منابع مشابه
Multiple Criteria Decision Making Approach for Evaluating Management Options: A Case of New Zealand Dairy Farming
The continuous evolvement of dairy industry in countries like New Zealand, with increased dairy conversions and intensification, has resulted in remarkable economic development, though at the cost of environmental degradation. The increasing use of nitrogen fertilizers to sustain increasing number of cows has increased the risk of enhanced nitrate leaching and methane and nitrous oxide emission...
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Over the past two decades there have been major increases in dairy production in New Zealand. This increase in intensity has required increased use of external inputs, in particular fertilizer, feed, and water. Intensified dairy farming thus incurs considerable environmental externalities: impacts that are not paid for directly by the dairy farmer. These externalities are left for the wider New...
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Over 18% of cows returning to service within 49 days of first insemination were remated within the first 17 days. A distinct peak representing 31.4% of all short return intervals occurred from 8 to 10 days after first insemination. Because nonreturn rates to second insemination following these service intervals were equal to nonreturn rates for first inseminations, it is probable that some cows...
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Chronic copper toxicity was diagnosed in a Jersey herd in the Waikato region of New Zealand following an investigation into the deaths of six cattle from a herd of 250 dry cows. Clinical signs and post-mortem examination results were consistent with a hepatopathy, and high concentrations of copper in liver and blood samples of clinically affected animals confirmed copper toxicity. Liver copper ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Rural Problems
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0388-8525,2185-9973
DOI: 10.7310/arfe1965.23.46