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Sustainable intensification? Increased production diminishes omega-3 content of sheep milk [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Intensifying agricultural production alters food composition, but this is often ignored when assessing system sustainability, yet it could compromise consumers’ health and the concept of ‘sustainable diets’.
Atsali, I.   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Protein sources and their significance in carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) nutrition [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Sciences (Belgrade), 2011
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) is one of the most widely cultured fish species in the world. It is predominantly cultivated in the Balkans in the semiintensive system that is based on the utilization of natural food from the fish pond and supplemental ...
Stanković Marko B.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MILK COLLECTED FROM CAMELS (CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS) CONDUCTED IN TWO BREEDING SYSTEMS (EXTENSIVE AND SEMI-INTENSIVE)

open access: yesNatural Resources and Sustainable Development, 2023
The camel milk sector is still little explored and especially the effect of the camel breeding system on certain properties and chemical compositions of camel milk.
Medjour Abdelhak   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Growth performance, carcass characteristics, and selected meat quality traits of two strains of Pekin duck reared in intensive vs semi-intensive housing systems

open access: yesAnimal, 2021
Selection of optimal hybrid of Pekin duck and housing system could improve yield and quality of duck meat. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of two rearing systems (intensive vs semi-intensive housing) on growth performance, carcass ...
M. Starčević   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dairy goat welfare in semi-intensive production systems and drought conditions

open access: yesAnimal Welfare, 2021
AbstractThe region of Coquimbo has the highest percentage of goats (Capra hircus) in Chile and is severely affected by droughts. This can lead to environmental challenges such as limited water and forage availability when goats are kept in natural grasslands.
C Larrondo, J Leiva, L de la Cruz-Cruz
openaire   +1 more source

Evaluating socio-economic and environmental sustainability of the sheep farming activity in Greece: a whole-farm mathematical programming approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Ruminant livestock farming is an important agricultural activity, mainly located in less favoured areas. Furthermore, ruminants have been identi fi ed as a signi fi cant source of GHG emissions.
A Weiske   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Homeopathic remedies in a semi-intensive alternative system of broiler production

open access: yesInternational Journal of High Dilution Research - ISSN 1982-6206, 2021
This experiment had the objective of evaluating the influence of homeopathic remedies on the performance and health of broilers in a semi-intensive alternative system of production. Two groups of 90 Cobb strain broilers were randomly allocated, at 21 days of life, to three treatments: Control, Calcarea carbonica 12cH and Calcarea phosphorica 12cH, in ...
Rosane Amalcaburio   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Anatomical and histological traits of Brycon amazonicus liver cultivated in a semi-intensive system [PDF]

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Biology, 2023
Abstract The work aimed to evaluate the weight-length relationship and the condition factor, characterizing the biometry, anatomy, histology and volumetric density of the liver of Brycon amazonicus, in different stages of body growth. The experiment used twenty specimens in four stages of body growth (PI, PII, PIII and PIV) harvested every 90 days ...
H. M. Ziemniczak   +7 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Effects of Intensive and Semi-Intensive Production on Sheep Milk Chemical Composition, Physicochemical Characteristics, Fatty Acid Profile, and Nutritional Indices

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
Dairy sheep farming is a vital sector of the agricultural economy in Greece. Information on the effect of the farming system on sheep milk characteristics is critical for producing dairy products with improved nutritional value according to the current ...
Eleni Kasapidou   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Behavior and performance of broiler strains reared under semi-intensive system with shaded areas

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Poultry Science, 2005
The matter of animal welfare has led to studies in order to evaluate alternative rearing systems for livestock in order to improve well-being. The semi-intensive system is an alternative method of rearing broilers in which the birds are kept in a poultry
JAD Barbosa Filho   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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