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Housing system and herd size interactions in Norwegian dairy herds; associations with performance and disease incidence
... between herd disease incidence rates were tested by means of general modelling (Proc GenMod in SAS) using the log link function and poisson or negative binomial distribution according to the best fit of the model ...
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Effects of cattle rustling and household characteristics on migration decisions and herd size amongst pastoralists in Baringo District, Kenya
... influences herd size (Tables 4 and 5) may imply male-headed households are more likely to own larger herds of live- stock than female-headed households, possibly because they shoulder more household ...
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Dairy farm profit according to the herd size, milk yield, and number of cows per worker
... and HERD level are shown as percentages in Figure ...largest herd size (HERD ≥ 750, ...smallest herd size (HERD ≤ 399 kg, ...
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Identifying significant contributors to milk production in the absence of the Herd Size Effect
... the herd size in predicting milk production (Kerr et ...the herd size from the analysis and to uncover significant variables or management practices that would otherwise be over shadowed by ...
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Short and medium-term impact of dairy barn investment on profitability and herd size in Switzerland
... changing herd size, as indicated by the literature (Sauer and Zilberman 2012; Kirchweger and Kantelhardt 2015), and capital being rather mobile, we hypothesise a low profitability after investment unless ...
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Fertility parameters in German dairy herds: Associations with milk yield and herd size
... concerning herd size: (1) < 200, (2) 200‒400, (3) 400‒1000 and (4) > 1000 milking ...larger size or with high milk yield the chance of an inseminated cow to become pregnant is the same as in ...
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Association of season and herd size with somatic cell count for cows in Irish,English, and Welsh dairy herds
... each herd year, the mean number of cows present per test day was determined (herd size); herds with a mean of 6 10 cows were ...each herd year had a distribution with distinct modes at ...the ...
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Changes in diet and nutrition with increased herd size in Texas white-tailed deer.
... However, the elevation of calcium and of the calcium: phosphorus ratio among the exclosure deer herd may be adversely affecting the metabolism of other minerals [r] ...
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For wages and benefits, bigger dairies may be better
... A dairy owner‘s decisions regarding scheduling, training and pay for the work force are determined by: 1 herd size and how it is managed feeding, number of milkings, level of production;[r] ...
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... Average herd size was ...individuals. Herd size varied significantly between seasons with large congregations during the monsoon (One way ANOVA, F = ...
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Factors affecting the functional length of productive life in Slovak Pinzgau cows
... his herd, those cows could be culled that otherwise would ...the herd ex- pands, more cows will be left in the herd than in a stable ...the herd consequently causes a corre- sponding change in ...
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Fulani cattle productivity and management in the Kachia Grazing Reserve, Nigeria
... Deciding which animal to sell is dependent on herd size, species composition, age and sex structure and how much cash is needed. Small cash needs are often met by selling small ruminants while cattle are ...
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Assessment of Structural Traits and Management Related to Dairy Herds in the Peri-urban Area of Bobo Dioulasso (South West of Burkina Faso)
... mean herd size, structural traits, animal sourcing and use, management and aspects related to the milk production, 118 dairy herds, involved in a FAO dairy develop- ment project were ...mean herd ...
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The impact of machine to machine communication on the dairy industry in New Zealand
... 20% of the top quartile by herd size indicated that M2M technology is having no impact on their dairy farming operation.. In contrast 57% indicated in the bottom quartile that M2M tech[r] ...
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CAMEL MILK VALUE CHAIN IN NORTHERN SAUDI ARABIA
... medium herd size in settled enclosures (chabek) and selling all the milk directly to the consumers in bulk, along the roads; (iii) producers selling all the milk to distributors or having their own ...
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Systems for the prevention and control of infectious diseases in pigs : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Massey University
... After release, infectious agents can be found as airborne or non-airborne particles. A number of management procedures are available in order to reduce their concentration. This is im portant as the chance of a contact ...
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Factors affecting costs for on-farm control of salmonella in Swedish dairy herds
... of herd factors on these costs in dairy ...per herd for on-farm salmonella control was ...in herd-specific control plans, generally measures improving herd ...between herd factors and ...
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Prevalence, risk factors and spatial analysis of liver fluke infections in Danish cattle herds
... parameters, herd size or geographical coordinates. For herd level analysis, abattoirs (n = 79) were categorized (A-H, Other) based on number of animals ...each herd record, the abattoir ...
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Assessment of Livestock Feed Resource and Effect of Supplementing Sweet Potato Vine Hay on Growth Performance and Feed Intake of Grazing Local Goats in Aleta Chuko District, Sidama Zone SNNPRS, Ethiopia
... income, herd size, livestock species composition, purpose of livestock keeping, available feed resources and seasonal availability, concentrate availability, utilization of sweet potato vine as animal feed, ...
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Dairy goat demography and Q fever infection dynamics
... the herd size would result in larger environ- mental contamination, with p increasing up to the point where it reaches the maximum value 1, at which all sus- ceptible animals are infected at each time ...
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