Search Results - "Cowes"

Ombyggnation av ett stall för bundna mjölkkor till boxsystem för rekryteringskvigor by Nilsson, Karin

“…A Swedish farmer who planned to rebuild her stall for tied dairy cattle to a loose-housing system for recruitment heifers for milk production asked me as an ethologist to find a system which can be fit to her existing tie-stall barn for 30 dairy cows, considering the animal needs in terms of movement, social interactions and play behaviors, and to theoretically compare the system with other systems with respect to the behaviors mentioned. …”

More milk zuri? by Wolfson, Eliza

“…This comic book is aimed at primary aged children and features Zuri, a cow living in an African village who makes the creamiest milk in all the land. …”
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Empowered milk: How 'swakrushi' milk is empowering India's women livestock keepers by International Livestock Research Institute

“…This film tells a story of improved fodder, more productive dairy cows, high-quality milk, and economically empowered women smallholder livestock keepers. …”
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Sustainable fertilization of vegetable crops in the highland of Lembang, West Java, Indonesia: Findings from a pilot with vegetable farmers using dairy cattle manure by Putter, Herman de, Vries, Marion de, Adiyoga, Witono, Suharyono, Deni, Gunadi, Nikardi

“…Phosphate levels in soils in Lembang are high and limit the use of manure. Cow manure is a good source of nutrients and organic matter in vegetable crops and can lower environmental pollution in case of weight-based replacement of chicken manure.…”
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Improved cattle feeding practices in nine Kenyan counties, resulting in increased milk productivity for close to 80,000 farmers, with likely improved income and livelihoods by CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

“…These activities resulted in an increase in milk production per cow, with likely positive effects on income and other aspects of farmers' livelihoods.…”
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Filming livestock: The backstory by International Livestock Research Institute

“…Filming stories about livestock science can be particularly challenging. Cows may 'moo' so loudly that researchers can’t hear themselves talk. …”
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Farmer-led approach supports socially inclusive innovations in Kenya's dairy sector by Omayio, Esther, DuttaGupta, Tanaya, Bullock, Renee, Kiptoo Emmaculate, Maiyo, Nathan, Habermann, Birgit, Crane, Todd A.

“…In rural Kenya, adaptation practices in dairy shape and are shaped by gender relations in households. Men own the cows and control income, while women provide much of the labour. …”
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The role of credit in the uptake of improved dairy technologies in Ethiopia by Freeman, H.A., Jabbar, M.A., Ehui, Simeon K., Gebreselassie, N.

“…It is hypothesized that credit-related constraints limit the ability of many smallholder farmers to make investments in crossbred cows and/or to purchase complementary inputs associated with improved dairy technologies. …”
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Research on farm and livestock productivity in the central Ethiopian highlands: Initial results, 1977-1980 by Gryseels, Guido, Anderson, F.M.

“…Includes results of research on innovations consisting of improved forage/dairy cow package, improved animal traction and the cultivation of valley bottoms.…”
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Feeding dairy cattle: a manual for smallholder dairy farmers and extension workers in East Africa by Lukuyu, Margaret N., Romney, Dannie L., Ouma, R., Sones, Keith R.

“…By better understanding how a cow digests its food, the importance of providing a balanced diet, how nutritional needs vary at different stages of the animal's life and how different types of feed can meet these needs, dairy farmers will be able to get the most benefit from their investment and keep their valuable animals healthy and productive.…”
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Ten years of animal production and range research in Botswana by Ministry of Agriculture, Botswana

“…Additional information on animal production, particularly on the supplementation of breeding cows, feeding potentials of crop residues, dietary selection and grazing habits of goats, reproductive physiology and breed comparison of beef cattle, milking systems, sheep and goat husbandry, and economic evaluation of animal production systems included.…”
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India - Raipur Gujra village (Punjab) by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…His major concern is that his cows are not producing as much milk as they used to. …”
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The Food Legumes by Roberts, M. Lewis

“…Rather than a single central institute, Roberts proposed assignment of particular crops to other centers, including cow pea to IITA, pigeon pea to CIAT, chickpea to CIMMYT, soybean to CIAT or IITA, and groundnut (peanut) to IITA. …”
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Dystocia and stillbirth in beef cattle with subclinical hypomagnesemia: a case study by Sosa, Emiliano, Miqueo, Evangelina, Mejía, M., Fernandez, Eduardo Luján, Fernandez Tovo, Martina Elizabeth, Cruz, M., Campero, Lucia Maria, Moore, Prando Dadin, Morrell, Eleonora Lidia, Canton, German Jose

“…We describe the occurrence of dystocia and stillbirths in Brangus and Aberdeen Angus cows and heifers within the context of mineral deficiencies in a beef farm located in Buenos Aires province, Argentina. …”
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Epidemiology of cattle diseases in the northeast of La Pampa, Argentina = Epidemiología de enfermedades del bovino en el nordeste de La Pampa, Argentina by Miranda, Ariel Omar

“…According to the productive system, farms were classified as fattening (F), cow-calf (C) and cow-calf-fattening (CF). Presented data are part of a comprehensive survey on cattle farms performed by INTA and Ministry of roduction staff. …”
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Masked genotype 6 of bovine leukemia virus is found in colombian cattle by Corredor Figueroa, Adriana Patricia, Olaya Galán, Nury Nathalia, Salas, Sandra Patricia, Quintero, Juan Sebastián, Fajardo, Álvaro, Soñora, Martín, Moreno, Pilar, Cristina, Juan, Sánchez, Alfredo, Tobón, Julio, Ortiz, Diego, Gutierrez, María Fernanda

“…Results A total of 62% of the cows present at 92% of the farms were BLV-positive. …”
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Abdominellt ultraljud av vuxna nötkreatur : en praktisk guide by Brisman, Ylva

“…There is also lots of gas inside the gastro-intestinal tract of a cow, mainly in the large intestine and the rumen, and that makes it impossible to examine the organs behind the gas since the ultrasound waves are reflected when reaching the soft tissue-gas interface. …”

Dystocia in Swedish beef cattle : effects of different scoring systems on the genetic evaluation by Nilsson, Filip

“…The genetic evaluation for dystocia is divided into four traits; maternal and direct effect when the mother is a primiparous cow, and maternal and direct effect when the mother is a multiparous cow. …”

The effects of two light programs on sleep in dairy cattle by Andersson, Lisa

“…With glue-on electrodes on the cows heads the sleeping times and sleep stages could be recorded by means of an ambulatory EEG device. …”

Cattle, seaweed, and global greenhouse gas emissions by Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Beveridge, Malcolm C. M., Sulser, Timothy B., Marwaha, Nisha, Stanley, Michele, Grisenthwaite, Robert, Phillips, Michael J.

“…The total amount of dry seaweed needed to supply dairy cows in 2050 was estimated at 5 million metric tons per year, representing 18 percent of the world’s seaweed-farmed area. …”
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