Nutrition and Metabolic Insights, 2009 Dietary acidity is a likely contributor to the development of osteoporosis. Dietary acidosis in an ovine model has effects on trabecular bone that have been previously shown to mimic human osteoporosis.
Eileen S. Hackett +6 more
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Small ruminant value chain in Al-Ruwaished District, Jordan
Regional Sustainability, 2023 This study aims to assess the small ruminant value chain in Al-Ruwaished District, Jordan, to identify the potential intervention areas that could improve the production efficiency and guarantee the sustainability of the small ruminant sector in this ...
Rula Awad +4 more
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A dynamic model of transmission and elimination of peste des petits ruminants in Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2018 Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), a devastating viral disease of sheep and goats, has been targeted by the global community for eradication within the next 15 years.
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Characterisation of small ruminant production in Crete [PDF]
, 2011 Subproject 2 of the LowInputBreeds project aims to improve performance, animal health & welfare, and product quality in organic and low input breed sheep production systems.
Smaragda, Sotiraki +1 more
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Systematic review of brucellosis in the Middle East: disease frequency in ruminants and humans and risk factors for human infection [PDF]
, 2007 This paper considers the problem of finding global states incoming to a specified global state in a Boolean network, which may be useful for pre-processing of finding a sequence of control actions for a Boolean network and for identifying the basin of ...
Abo-Shehada, M N +4 more
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Identification of Host-Specific Bacteroidales 16S rDNA Sequences from Human Sewage and Ruminant Feces [PDF]
, 2011 The need to identify the source of fecal contamination of water has led to the development of various fecal source identification methods, a field known as microbial source tracking (MST). One promising method of MST focuses on fecal members of the order
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Estimation of the use of antibiotics in the small ruminant industry in The Netherlands in 2011 and 2012. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The aim of this study was to estimate the quantity of antibiotics and classes of antibiotics used in the small ruminant industry in the Netherlands in 2011 and 2012.
Inge Santman-Berends +6 more
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Status of Climate Smart Small Ruminant Production Practices in Kwara State, Nigeria
مجلة ديالى للعلوم الزراعية, 2022 This study examined the status of climate smart small ruminant production practices in Kwara State, Nigeria. About 105 small ruminant breeders were selected for the study.
John O. Ifabiyi +2 more
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Demographic performance of local sheep and goat breeds in two agro-ecological zones in Egypt [PDF]
, 2019 Small breeders in Egypt raise locally adapted sheep and goats breeds, which have the ability to produce and reproduce under the prevailing harsh conditions.
Abdel-Sabour, T. +7 more
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Journal of Applied Animal ResearchThe influence of breed type (purebred vs. crossbred), sex (short-scrotum ram vs. ewe lamb), and supplementation (pasture-only vs. pasture plus 2% soy hull) on carcass and meat quality of landrace hair (Barbados Blackbelly; BB and St. Croix; SX) and wool (
Jung Hoon Lee +3 more
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