Dairy and livestock circumstances in Hokkaido.

Dairy and Livestock

Economic values of live weight and feed-intake capacity of dairy cattle under Dutch production circumstances

This study estimated the effect of genetic change of live weight (LW) and dry-matter intake capacity (DMIC) on labour income (economic values) in dairy cattle under different production circumstances. Dutch production circumstances in the years 1998 and 2008 were based on different scenarios and varied with respect to product prices, milk output restrictions and environmental legislation. Linea...

A survey on Salmonella in rectal swabs of cattle on dairy farms and steer feed lots in Hokkaido.

Title A SURVEY ON SALMONELLA IN RECTAL SWABS OF CATTLE ON DAIRY FARMS AND STEER FEED LOTS IN HOKKAIDO Author(s) SATO, Gihei; KODAMA, Hiroshi; ODA, Chuhachiro; ICHIMURA, Koji; ISHIDA, Kenji; SATO, Akira; MITO, Toshiaki Citation Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research, 21(4): 155-159 Issue Date 1973-10 DOI 10.14943/jjvr.21.4.155 Doc URL http://hdl.handle.net/2115/2035 Type bulletin File Informati...

Productivity and Efficiency Change for Agricultural Cooperatives in Japan: The Case of the Dairy-Farming Region in Hokkaido

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the productivity change for agricultural cooperatives in Japan measured by nonparametric output-oriented Malmquist indices of total factor productivity (TFP)┻ The productivity change is decomposed into technical change and technical efficiency change┻ Linear programming techniques are used to calculate the productivity change using a panel data set for 44...

Statistical considerations concerning the disposal of dairy bulls used for artificial insemination in Hokkaido from 1958 to 1979.