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Integrating Poultry into a Crop and Pasture Farming System

International Journal of Poultry Science, 2005
Small scale operations in which poultry forage freely around farms is widespread on rural properties. In Australia grain farmers, market gardeners and graziers integrate poultry into their farming system. In this system, birds are unrestricted in their movements except that they are usually locked in sheds at night for protection from predators ...
P.C. Glatz, Y.J. Ru, Z.H. Miao, S.K. Wyatt, B.J. Rodda   +4 more
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The Successional Changes in the Gut Microbiome of Pasture-Raised Chickens Fed Soy-Containing and Soy-Free Diets

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2019
The succession of bacterial species as birds mature can impact their growth efficiency, health, and food safety due to the ability of a mature gastrointestinal microbial population to exclude opportunistic pathogenic bacteria from colonization. There has
Jeferson M. Lourenco, Michael J. Rothrock Jr., Francis L. Fluharty, Todd R. Callaway   +3 more
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Mobile Poultry Processing Unit as a Resource for Small Poultry Farms: Planning and Economic Efficiency, Animal Welfare, Meat Quality and Sanitary Implications

Animals, 2018
Nowadays there is an increasing demand for poultry products from alternative rearing systems. These systems, commonly named pastured poultry production (PPP), are more expensive than intensive rearing system but sustain biodiversity, local economies and ...
Alice Cartoni Mancinelli, Alessandro Dal Bosco, Simona Mattioli, David Ranucci, Cesare Castellini   +4 more
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The Distribution of Listeria in Pasture-Raised Broiler Farm Soils Is Potentially Related to University of Vermont Medium Enrichment Bias toward Listeria innocua over Listeria monocytogenes

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2017
The occurrence of Listeria monocytogenes has been widely investigated in the poultry production chain from the processing plant to the final product.
Aude Locatelli, Micah A. Lewis, Michael J. Rothrock   +2 more
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Changes in poultry handling behavior and poultry mortality reporting among rural Cambodians in areas affected by HPAI/H5N1. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Since 2004, 21 highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 outbreaks in domestic poultry and eight human cases have been confirmed in Cambodia. As a result, a large number of avian influenza education campaigns have been ongoing in provinces in ...
Inst Pasteur, MAFF, Cambodia, San, Sorn, San Sorn, Holl, D, Vong Sirenda, Van Kerkhove, Maria D, Ly, Sowath, Punam Mangtani, LSHTM, Vong, Sirenda, Mangtani, P, Mangtani Punam, Azra Ghani, Javier Guitian, Holl Davun, Sowath Ly, Sorn San, Guitian, Javier, Van Kerkhove Maria D., Van Kerkhove, M D, Imperial College London, Sirenda Vong, Ghani, Azra, Guitian, J, Ly Sowath, Ghani, A, Vong, S, Ly, S, San, S, Maria D Van Kerkhove, Holl, Davun, Guitian Javier, Ghani Azra, Davun Holl, Mangtani, Punam   +35 more
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Pastured Poultry Enterprise Analysis [PDF]

, 2016
This archival publication may not reflect current scientific knowledge or recommendations. Current information available from the University of Minnesota Extension: https://www.extension.umn.edu.Pesch, Ryan. (2016).
Pesch, Ryan
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Livelihood Diversification as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change and Household Food Security of Livestock Holders in Pakistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rural farm households continue to face significant risks from climate change, resulting in many of them diversifying their livelihood sources into other income‐generating activities to increase their incomes and improve food and nutrition security. In this study, we examine the drivers and impact of farm households' participation in livelihood
Mahwish Arshad, Awudu Abdulai
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Enhancing Meat Quality Through Dietary Fiber: Insights Into the Gut Microbiota‐Derived Short‐Chain Fatty Acids‐Muscle Axis

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Dietary fiber (DF) modulates meat quality through the gut‐muscle axis by reshaping gut microbiota, improving intestinal integrity, reducing inflammation, and regulating muscle metabolism. These mechanisms influence muscle fiber characteristics and post‐mortem biochemistry, thereby enhancing tenderness, juiciness, color, flavor, and nutritional value of
Zeshan Zulfiqar, Muhammad Arslan Asif, Layla Al‐Mitib, Nabeela Ashiq, Haojie Wang, Yalei Cui, Boshuai Liu, Shucheng Huang, Yinghua Shi   +8 more
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Does Stakeholder Pressure Promote Green Innovations and Performance of Agribusiness Companies?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The sustainability of agribusiness companies is guided by multiple, sometimes paradoxical, interests. Green innovation is strategic for sustainable development; however, literature shows inconsistencies regarding its impact on environmental and economic‐financial performance.
Vanderlei dos Santos, Ilse Maria Beuren, Adrian Odelli, Rodrigo Rengel, Daniele Cristina Bernd   +4 more
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Alternative Systems for Poultry : Health, Welfare and Productivity: Poultry Science Symposium ; 30 (Glasgow) : 2011.09.07-09

, 2012
Recent interest in how poultry are housed and managed in order to ensure profitability, sustainability, and good levels of animal welfare, are challenging issues that commercial poultry keepers face, particularly where legislation is bringing about legal

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