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Rearing goat kids away from their dams 2. Understanding farmers’ views on changing management practices

animal, 2022
Improving animal welfare is an important aim of livestock industries and is dependent on human management. Understanding attitudes to change and perceived barriers is therefore a key consideration for welfare scientists. A survey that aimed to investigate farmers' attitudes towards changing goat kid-rearing practices was distributed.
H.M. Vickery, R.A. Neal, R.K. Meagher
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Cow calf contact in dairy herds viewed from the perspectives of calves, cows, humans and the farming system. Farmers’ perceptions and experiences related to dam-rearing systems

Landbauforschung, 2020
A common practice in dairy farming is to remove the calf from its mother a few hours after birth. The public debate on the subject has increased, and views on whether the calf should be allowed to stay with its dam for weeks are debated among citizens ...
Vaarst, Mette, Hellec, Florence, Verwer, Cynthia, Johanssen, Juni Rosann E., Sørheim, Kristin   +4 more
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A brief review of the larval rearing techniques of penaeid prawns [PDF]

, 1985
As early as half a century ago, Hudinaga successfully spawned and attempted to rear the larvae of Penaeus japonicus. Publications in the 1960 s, 70's and 80's on breakthroughs in larval rearing of one penaeid species after another indicated that ...
Liao, I-Chiu
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Genetic and non-genetic parameters for productive and reproductive traits of Egyptian buffaloes [PDF]

Benha Veterinary Medical Journal, 2023
The objectives of the current study were to: i) Evaluate the effect of environmental factors on productive and reproductive traits of Egyptian buffaloes, ii) Estimate heritability, and correlation among these traits.
Basant Shafik, abdel Aziz sakr, Sherif Ramadan   +2 more
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Pregnancy and Litter Size, But Not Lamb Sex, Affect Feed Intake and Wool Production by Merino-Type Ewes

Animals, 2019
Two experiments (Australia and Mexico) tested whether feed intake (FI) and wool production (WP) are affected by pregnancy (PRG), litter size (LZ), or lamb sex (LS) in Merino-type ewes.
Manuel Ochoa Cordero, César A. Meza Herrera, Juan M. Vázquez García, Caroline A. Stewart, César A. Rosales Nieto, Ana E. Ochoa Alfaro, Ian W. Purvis, Venancio Cuevas Reyes, Héctor A. Lee Rangel, Graeme B. Martin   +9 more
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Shaping cow-calf contact systems: Farmers' motivations and considerations behind a range of different cow-calf contact systems

Journal of Dairy Science, 2023
: Most dairy farms rear calves artificially by separating the newly born calf from the dam and feeding the calf milk from a bucket. However, the general public and scientific community have begun to question the effects of artificial rearing on animal ...
Maja Bertelsen, Mette Vaarst
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Growth performance of Nile tilapia reared in cages in a farm dam submitted to a feed reduction strategy in a periphyton‐based system

Aquaculture Research, 2021
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
Luiz H. David, Denis WJ. Campos, Sara M. Pinho, Daiane M. Romera, Fabiana Garcia   +4 more
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Appreciating Cow–Calf Contact: Evaluating prospective consumer segments in Germany through cluster analysis of alternative calf-rearing systemsMendeley Data

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
Public concern about early cow-calf separation and individual calf housing is increasing. In response, alternative calf-rearing systems, such as cow–calf contact (CCC) systems, including foster cow and dam rearing, are discussed.
Flora von Steimker, Sarah Kühl
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Growth Performance and Survival Rate of Fogera and Their Crossbred Calves at Government Ranches in Ethiopia

Frontiers in Animal Science, 2021
The economic benefit of dairy products can be enhanced by increasing the efficiency of growth and survival rate of calves. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effects of non-genetic factors on pre- and post-weaning growth traits and mortality ...
Tazeb Gessesse, Yohannes Dagnew, Solomon Abegaz, Assemu Tesfa   +3 more
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Benefit of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project (GERDP) for Sudan and Egypt [PDF]

, 2013
This article quantifies the major benefits of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project for Sudan and Egypt based on GERDP technical design and quantitative analysis. Before discussing the benefits, the article will brief the general technical overview
Tesfa, Belachew
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