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Chios dairy sheep phenotypes and genotypes

, 2021
Chios dairy sheep i) phenotypes for lifetime milk yield, length of productive life and performance resilience to weather fluctuations and ii) their respective genotypes in binary plink ...
Tsartsianidou, V (via Mendeley Data), Tsartsianidou, Valentina   +1 more
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Sustainable Healthy Diet Transitions: An Examination of Media Discourse Concerning Beef in the United Kingdom From 2018 to 2022

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
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing economic incentives for dairy sheep farmers: A real options approach [PDF]

New policy measures have been introduced to transform Greece’s agriculture into a more modern and environmentally friendly agriculture. Adopting new technology and environmentally friendly production systems involves risk and uncertainty, which in turn ...
Tzouramani, Irene, Liontakis, Angelos E., Alexopoulos, George, Sintori, Alexandra   +3 more
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Fertilizer Sustainability: A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Equitable and Sustainable Soil Inputs

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, Roman Hüppi, Gina Garland, Rafaela Feola Konz, Kenza Benabderrazik, William Thompson, Martin Hartmann, Bernard Vanlauwe, Kokou Kintche, Leonhard Späth, Matieyedou Konlambigue, Johanna Jacobi, Johan Six   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scouring and dag in sheep in Western Australia: the role of parasitic nematodes and nutritional factors in diarrhoea in sheep of post-weaning age [PDF]

, 2006
Diarrhoea ("scouring") in sheep increases the risk of faecal soiling of the breech ("dag") that in turn causes significant production losses for sheep producers and increases susceptibility of sheep to breech blowfly strike. The common causes of scouring
Jacobson, Caroline
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Integrated models of livestock systems for climate change studies. 1. Grazing systems. [PDF]

, 2001
The potential impact of climate change by the year 2050 on British grazing livestock systems is assessed through the use of simulation models of farming systems.
Cooper, K., Matthews, A. M., Clark, J.A., A. C. Armstrong, Parsons, D.J., D. J. Parsons, A. M. Matthews, Matthews, A.M., Parsons, D. J., Armstrong, A.C., J. R. Turnpenny, Armstrong, A. C., K. Cooper, Parsons, David J., Turnpenny, J. R., Turnpenny, J.R., Clark, J. A., J. A. Clark, Cooper, K. C.   +18 more
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Abattoir antemortem inspection protocol: Observation of unloading improves detection of transport welfare compromises in livestock

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Ensuring livestock welfare throughout the production chain, including transport, is an ethical and regulatory imperative. However, protocols to assess transport‐related welfare during routine abattoir inspections are not standardised, including antemortem (AM) inspection by an official veterinarian at UK abattoirs.
Sayaka Mochizuki, Declan Arden, Kurt Arden   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

SEROLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR DETECTION OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN MILK SAMPLES FROM SHEEP AND GOATS IN ASSIUT GOVERNORATE, EGYPT [PDF]

Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal
Toxoplasmosis 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, KHALED ABD EL-RAZIK, MARWA ABD EL-KADER, HEBA NASR, ZAINAB YOUSSEF   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes of Microbial and Component Composition of Giraffe Milk During Mid‐ to Late Lactation

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
Giraffe milk – graphical abstract text, Giraffe: late lactation milk, Involution at approximately 15 months of lactation, Content of saccharides and fat decrease, Protein content increases, Content of minerals increase, Microbiological quality high ABSTRACT The proximate, mineral and microbiological composition of milk from five giraffes from mid ...
G. Osthoff, C. J Hugo, S Van der Merwe, A Hugo, F Deacon   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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 ...
openaire   +1 more source