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AS-989; This pocket guide on sheep production is designed as an aid to basic sheep management practices in tOday's sheep business. It would be impossible to design a guide to meet every producer's operation; however, the recommendations and guidelines ...
Haugen, Roger G.
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Evaluation of feeding requirements of dairy sheep
The special issue refers to the following topics:-milk composition as a tool to perform correctly the feeding requirement of dairy sheep;-a critical review of main systems for the evaluation of nutritive requirements and a proposal of new approaches ...
Scipioni, Rosanna +2 more
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Net mineral requirements for the growth and maintenance of Somali lambs
Minerals are limiting factors in animal production, and the knowledge of mineral requirements for livestock is crucial to the success of a commercial enterprise.
E.S. Pereira +8 more
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Metazoan-protozoan parasite co-infections and host body weight in St Kilda Soay sheep [PDF]
For hundreds of years, the unmanaged Soay sheep population on St Kilda has survived despite enduring presumably deleterious co-infections of helminth, protozoan and arthropod parasites and intermittent periods of starvation.
Tempest, L. J. +3 more
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Feeding cassava foliage to sheep [PDF]
The potential of cassava foliage (Manihot esculenta Crantz) as a protein-rich feed in sheep production in Vietnam was examined by studying cassava foliage yield, hydrogen cyanide (HCN) content, toxicity and performance of lambs fed the foliage as a ...
Hue, Khuc Thi
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Indirect costs of sheep depredation by large carnivores in Sweden
Carnivore depredation gives rise to direct costs for killed and injured animals as well as indirect costs due to productivity losses and additional labor requirements.
Marit Widman +2 more
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FEASIBILITY OF INTEGRATING SHEEP AND CROPS WITH SMALLHOLDER RUBBER PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN INDONESIA [PDF]
Diversified production systems are considered important tools for stabilizing the income of smallholder rubber producers in Indonesia. Based on empirical data collected from smallholder rubber producers in the Nucleus Estate Smallholder (NES) development
San, Nu Nu, Deaton, Brady J.
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GESTATION LENGTH OF KARI SHEEP [PDF]
Previously, the concept of a gestation period of sheep shorter than 121 days was unheard of in the field of sheep biology. Our findings during a farmers’ survey in the Lotkho area of Chitral, Pakistan, revealed that the sheep native to the region,
Sohail Ahmad
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Mineral requirements for growth of wool and hair lambs
The present study was conducted to determine the body composition and the mineral requirements for growth of wool and hair lambs. A total of 34 castrated lambs with an initial body weight (BW) of 19.9±0.8 kg were used; 17 of these lambs were of the ...
Izabelle Auxiliadora Molina de Almeida Teixeira +5 more
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It is considered necessary to supplement the majority of dietary proteins for the rearing of goats and sheep (Pulina et al., 1990; Robinson, 1987). In ruminants, 70 % of protein requirement is satisfied by cytoplasmic synthesised protein, while the ...
A. Tateo, P. Centoducati
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