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A nutrition mathematical model to account for dietary supply and requirements of energy and other nutrients for domesticated small ruminants: The development and evaluation of the Small Ruminant Nutrition System
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The Small Ruminant Nutrition System can accurately predict, ADG of growing lambs, and changes in SBW of mature sheep and ME intake and the energy balance of lactating and non-lactating adult goats and theADG of kids of dairy, meat, and indigenous breeds.About:
This article is published in Small Ruminant Research.The article was published on 2010-04-01. It has received 131 citations till now.read more
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Health management of ewes during pregnancy
George C. Fthenakis,Georgios Arsenos,Christos Brozos,I.A. Fragkou,Nektarios D. Giadinis,Ilias Giannenas,V.S. Mavrogianni,Elias Papadopoulos,I. Valasi +8 more
TL;DR: The objectives of health management of ewes during pregnancy are as follows: successful completion of pregnancy at term, birth of healthy and viable lambs, with optimal birth and potential weaning bodyweight, optimum milk production during the subsequent lactation and improved management in relation to drug residues in animal products.
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System dynamics modeling for agricultural and natural resource management issues: Review of some past cases and forecasting future roles
Benjamin L. Turner,Hector M. Menendez,Roger N. Gates,Luis O Tedeschi,Alberto Stanislao Atzori +4 more
TL;DR: Senge et al. as mentioned in this paper reviewed applications of System Dynamics (SD) to AGNR and discussed the potential contributions and roles of SD in addressing emergent problems of the 21st century.
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Using System Dynamics modelling approach to develop management tools for animal production with emphasis on small ruminants
TL;DR: System Dynamics (SD) is a computer-aided modeling methodology that can be used to perform policy analysis and decision support system (DSS) applied to dynamic problems arising in complex social, managerial, economic, or ecological dynamic systems characterized by interdependence, mutual interaction, information feedback, and circular causality.
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Effects of diets containing grape seed, linseed, or both on milk production traits, liver and kidney activities, and immunity of lactating dairy ewes
Anna Nudda,Fabio Correddu,Alessandra Marzano,Gianni Battacone,Paola Nicolussi,Piero Bonelli,Giuseppe Pulina +6 more
TL;DR: The limited variation in milk and hematological and metabolic parameters suggests that GS and LIN can be included, alone or in combination, in the diet of dairy ewes without adverse effects on milk production and health status.
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Models for estimating feed intake in small ruminants
Giuseppe Pulina,Marcella Avondo,Giovanni Molle,Ana Helena Dias Francesconi,Alberto Stanislao Atzori,Antonello Cannas +5 more
TL;DR: There is a need for biological and theoretical frameworks in whichFeeding experiments indoors and outdoors remain fundamental for a better modeling and understanding of the interactions between feeds and small ruminants, and appropriate empirical or mechanistic equations to predict DMI could be developed.
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Estimación lineal de los requerimientos nutricionales del NRC para ganado de leche
TL;DR: Linear regression equations have been obtained to directly calculate the nutrient requirements of dairy cattle (TDN, DE, ME, NEL,CP, Ca, P, Vitamin A and Vitamin D) on different physiological stages: maintenance, pregnancy and milk production based on NRC nutrient requirements tables.
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Forage Quality, Evaluation, and Utilization
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