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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 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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A case of integration of organic dairy sheep farm in value chains in Bulgaria [PDF]
This paper presents the state of integration of small scale dairy farms in value chains in Bulgaria and a case study on organic farming as a new prospective approach for market inclusion.
Bachev, Hrabrin
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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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Data reveals how organic costs compare with those for conventional production [PDF]
, 2006 Organic Centre Wales, supported by Farming Connect, is benchmarking organic dairy, beef and sheep enterprises. The results provide a good basis for understanding the financial contribution of individual enterprises to the farm business, as well as a ...
Lampkin, Nic
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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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Low-density genotype panel for both parentage verification and discovery in a multi-breed sheep population [PDF]
, 2019 peer-reviewedThe generally low usage of artificial insemination and single-sire mating in sheep, compounded by mob lambing (and lambing outdoors), implies that parentage assignment in sheep is challenging.
Berry, Donagh +4 more
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Portable Radar for Noncontact Heart Rate Monitoring and Estrus Detection in Dairy Cows
IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, EarlyView.This study introduces a portable radar system for real‐time monitoring of respiratory and heart rates in dairy cows. It uses millimeter‐wave Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar to perform noncontact physiological sensing, reducing behavioral disturbance. The radar system's design prioritizes portability, cost‐effectiveness, and robustness,
Yingxiu Li +7 more
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Rugged individualism versus co-operative enterprise: different responses by New Zealand pastoral farmers to agricultural change [PDF]
, 1999 In relation to sustainable land use, this paper explores the different responses by New Zealand dairy farmers on the one hand and sheep and beef ('drystock') farmers on the other, to changing global trade patterns and government policies over the past ...
Jay, Grace Mairi M.
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Regional Concentration and Specialisation in Agricultural Activities in EU-9 Regions (1950-2000) [PDF]
, 2010 Both traditional (von Thünen) and modern (Hayami & Ruttan, Krugman) theories on land use suggest that productions with a high value added per unit of land tend to be located near urban centres.
Strijker, Dirk +2 more
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