The Cattle and Buffalo of Africa: Management

1995 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. H. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Genetic Improvement ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Traditional Management ◽  
African Cattle

This article on the types, breeds and management of cattle and buffalo in Africa describes both traditional management systems and recent innovations, and considers the factors determining productivity, the environmental impact of pastoralism and the genetic improvement of African cattle.

THE NATIVE SHEEP OF SRI LANKA

1984 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
L.A. Goonewardene ◽  
V. Ravindran ◽  
K. Nadarajah ◽  
R. Rajamahendran
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Reproductive Parameters ◽  
Traditional Management ◽  
Need To Evaluate ◽  
Native Sheep

SUMMARYThe native sheep of Sri Lanka is described, and its growth and reproductive parameters under traditional management systems are reported. The need to evaluate this sheep under optimal nutritional and husbandry conditions is highlighted.

Poultry breeding for sustainability and welfare.

2020 ◽  
pp. 117-146
Author(s):  
Anne-Marie Neeteson ◽  
Santiago Avendaño ◽  
Alfons Koerhuis
Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Genetic Improvement ◽  
Animal Breeding ◽  
Animal Populations ◽  
Poultry Breeding ◽  
Programme Design

Abstract Animal breeding for welfare and sustainability requires improving and optimizing environmental impact, productivity, robustness and welfare. Breeding is a long-term exercise at the start of the food chain with permanent cumulative outcomes, disseminated widely. This chapter explains, with a focus on poultry, breeding programme design and how broadening breeding goals and managing trait antagonism results in balanced breeding and more robust animal populations. Breeding progress in skeleton and skin health, physiology and body composition, and behaviour are addressed. The economic impact of welfare and environmental improvements is worked out, and the ethical and societal aspects of genetic improvement are put into perspective. The consideration of feedbacks of all stakeholders, including customers and the wider society, is crucial. For each crossbreed, breeders will continue to improve overall welfare, health, productivity and environmental impact, but between the crossbreeds there will be clear differences answering specific demands of concepts and brands.

Genetic Improvement of Forage Species to Reduce the Environmental Impact of Temperate Livestock Grazing Systems

2008 ◽  
pp. 311-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.T. Abberton ◽  
A.H. Marshall ◽  
M.W. Humphreys ◽  
J.H. Macduff ◽  
R.P. Collins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Genetic Improvement ◽  
Livestock Grazing ◽  
Forage Species ◽  
Grazing Systems

Environmental impact from mountainous olive orchards under different soil-management systems (SE Spain)

2006 ◽  
Vol 358 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 46-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
José R. Francia Martínez ◽  
Víctor H. Durán Zuazo ◽  
Armando Martínez Raya
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Soil Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Se Spain

Precision pig management – resolving conflicts by integrated solutions

2004 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 77-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Wathes ◽  
C. P. Schofield
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Environmental Pressures ◽  
Pig Production ◽  
Environmental Processes ◽  
Initial Application ◽  
Finishing Pig ◽  
Pig Management ◽  
Product Specifications

Integrated management systems (IMS) for pig production are one means by which the industry will be able to meet tight product specifications while satisfying society's demands to reduce the environmental impact of livestock production. The systems are based on modern theories of process control that have been proven in other industries but have yet to be applied to pig production. The initial application will be growth of the finishing pig but other stages of production, e.g. the gestating sow, may also be managed using an IMS. In the longer term, control of environmental processes within pig housing may also be amenable to an IMS but will undoubtedly reveal – and provide the opportunity to resolve – the conflicts between financial and environmental pressures in modern pig production. Other applications are envisaged and include active control of pig behaviour as well as disease.

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