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Achieving sustainable produ...
Sheep farming, whether for meat or wool, has always been an essential component in diversifying farming systems, particularly in exploiting land unsuitable for arable crops. The sector faces a range of challenges in meeting rising demand. There is an ongoing threat both from endemic and more exotic diseases. Consumer expectations about nutritional and sensory quality have never been higher. There is also greater concern about the environmental impact of animal production and animal welfare issues. Drawing on an international range of expertise, this book reviews research addressing these challenges. The first part of the book addresses quality issues affecting meat, wool and dairy products from sheep. The book then goes on to discuss advances in breeding before reviewing ways of improving sheep nutrition, health and welfare. The collection concludes by assessing the environmental impact of sheep production and ways it can be more effectively managed.Achieving sustainable production of sheep will be a standard reference for animal and food scientists in universities, government and other research centres and companies involved in supporting sheep farming
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monografia Rebiun19253808 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun19253808 170315s2017 uk ado r 001 0 eng c 2017936827 978-1-78676-084-5 CBUC 991052504629706706 DLC spa DLC ULE.BC 636.32/.38.08 502.131.1 Achieving sustainable production of sheep [edited by] Johan Greyling 1st published Cambridge, UK Burleigh Dodds Science Pub. 2017 Cambridge, UK Cambridge, UK Burleigh Dodds Science Pub. XXII, 451 p. il., tablas, gráf., fot. col. 24 cm XXII, 451 p. Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ISSN 2059-6936 n. 22 Índice Bibliogr. al final de cada cap Sheep farming, whether for meat or wool, has always been an essential component in diversifying farming systems, particularly in exploiting land unsuitable for arable crops. The sector faces a range of challenges in meeting rising demand. There is an ongoing threat both from endemic and more exotic diseases. Consumer expectations about nutritional and sensory quality have never been higher. There is also greater concern about the environmental impact of animal production and animal welfare issues. Drawing on an international range of expertise, this book reviews research addressing these challenges. The first part of the book addresses quality issues affecting meat, wool and dairy products from sheep. The book then goes on to discuss advances in breeding before reviewing ways of improving sheep nutrition, health and welfare. The collection concludes by assessing the environmental impact of sheep production and ways it can be more effectively managed.Achieving sustainable production of sheep will be a standard reference for animal and food scientists in universities, government and other research centres and companies involved in supporting sheep farming Ganado ovino- Cría y explotación Desarrollo sostenible Greyling, Johan 1958-) ed. lit