Efficiency and demographics of a high-yield dairy ewe farm with two managing systems involving five or 10 lambings per year

Efficiency and demographics of a high-yield dairy ewe farm with two managing systems involving five or 10 lambings per year

This study assessed milk productivity, demographic characteristics and workload distribution on a single high-yield dairy ewe farm in Spain (Avila, Spain; continental climate, latitude of 40.90 N, altitude of 900 m) over a 7-year period considering a transition from a herd management system involvin...

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Main Authors: J.-L. Pesantez-Pacheco, L. Torres-Rovira, F. Hernandez, M.V. Sanz-Fernandez, N.P. Villalobos, A. Heras-Molina, C. Garcia-Contreras, M. Vazquez-Gomez, P. Martinez-Ros, J.-V. Gonzalez-Martin, A. Gonzalez-Bulnes, S. Astiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
dairy Lacaune
accelerated lambing
intensive management
workload
animal welfare
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173111700369X

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