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Labour Management for Profit and Welfare in Extensive Sheep Farming [PDF]

Sheep welfare is an emerging topic in research and food marketing, and recent studies suggest that farm labour is a key factor for both animal welfare and productivity in extensive sheep farming systems, although little research has been done into labour
Edwards, Ian E., Thomson, Kenneth J., Kirwan, Susanne, Stott, Alistair W.   +3 more
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Lameness in English lowland sheep flocks : farmers' perspectives and behaviour [PDF]

Lameness in sheep is an important welfare concern causing financial loss through lost performance. This thesis increases epidemiological understanding of sheep lameness from the farmers’ perspective, using interdisciplinary approaches.
King, Elisabeth M.
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EVALUATING EXTENSIVE SHEEP FARMING SYSTEMS [PDF]

Data from each of 5 commercial, extensive sheep farms in Cumbria, UK were used as parameters in a linear program (LP) representing labour and grazing management in such farming systems.
Goddard, Pete, Vosough Ahmadi, Bouda, Waterhouse, Tony, Dwyer, Cathy M., Ringrose, Sian, Kupiec-Teahan, Beata, Phillips, Kate, Stott, Alistair W., Milne, Catherine E., Morgan-Davies, Claire   +9 more
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Evolution of the species Ovis aries. [PDF]

Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genet Selektsii
Khamiruev TN.
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Molecular epidemiology of <i>Enterocytozoon bieneusi</i> in humans and domestic animals from Heilongjiang province, China: high animal prevalence, novel genotypes, and possible zoonotic implications in rural households. [PDF]

Front Cell Infect Microbiol
Hu T, Zheng F, Zhang W, Sun Y, Qin H, Zhao L, Lai H, Chen J, Li H, Yang B, Zhang X, Yang F.   +11 more
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Editorial: Genomic selection and evolution in domestic animals. [PDF]

Front Vet Sci
Liu X, Asadollahpour Nanaei H.
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THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF THE U.S. SHEEP INDUSTRY [PDF]

The cyclical nature of numbers and prices of sheep and lambs was examined from 1924 through 1993. Tests for structural change also were conducted utilizing the minimization of Akaike's information criterion (MAIC).
Van Tassell, Larry W., Whipple, Glen D.
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<i>Anaplasma</i> spp. in domestic ruminants: evidence of circulation and molecular analysis of <i>Anaplasma phagocytophilum</i> and <i>Anaplasma capra</i> in Slovakia. [PDF]

Front Cell Infect Microbiol
Kostičák M, Drážovská M, Kočíková B, Lipinský J, Pelegrinová A, Petroušková P, Ondrejková A, Korytár Ľ, Vojtek B, Franková K, Mojžišová Vaščinec J, Hudáková K, Prokeš M.   +12 more
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REFERENCE OF 1996 U.S. REGIONAL SHEEP HEALTH AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES [PDF]

In 1995, the National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) collaborated with the Research and Education Division of the American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) in developing a needs assessment tool to identify the most important health and ...
Wineland, Nora
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Independent Discovery of <i>Mesomycoplasma conjunctivae</i> in Non-Native Aoudad (<i>Ammotragus lervia</i>) in Texas. [PDF]

Animals (Basel)
Wright EA, Amman BR, Beck WI, Phillips CD, Bradley RD.   +4 more
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