Image byMFer Photography Question by Häschen Mädchen: What breed of goat is best for a 4-H project? I live in PA, and I am thinking about doing a goat for one of my 4-H projects. I also do rabbits, but I want to show another animal as well. My local county fair has 2 c...
In developing countries, different factors are responsible for the exhaustion of indigenous resources like cross-breeding, modern farming, specialized farming, reduced herd size, etc. (Dong et al., 2013; Harkat et al., 2017). Cross-breeding is the chief issue to altergenetic diversity, and it...
Effective precision livestock farming requires the availability of reliable and up-to-date data characterizing the animals and environment of interest. This work presents the design, architecture, and implementation of a wireless acoustic sensor network for monitoring goat farms on a 24/7 basis. In ...
Download: Download full-size image Fig. 2. Sources of income. (a) Main occupation or other income sources of respondents. (b) Secondary and tertiary sources of income. ‘Farmer’ category includes farming and agriculture,‘Other / Not-employed’ category includes remittance, pension, benefit, an...
Morales-Jerrett, E.; Mancilla-Leytón, J.M.; Delgado-Pertíñez, M.; Mena, Y. The contribution of traditional meat goat farming systems to human wellbeing and its importance for the sustainability of this livestock subsector.Sustainability2020,12, 1181. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green ...
Cachaça is a traditional Brazilian drink that has the potential to offer a new sensory and technological strategy for artisanal cheesemaking, particularly for small-scale producers and family farming. This study aimed to investigate the effects of cachaça immersion on the physicochemical, microbiolog...
Preventing the spread of diseases between and within farms (biosecurity) is essential for minimizing animal mortality and morbidity, as well as for reducing the risk of spread of zoonotic diseases. These effects are even greater in countries such as Iran