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Genetics Selection Evolution, 2017 Background With the aim of identifying selection signals in three Merino sheep lines that are highly specialized for fine wool production (Australian Industry Merino, Australian Merino and Australian Poll Merino) and considering that these lines have ...
Beatriz Gutiérrez-Gil +5 more
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Animals, 2020 Olive oil extraction generates large amounts of a highly pollutant by-product called olive cake (OC), and its use in ruminant feeding could be an alternative. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of partially replacing forage by crude OC (COC)
Jairo García-Rodríguez +5 more
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Social Sustainability in Circular Bioeconomy Business Models: Insights From Argentina
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research on circular bioeconomy business models (CBEBM) has largely prioritised environmental and economic aspects, leaving out the social pillar. To address this gap, this paper analyses to what extent and in what ways social sustainability is integrated into CBEBM, based on 12 cases from northern Argentina, a region with high potential for ...
Celina N. Amato +2 more
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ssGBLUP Method Improves the Accuracy of Breeding Value Prediction in Huacaya Alpaca
Animals, 2021 Improving textile characteristics is the main objective of alpaca breeding. A recently developed SNP chip for alpacas could potentially be used to implement genomic selection and accelerate genetic progress.
Betsy Mancisidor +6 more
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AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
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La nanotecnologÃa aplicada a la producción animal
Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2010 La nanotecnologÃa, entendida como aquella tecnologÃa en la cual los materiales y las estructuras se encuentran en escalas nanométricas, posee un campo de aplicación e investigación crecientes, ya que los materiales a escala pequeña adquieren propiedades y caracterÃsticas distintas que aquellos a escala mayor.
Mónica RamÃrez Mella +1 more
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Revista Científica, 2010 Para evaluar el efecto de sistemas de crianza (leche de cabra vs. sustituto lácteo) sobre el crecimiento y las características de la canal de cabritos lactantes, fueron utilizados 64 cabritos de la raza Florida, nacidos el mismo día y procedentes de ...
Francisco Peña +4 more
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Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Bioinvasions are considered mostly as a biodiversity and conservation hazard, but in specific situations, introduced species can bring ecological or socioeconomic benefits. We assessed the social–ecological role of marine introduced species in the eastern Mediterranean Sea—a global hotspot of bioinvasions and extirpations—and their potential ...
Stelios Katsanevakis +7 more
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Tourism, human–wildlife interactions, and wildlife trade in the globalizing Amazon
Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.Tourism in the globalizing Peruvian Amazon contributes to harmful human–wildlife interactions and the wildlife trade, with tourists participating in activities such as handling wildlife, taking selfies with animals, purchasing live animals, and wild meat consumption.
Christian J. Rivera +7 more
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Animals, 2020 Citrus pulp is a highly abundant by-product of the citrus industry. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of replacing extruded maize (EM; 20% of total diet) by dried citrus pulp (DCP; 20%) in a mixed diet on rumen fermentation and microbial ...
Jairo García-Rodríguez +5 more
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