Author(s)
King, B.; Baxter, E.; Edwards, S.
Publisher
DCA - Danish Centre for Food and Agriculture, Tjele, Denmark
Citation
DCA Report, 2016, No.70, pp 13
Assessing welfare status of cows currently requires farm visits. However, detecting welfare status of cows using unbiased analyses of milk samples is a practical alternative as millions of milk samples are routinely collected for milk recording. Thus, we set out to isolate milk infrared spectral...
Author(s)
Bahadi, M.; Warner, D.; Ismail, A. A.; Santschi, D. E.; Lefebvre, D. M.; Duggavathi, R.; Vasseur, E.
Publisher
International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR), Rome, Italy
Citation
ICAR Technical Series, 2022, 26, pp 301-307
Author(s)
Larsen, M. L. V.; Pedersen, L. J.; Andersen, H. M. L.
Publisher
DCA - Danish Centre for Food and Agriculture, Tjele, Denmark
Citation
DCA Report, 2016, No.70, pp 23
Manure is an unavoidable by-product of the production of milk and meat. However, this manure or products of manure processing can play a significant role in Closing nutrient cycles and reducing the environmental impact of dairy farming. The project NL Next Level Manure Valorisation aims to initiate ...
Author(s)
Gollenbeek, L. R.; Gastel, J. van; Casu, F. A. M.; Huisman, I.; Verdoes, N.; Dooren, H. J. C. van
Publisher
International Fertiliser Society, Leek, UK
Citation
Proceedings - International Fertiliser Society, 2022, 878, pp 12 pp.
The greatest cause of economic losses in aquaculture has been traced to cannibalism and aggressive behaviour which have been more frequently exhibited by Catfish due to its omnivorous nature, as a result of disparity in sizes, sex ratio and/or stocking density. The aim of the aquaculturist is to...
Author(s)
Abanikannda, O.; Oke-Tojinu, S.; Jimoh, A.; Leigh, A.; Giwa, A.
Publisher
International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR), Rome, Italy
Citation
ICAR Technical Series, 2018, No.23, pp 255-262
Author(s)
Weary, D. M.; Meagher, R. K.; Daros, R. R.; Costa, J. H. C.; Keyserlingk, M. A. G. von
Publisher
DCA - Danish Centre for Food and Agriculture, Tjele, Denmark
Citation
DCA Report, 2016, No.70, pp 21
The extent and the mechanisms of rangeland vegetation responses to variations of stocking rate, stocking density, grazing intensity, grazing itineraries, and durations of grazing and rest events are insufficiently understood to provide practical decision support for livestock farmers grazing...
Author(s)
Ludwig, L.; Isele, J.; Rahmann, G.; Idel, A.; Hülsebusch, C.
Publisher
Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute (vTI), Braunschweig, Germany
Citation
Thünen Report 54, 2018, 2, pp 559-562
Cage and pen culture has a long history in China, but the development of modern intensive cage culture for food production and ornamental purposes dates from the 1970s. Cage/pen culture was first adopted in freshwater environments and more recently, in brackish and marine systems. Due to advantages ...
Author(s)
Chen JiaXin; Guang ChangTao; Xu Hao; Chen ZhiXin; Xu Pao; Yan XiaoMei; Wang YuTang; Liu JiaFu
Publisher
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
Citation
FAO Fisheries Technical Paper, 2007, No.498, pp 53-68
RFID identification can be used for health and welfare monitoring if tagged animals are recorded at drinking and feeding places. In an experiment, RFID readings from 144 fattening pigs (12 pens each with 12 pigs, one drinker and two feeders) were recorded with four readers (each with eight...
Author(s)
Mol, R. M. de; Hogewer, P. H.; Genugten-Vo, R. E. van; Fels, J. B. van der
Publisher
International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR), Rome, Italy
Citation
ICAR Technical Series, 2021, 25, pp 27-32
The Italian law for pet animal protection and prevention of stray dogs (L. 281/91) requires municipalities to solve the problem of stray dogs. According to this regulation the municipalities are obliged to capture free dogs which have to be put in adequate kennels. As a priority, the animals should ...
Author(s)
Adriani, S.; Bonanni, M.; Amici, A.
Publisher
Julius Kühn Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen, Quedlinburg, Germany
Citation
Julius-Kühn-Archiv, 2011, No.432, pp 103-104