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Vitamin and water requirements of dairy sheep [PDF]
Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2005 The authors review the physiological role and the daily requirement of fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E and K), vitamin C and water in dairy sheep. Regarding the vitamins, classical clinical symptoms and/or non-specific parameters, such as lowered production and reproduction rates are associated with their deficiencies or excesses.
INFASCELLI, FEDERICO +3 more
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Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although several environmental challenges exist globally, land degradation is the greatest threat and risk factor wedging human livelihoods. Despite widespread awareness of climate change, little empirical evidence exists on land degradation and its impacts on livelihoods in semi‐arid agroecological systems.
Philip Aniah +3 more
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Efficiency Analysis of Sheep Farms in Cyprus
AgricultureIn this study, an empirical analysis was applied to measure the efficiency level of dairy farms in Cyprus and estimate the capacity of sheep farmers to support the increasing demand for halloumi cheese.
Sokratis Sokratous +3 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable livestock manure management sits at the nexus of climate, nutrient circularity and water quality. This review explores how artificial intelligence (AI) and digital platforms are used across four management stages, that is, treatment, storage, valorisation and distribution, and figures out where integration fails to deliver ...
Zhan Shi +3 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable Development interventions must deal with rapid and novel changes affecting complex social‐ecological systems, calling for design based on a resilience approach. However, limited analytical attention has been paid to the design settings in which such approaches are deployed.
Yiheyis Maru +6 more
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Can Environmental Markets Pay for More Sustainable Farm Dams? A Cost–Benefit Analysis
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Farm dams are widespread artificial waterbodies that play a critical role in agricultural water security. Enhancing these systems through sustainable interventions such as fencing, hardened access points, and revegetation can improve water quality and deliver carbon and biodiversity co‐benefits.
K. U. D. N. Hansani +4 more
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SEROLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR DETECTION OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN MILK SAMPLES FROM SHEEP AND GOATS IN ASSIUT GOVERNORATE, EGYPT [PDF]
Assiut Veterinary Medical JournalToxoplasmosis is a global zoonotic disease that poses a threat to both animal and human, therefore the present investigation's aims were to detect T. gondii antibodies and T.
FATMA MAHMOUD +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The role of diet in individual and planetary health is increasingly scrutinised as consumers are encouraged to make food choices that balance health and sustainability, particularly with beef. While prior research has considered reduction from the perspective of alternate product acceptance, the social context of beef is less understood. Media
Sean Tanner, Mary McCarthy, David Giles
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Diagnosis of Maedi-Visna in Dairy Sheep [PDF]
, 2020 Maedi-visna in sheep is a chronic viral disease with worldwide distribution causing significant monetary losses in the sheep sector. Lack of effective treatment or vaccines, knowledge gaps regarding the epizootiology of the disease (e.g. significance of vertical and horizontal transmission) and the scarcity of protocols for the early and efficient ...
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Modern industrial agriculture is predicated largely on the production and utilization of chemical fertilizers. Although this approach has played an integral role in increasing food security in many parts of the world, the long‐term sustainability of this resource‐intensive approach is questionable.
Benjamin Wilde +12 more
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