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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...
Camelids: new players in the international animal production context
Zarrin, M.; Riveros, J.L.; Ahmadpour, A.; Almeida, A.M.; Konuspayeva, G.; Vargas-Bello-Pérez, E.; Faye, B.; Hernández-Castellano, L.E.The Camelidae family comprises the Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus), the dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius), and four species of South American camelids: llama (Lama glama), alpaca (Lama pacos) guanaco (Lama guanicoe), and vicuña (Vicugna vicugna). The main characteristic of these species is their ability to cope with either hard climatic conditions like those found in arid regions (Bactrian and dromedary...