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Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021.
Doris Läpple, Christian Stetter, Cathal Buckley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of organic acids in reducing Salmonella colonization in the crop and ceca of broilers

Poultry Science
Organic acids have been widely used as feed and water supplements during broiler grow-out and feed withdrawal to reduce Salmonella colonization, with variable efficacy.
J. Wang, B. Mallavarapu, D. Subedi, P.S. Patil, S. Bhumanapalli, S. Vaddu, A.K. Singh, W.K. Kim, S. Kumar, S. Poudel, D.V. Bourassa, S. Manjankattil, M. Naeem, Y. Adhikari, H. Thippareddi   +14 more
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Resilience of Small Beef Packers and the USDA Meat Supply Chain Initiative

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We focus on the plant‐size resilience relationship among small beef packers during COVID‐19. Defining resilience as the ability to maintain or increase slaughter and non‐resilience as otherwise, we use survey and secondary data to estimate a logit model where resilience is a function of a plant's capacity and age in addition to labor condition
Sunil P. Dhoubhadel, Azzeddine Azzam, Binod Khanal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Glucuronolactone improves lung injury caused by PRRSV and DON co-challenge by enhancing the Nrf2-mediated antioxidant capacity in weaning piglets

Veterinary Research
In the pig industry, both deoxynivalenol (DON) challenge and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection can negatively impact the growth performance of pigs, thereby impairing the healthy development of the industry ...
Jing Hou, Chenbin Cui, Jing Wu, Min Tian, Qi Lu, Shilong Liu, Guohao Ye, Chaoyang Tian, Jiaxi Tang, Kaiguo Gao, Li Wang, Zongyong Jiang, Yueqin Qiu, Xuefen Yang   +13 more
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Identification and Differential Abundance of Mitochondrial Genome Encoding Small RNAs (mitosRNA) in Breast Muscles of Modern Broilers and Unselected Chicken Breed

Frontiers in Physiology, 2017
Background: Although small non-coding RNAs are mostly encoded by the nuclear genome, thousands of small non-coding RNAs encoded by the mitochondrial genome, termed as mitosRNAs were recently reported in human, mouse and trout.
Walter G. Bottje, Bhuwan Khatri, Stephanie A. Shouse, Dongwon Seo, Barbara Mallmann, Sara K. Orlowski, Jeonghoon Pan, Seongbae Kong, Casey M. Owens, Nicholas B. Anthony, Jae K. Kim, Byungwhi C. Kong   +11 more
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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
wiley   +1 more source

National poultry monitor.

, 1886
Editors: Oct., 1880-Feb. 1885, W.A. Jeffrey; Mar., 1885-June, 1886, J. Wallace; July, 1886-Dec., 1887, W.D. Page.Description based on: Vol. 4, no. 1 (Jan.

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U.S. Consumer Preferences for Cage‐Free Eggs and Hen Housing Policies

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Farm animal welfare (FAW) continues to be a divisive issue in the egg industry. In the United States, 10 states and most major retailers have implemented policies or voluntary pledges to transition to 100% cage‐free egg sales. We use best‐worst scaling and discrete choice experiments to evaluate U.S.
Vincenzina Caputo, Aaron J. Staples, Jayson L. Lusk, Glynn T. Tonsor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stress-Related Gene Expression in Liver Tissues from Laying Hens Housed in Conventional Cage and Cage-Free Systems in the Tropics

Veterinary Medicine International
Global egg production is mainly based on cage systems, which have been associated with negative effects on the welfare of birds. Stress factors in restrictive production systems can lead to changes in gene transcription and protein synthesis, ultimately ...
María Paula Herrera-Sánchez, Roy Rodríguez-Hernández, Iang Schroniltgen Rondón-Barragán   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source