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Biomarkers of fitness and welfare in dairy cattle: healthy productivity
Zachut, M.; Speranda, M.; Almeida, A.M.; Gabai, G.; Mobasheri, A.; Hernandez-Castellano, L.Milk production intensification has led to several unwanted aspects, such as sustainability issues and environmental pollution. Among these, increased milk outputs that have been achieved over the last 70 years have led to several health and pathophysiological conditions in high yielding dairy animals, including metabolic diseases that were uncommon in the past. Increased occurrence of diverse metabolic disease...
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...