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Water Quality: Manganese in drinking water for dairy cattle

Climate change affects livestock systems through direct impacts on the physiology, behavior, production and welfare of animals and indirectly through the availability, composition and quality of food. Water is essential for the life of animals, since it intervenes in various metabolic processes. An inadequate water supply could reduce the health and performance of the animals. In dairy farms, the use of quality...

Water Quality: Farmers' perception of the importance of the quantity and qualit...

Climate change affects livestock systems through direct impacts on the physiology, behavior, production and welfare of animals and indirectly through the availability, composition and quality of food and milk. The aim of this study is to ascertain whether dairy cattle farmers in Portugal (1) consider the issue of ”water scarcity and quality” to be important on dairy cattle farms. Questionnaires were sent to dai...

Qualidade de Água em Explorações de Bovinos de Leite: Impacto na produção, repr...

O aumento estimado da taxa de crescimento da população mundial sugere que, no futuro, haverá maior procura alimentar, que por sua vez, terá um efeito direto no uso da água para fins agrícolas (Mancosu et al., 2015). Além disso, como resultado do aumento da escassez de água e da seca devido às alterações climáticas (Jiménez et al., 2014), espera-se que a utilização extensiva de água para irrigação ocorra no cont...

Incorporation of sludge from the cutting of ornamental rocks in cementitious ma...

O desenvolvimento mundial impulsiona a procura por cimento e os desafios ambientais associados à sua fabricação preocupam os investigadores. O setor de cimento é o terceiro maior consumidor industrial de energia e o segundo maior emissor de CO2. Neste sentido, algumas medidas têm sido implementadas. Para além da redução da relação clínquer/cimento, a redução do consumo de cimento através da utilização de Materi...

Water quality in dairy cattle farms: impact on animal production, reproduction ...

Climate change is currently one of the great global challenges, affecting in particular the water sector, namely the lack of precipitation and consequent periods of prolonged drought. Drinking water is a scarce resource in many regions of the world. Water is essential for the life of animals, since it intervenes in various metabolic processes. An inadequate water supply could reduce the health and performance o...

Incorporation of sludge from the cutting of ornamental rocks in cementitious ma...

The development of the world drives the demand for cement and the environmental challenges associated with its manufacture concern researchers. The cement sector is the third largest industrial consumer of energy and the second largest emitter of CO2. In this sense, some measures have been implemented. In addition to reducing the clinker/cement ratio through use of composite cements, reducing cement consumption...

Teste de performance em estação: raça suína Malhado de Alcobaça 2017

A nutritional study of 45 elderly patients admitted to o general medical ward

Introduction: This paper reviews the problems associated with the diagnosis of under-nutrition in the hospitalise bedridden, elderly patient. It aims to assess the nutritional status of patients aged 65 years or older, admitted to the general me­dical ward of a Central Hospital. Methodology: The triceps skinfold thickness (TST) and mid­arm circumference were measured using the standard manner and the midarm mus...