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Welfare and performance of yearling dairy heifers out-wintered on a wood-chip pad or housed indoors on two levels of nutrition

open access: yesAnimal, 2008
Wood-chip pads represent a low-cost alternative to housing for cattle during the winter. Considering the negative welfare implications associated with housing indoors on concrete, they may also offer welfare benefits to replacement dairy heifers. However,
L.A. Boyle, R.M. Boyle, P. French
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Body condition score and live-weight effects on milk production in Irish Holstein-Friesian dairy cows

open access: yesAnimal, 2007
The objective of the present study was to quantify the relationships among body condition score (BCS; scale 1 to 5), live weight (WT) and milk production in Irish Holstein-Friesian spring calving dairy cows.
D.P. Berry, F. Buckley, P. Dillon
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Effect of genetic group and feed system on locomotion score, clinical lameness and hoof disorders of pasture-based Holstein–Friesian cows

open access: yesAnimal, 2009
The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of the genetic group of the Holstein–Friesian (HF) and pasture-based feeding system (3 × 2 factorial arrangement) on locomotion score (six gait aspects scored from one to five), clinical lameness ...
G. Olmos   +6 more
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Integrated sedimentary forward modeling and multipoint geostatistics in braided river delta simulation: A case from block T of Tahe Oilfield

open access: yes地质科技通报, 2021
In order to effectively improve the accuracy of delta sedimentary facies simulation, based on integrated analysis of seismic, core and logging data of Tahe Block T to quantitatively evaluate the complex relationship between recommendation, source supply ...
Tingting He   +6 more
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Effect of Holstein–Friesian genetic group on peripartum and early lactation haematological and acute phase proteins profiles, health and fertility

open access: yesAnimal, 2009
Pasture-based Holstein–Friesian cows from three genetic groups differing in the Irish ‘Economic Breeding Index’ (EBI) value and genetic background, namely North-American (NA) national average EBI genetic merit (LOW-NA, n = 42), North-American high EBI ...
G. Olmos   +6 more
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Perceptions of co-design, co-development and co-delivery (Co-3D) as part of the co-production process – Insights for climate services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Co-design, co-development, and co-delivery (Co-3D for short) are activities within the co-production research pathway that are increasingly being used in climate change science and adaptation projects.
J. Melbourne-Thomas   +29 more
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An experimental study on the CO2/sand dry-frac process

open access: yesNatural Gas Industry B, 2014
The CO2/sand dry-frac process is a waterless fracturing technology in which CO2 instead of water is used as fracturing fluid. The application of the technology abroad (in the USA and Canada) shows that it works well in stimulating low-pressure, low ...
Song Zhenyun   +8 more
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Foregrounding co-production: Building research relationships in university–community collaborative research [PDF]

open access: yesResearch for All, 2020
Emerging scholarship on university–community co-production rightly emphasizes the importance of preparatory work to build research partnerships. Such preparation creates the necessary common ground on which to build a meaningful collaborative relationship.
Eisenstadt, Nathan, Mclellan, Josie
openaire   +5 more sources

Co-Creating Authentic VR Stories with Young Adults with Disabilities: Why Does This Matter in Transformative Research?

open access: yesSocial Sciences
Background: The use of creative methods, including immersive digital media such as virtual reality (VR), has grown in popularity over the past decade.
Nicole McKillop   +4 more
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The effects of allowance and frequency of allocation of deferred herbage, and grass silage feed value, when offered to ewes in mid-gestation on ewe and lamb performance and subsequent herbage yield

open access: yesAnimal, 2009
The effects of (i) herbage allowance, (ii) frequency of allocation and (iii) grass silage feed value on ewe and lamb performance were studied in mid-gestation ewes. Furthermore, the effects of (i) herbage allowance, (ii) frequency of allocation and (iii)
T.W.J. Keady, J.P. Hanrahan
doaj   +1 more source

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