Search Results - Performance Measurement.

Management practices, productive performances and egg quality traits of exotic chickens under village production system in east Shewa, Ethiopia by Tadesse, D.T.

“…In this study, the performance of hybrid layers seems to be over reported by farmers and this requires further study considering the amount of additional feed supplement by farmers’ and proper recording on the number of eggs to better conclude on their productive performances.…”
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Effect of GnRH or hCG administration on Day 4 post insemination on reproductive performance in Merino sheep of North Patagonia by Fernandez, Jimena, Bruno Galarraga, Maria Macarena, Soto, Andrés Telésforo, De la Sota, Rodolfo Luzbel, Cueto, Marcela Isabel, Lacau Mengido, Isabel María, Gibbons, Alejandro Eduardo

“…Additionally, embryo crownrump length (CRL) was measured by ultrasonography (n ¼ 12 single-pregnant ewes by experimental group) at the first ultrasound. …”
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How useful are perception- and experienced-based measures in predicting actual food choice? Evidence from an in-store field experiment using a multi-response approach by Lagerkvist, Carl Johan, Mwende, J., Muoki, Penina Ngusye, Okello, J.J.

“…Multi-response approaches have gained popularity in product-based research for obtaining deeper and more generalizable product insights related to product performance. Through a natural in-store field experiment, this study examined how perception-based and experience-based measures, within a multi-response approach, serve to predict actual product choice. …”
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Accounting for water use and productivity: Examples from India and Sri Lanka by Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy, Molden, David J.

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Characterization of a Multispectral Imaging System Based on Narrow Bandwidth Power LEDs by Tamayo Monsalve, Manuel A., Osorio, Gustavo, Liliana Montes, Nubia, López, Santiago, Cubero, Sergio, Blasco, José

“…We use a reference color target to assess accuracy and precision by comparing our system with high-performance hyperspectral equipment used in fruit quality control. …”
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Reproducibilidad de diferente métodos que miden variables físicas en sustratos para plantas = Reproducibility of different methods that measure physican properties in growing media by Valenzuela, Osvaldo, Gallardo, Claudia Susana, Barrera, María Celina, Vence, Lilia Beatriz

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A direct high-throughput in Cell-ELISA for measuring infectivity of cytopathic and non-cytopathic bovine viral diarrhoea virus strains applied to the assessment of antiviral activi... by Quintana, Maria Eugenia, Barone, Lucas, Forlenza, María Belén, Trotta, Myrian Vanesa, Turco, Cecilia, Mansilla, Florencia Celeste, Cardoso, Nancy Patricia, Capozzo, Alejandra Victoria

“…The ELISA is performed without harvesting the cells, directly on the 96-wells culture plate. …”
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Socioeconomic status connected imbalances in arable land size holding and utilization in smallholder farming in Zimbabwe: Implications for a sustainable rural development by Makate, Clifton, Mango, Nelson, Makate, Marshall

“…Disparities in land size holding and utilization are measured using the Erreygers corrected concentration index. …”
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The performance of Djallonke sheep fed on diets containing various proportions of cocoa pod husk and 5 percent NaOH-treated maize cobs by Tuah, A.K., Obese, F.Y., Orskov, E.R., Okai, D.B., Adomako, D., Amaning, K.O., Said, A.N., Greenhalgh, J.F.D.

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The impact of a specific blend of essential oil components and sodium butyrate in feed on growth performance and Salmonella counts in experimentally challenged broilers by Cerisuelo, Alba, Marín, Clara, Sánchez-Vizcaino, Fernando, Gómez, Ernesto A., de la Fuente, J. M., Duran, R., Fernández, C.

“…At slaughter, cecal content and liver samples from 16 birds per treatment were cultured for Salmonella and cecal pH was measured. No differences were observed on growth performance among treatments. …”
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Increasing energy and lysine in diets for growing-finishing pigs in hot environmental conditions: Consequences on performance, digestibility, slurry composition, and gas emission by Cerisuelo, Alba, Torres, Antonio G., Lainez, Manuel, Moset, Verónica

“…Average productive performance was recorded for 41 d (phase 1). After phase 1, 12 females of 103.3 +/- 3.15 kg (6 per treatment) were selected and housed individually, and feces and slurry were collected during 3 and 4 consecutive days, respectively, to calculate nutrient digestibility and measure gas emissions (phase 2). …”
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Landscape factors related to performance of in-situ sensors for prediction of total phosphorus : a statistical analysis of data from 194 streams in Sweden by Hoang, Cham

“…Accurate monitoring data of phosphorus concentrations in the water will benefit the evaluation of measures taken to reduce the problems of eutrophication. …”

Partially defatted olive cake in finishing pig diets: implications on performance, faecal microbiota, carcass quality, slurry composition and gas emission by Ferrer, Pablo, Calvet, Salvador, García-Rebollar, Paloma, de-Blas, Carlos

“…In addition greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions were measured during pig slurry storage using the methodology of dynamic flux chambers. …”
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Performance of Forner-Alcaide 5 and Forner-Alcaide 13, hybrids of Cleopatra mandarin x Poncirus trifoliata, as Salinity-Tolerant Citrus Rootstocks by Forner-Giner, María A., Primo-Millo, Eduardo, Forner Valero, Juan B.

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Effect of a silvopastoral system with Leucaena diversifolia on enteric methane emissions, animal performance, and meat fatty acid profile of beef steers by Molina-Botero, Isabel Cristina, Villegas, Daniel M., Montoya, Alejandro, Mazabel, Johanna, Bastidas, Mike, Ruden, Alejandro, Gaviria, Hernan, Peláez, Juan David, Chará, Julián, Murgueitio, Enrique, Moorby, Jon, Arango, Jacobo

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Impact and opportunities of agroecological intensification strategies on farm performance: A case study of banana-based systems in Central and South-Western Uganda by Gambart, Clara, Swennen, Rony L., Blomme, Guy, Groot, Jeroen C.J., Remans, Roseline, Ocimati, Walter

“…In addition, the FarmDESIGN model provides a useful tool for redesigning these farms, proposing different redesigns depending on farmers' objectives (profitability, productivity or sustainability), and for evaluating ex ante the impact of new agricultural measures on farm performance.…”
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Physical description and productivity of Landim goats and sheep in Mozambique by Rocha, A., McKinnon, D., Wilson, R.T.

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New data-driven estimation of terrestrial CO2 fluxes in Asia using a standardized database of eddy covariance measurements, remote sensing data, and support vector regression by Ichii, Kazuhito, Ueyama, Masahito, Masayuki Kondo, Saigusa, Nobuko, Kim, Joon, Alberto, Ma. Carmelita R., Ardö, Jonas, Euskirchen, Eugenie S., Minseok Kang, Hirano, Takashi, Joiner, Joanna, Kobayashi, Hideki, Belelli Marchesini, Luca, Merbold, Lutz, Miyata, Akira, Saitoh, Taku M., Takagi, Kentaro, Varlagin, Andrej, Bret-Harte, Marion Syndonia, Kenzo Kitamura, Kosugi, Yoshiko, Ayumi Kotani, Kumar, K., Li, Shenggong, Machimura, Takashi, Yojiro Matsuura, Yasuko Mizoguchi, Takeshi Ohta, Mukherjee, Sandipan, Yuji Yanagi, Yasuda, Yukio, Yiping, Zhang, Fenghua Zhao

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Varying levels of concentrates in the rations of Sudan Desert sheep by El-Hag, G.A., Mukhtar, A.M.S.

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Performance and fitness traits versus phenotypic appearance in the African Ankole Longhorn cattle: a novel approach to identify selection criteria for indigenous breeds by Ndumu, D.B., Baumung, R., Wurzinger, Maria, Drucker, Adam G., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Semambo, D.K., Sölkner, Johann

“…To compare different models the likelihood-based pseudo R square measure was used. The results indicate that, in the selection of cows, performance and fitness traits are emphasized by the cattle keepers while in the selection of bulls, the phenotypic appearance of the animal plays an important role. …”
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