Ewe welfare and ovine milk and cheese quality
Causes of welfare reduction in dairy sheep flocks are presented and their impact on ovine milk and cheese quality is discussed. Attention is focused on climatic extremes, poor housing and milking hygiene, and nutritional imbalance: mechanisms are outlined through which stress-induced reduction of im...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2010-04-01
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Series: | Italian Journal of Animal Science |
Online Access: | http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/1577 |