, 2004 GOATS occupy a unique position in the UK livestock industry due to the fact that they are kept for a wide range of uses. Traditionally, particularly before the 1980s, goats were kept as individuals or in small groups primarily to produce milk for their owners.
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Nitrogen Utilization by Dairy Goats Offered Different Nitrogen Sources as Supplements in High Isocaloric Energy Concentrates [PDF]
, 2011 Twelve growing female goats (Anglo-Nubian) were assigned to a multiple latin square designexperiment to evaluate the effectiveness of additions of nitrogen (N) supplements to a high isocaloricenergy ration on N utilization.
Asih, A. R. (A) +2 more
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Review: Feeding strategies for rearing replacement dairy goats – from birth to kidding
Animal, 2023 Goat kid rearing is a key profit driver and the cornerstone of future herd productivity in dairy systems. As goat kids get older, and progress from liquid (i.e., colostrum, milk) to solid feed (i.e., concentrate, hay, pasture), there is a reduction not ...
F. Zamuner, B.J. Leury, K. DiGiacomo
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Recent advances in dairy goat products [PDF]
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2019 Goat population world-wide is increasing, and the dairy goat sector is developing accordingly. Although the new technology applied to the goat industry is being introduced slowly because the weight of traditional subsector in the dairy sector, considerable advances have been made in the last decade.
Lucia Sepe, Anastasio Argüello
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High prevalence of scrapie in a dairy goat herd: tissue distribution of disease-associated PrP and effect of PRNP genotype and age [PDF]
, 2009 Following a severe outbreak of clinical scrapie in 2006–2007, a large dairy goat herd was culled and 200 animals were selected for post-mortem examinations in order to ascertain the prevalence of infection, the effect of age, breed and PRNP genotype on
Dawson, M. +13 more
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