Effect of index-based livestock insurance on herd offtake: evidence from the borena zone of southern ethiopiaWhen weather shocks strike in agrarian economies, households may often utilize offtake of their productive livestock as a major risk coping strategy....
Health council report 'antimicrobial growth promoters'.... The conclusions are based on evidence regarding the development of resistance in livestock as the result of the use of antimicrobial growth promotors, the possibility of colonisation/infection of humans with resistance bacteria from the intestinal flora of productive livestock, and the transfer of resistance genes from livestock bacteria to human pathogenic microorganisms....
1 12th congress of the european association of agricultural economists – eaae 2008 derogation on the eu nitrates directive: does it make a difference?Abstract — The paper discusses an ex ante evaluation of the derogation on the Nitrates Directive for Flanders, Belgium, which is a case of intensive but highly productive livestock areas....
Genome-wide association study and scan for signatures of selection point to candidate genes for body temperature maintenance under the cold stress in siberian cattle populationsDesign of new highly productive livestock breeds, well-adapted to local climatic conditions is one of the aims of modern agriculture and breeding....
