• Colostrum quality assessment in dairy goats: use of an on-farm optical refractometer 

  Pérez-Marín, C.C.; Cano, D.; Arrebola, F.; Petrusha, Valerii H.; Skliarov, Pavlo M.; Entrenas, José A.; Pérez-Marín, D. C. (MDPI, 2023)

  Failure of passive immunity transfer is one of the main causes of increased susceptibility to infectious agents in newborn kids. To ensure successful transfer of passive immunity, kids need to be fed high-quality colostrum, ...

• Influence of the Slaughter Method on the Hygienic Quality of Beef Cattle Meat and Animal Welfare Biomarkers 

  Bouzraa, Said; Agüera Buendía, Estrella; Requena Domenech, Francisco; Rodríguez, Inmaculada; Serrano, Salud (MDPI, 2023)

  The main objective of this research was to carry out a comparative study between different types of slaughter in beef cattle with and without stunning. In addition, the hygienic quality of the obtained meat was determined ...

• Effects of Extending Milk Replacer Feeding during the Fattening Period on the Behaviour and Welfare of Lambs: A Preliminary Study 

  González Martínez, A.; Martínez Marín, Andrés L.; Lucena, Rubén; González-Serrano, Miriam; de la Fuente, Miguel Ángel; Gómez-Cortés, Pilar; Rodero, Evangelina (MDPI, 2023)

  There is a lack of information on the behavioural and welfare effects of sustaining artificial milk feeding in fattening lambs. Therefore, the present work aimed to study the effects of prolonged artificial milk feeding ...

• Carbon Stock Assessment in Silvopastoral Systems along an Elevational Gradient: A Study from Cattle Producers in the Sumaco Biosphere Reserve, Ecuadorian Amazon 

  Torres, Bolier; Bravo, Carlos; Torres, Alexandra; Tipán-Torres, Cristhian; Vargas, Julio C.; Herrera-Feijoo, Robinson; Heredia-R, Marco; Barba, Cecilio; García, Antón (MDPI, 2023)

  Silvopastoral system (SPS) has been considered as a sustainable management system contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction, among other benefits compared with open pasture. However, little research has been conducted ...

• Targeting Environmental and Technical Parameters through Eco-Efficiency Criteria for Iberian Pig Farms in the dehesa Ecosystem 

  García Gudiño, Javier; Angón Sánchez de Pedro, Elena; Blanco-Penedo, Isabel; García-Launay, Florence; Perea, José M. (MDPI, 2023)

  Eco-efficiency could be defined as the simultaneous ability to achieve acceptable economic results with the least possible environmental degradation. Its analysis in crop and livestock production systems has become a hot ...

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