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Brood sow management [PDF]

, 1951
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Barnes, Herbert M.
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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do nurse sows and foster litters have impaired animal welfare? Results from a cross-sectional study in sow herds.

Animal, 2016
Increasing litter size has led to introduction of so-called nurse sows in several EU countries. A nurse sow is a sow receiving piglets after having weaned her own piglets and thereby experiencing an extended lactation.
J. Sørensen, T. Rousing, A. Kudahl, H. J. Hansted, L. Pedersen   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Modelling the economic efficiency of using different strategies to control Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome at herd level [PDF]

, 2018
PRRS is among the diseases with the highest economic impact in pig production worldwide. Different strategies have been developed and applied to combat PRRS at farm level.
Alarcon, Alexopoulos, Amirpour Haredasht, Arruda, C. Nathues, Cano, Corzo, Dee, Dee, Desrosiers, Dorussen, Evans, Fahrion, Fraile, Go, H. Nathues, Holck, Holtkamp, Holtkamp, Holtkamp, Holtkamp, J. Rushton, Jeong, K. Fiebig, Kritas, Lee, Linhares, Linhares, M. Jimenez, McCaw, McCaw, Nathues, Neumann, Nieuwenhuis, Olanratmanee, Olanratmanee, P. Alarcon, Pejsak, R. Jolie, Renukaradhya, Rocadembosch, Rovira, Scortti, Thakur, Thakur, V. Geurts, Young, Zimmerman, Štukelj   +48 more
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Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Varied residential options for gestating sows ensured welfare and productivity

Porcine Health Management
Background Adult sows spend more than 50% of their time in units for gestating sows. Consequently, the functionality of these facilities is important for their well-being.
Per Wallgren, Sven-Erik Johansson, Mikael Kirk, PerArne Mattsson, Lena Lindahl, Mate Zoric   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A cross sectional study of the prevalence, risk factors and population attributable fractions for limb and body lesions in lactating sows on commercial farms in England

BMC Veterinary Research, 2009
Background Lesions on sows' limbs and bodies are an abnormality that might impact on their welfare. The prevalence of and risks for limb and body lesions on lactating sows on commercial English pig farms were investigated using direct observation of the ...
Gillman Claire E, KilBride Amy L, Green Laura E   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Dietary Supplementation of Oregano Essential Oil to Sows on Oxidative Stress Status, Lactation Feed Intake of Sows, and Piglet Performance

BioMed Research International, 2015
Fifty-four multiparous large white sows were used to determine the effects of supplementing oregano essential oil (OEO) to the gestation and lactation diets on oxidative stress status, lactation feed intake, and their piglet performance.
Chengquan Tan, Hongkui Wei, Haiqing Sun, Jiangtao Ao, G. Long, Si-wen Jiang, Jian Peng   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Optimising production systems for organic pig production (OF0169) [PDF]

, 2002
This is the final report of Defra project OF0169. There is a more comprehensive Executive Summary at the start of the attached main report. The overall objective of this project was to generate the scientific and financial information necessary to ...
Day, Dr Jon, Martins, Ms Anne
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source