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Extensive Sheep and Goat Production: The Role of Novel Technologies towards Sus...
Silva, S.R.; Sacarrão-Birrento, L.; Almeida, M.; Ribeiro, D.M.; Guedes, C.; Montaña, J.R.G.; Pereira, A.F.; Zaralis, K.; Geraldo, A.; Tzamaloukas, O.Sheep and goat extensive production systems are very important in the context of global food security and the use of rangelands that have no alternative agricultural use. In such systems, there are enormous challenges to address. These include, for instance, classical production issues, such as nutrition or reproduction, as well as carbon-efficient systems within the climate-change context. An adequate response...
The application of omics in ruminant production: a review in the tropical and s...
Ribeiro, D.M.; Salama, A.A.K.; Vitor, A.C.M.; Arguello, A.; Moncau, C.T.; Santos, E.M.; Caja, G.; Oliveira, J.S.; Balieiro, J.C.C.The demand for animal products (e.g. dairy and beef) in tropical regions is expected to increase in parallel with the public demand for sustainable practices, due to factors such as population growth and climate change. The necessity to increase animal production output must be achieved with better management and production technologies. For this to happen, novel research methodologies, animal selection and pos...