Frequent and intense defoliation of grasses has been associated with the evolution of “grazing morphotypes” that exhibit a variety of vegetative traits correlated with improved grazing resistance. While recovery from a seed bank is not considered an important grazing resistance mechanism, relatively little is actually known regarding seed (caryopsis) production in grazing morphotypes of caespit...

Several kinds of pressure can lead to the emergence of infectious diseases. In the case of zoonoses emerging from livestock, one of the most significant changes that has taken place since the mid twentieth century is what has been termed the "livestock revolution", whereby the stock of food animals, their productivity and their trade has increased rapidly to feed rising and increasingly wealthy...

The author describes trends and difficulties in livestock production and consumption in Africa. Arguing that this production is less subsistenceoriented than commonly believed, he describes the economic objectives which play an important role in African husbandry. After a comparison of levels of production and performance with those of developed and developing nations, the role of livestock and...

Practices to reduce hydrogen sulfide emissions associated with livestock production apply to animal housing, manure storage areas, and land where manure is applied. This document provides an overview of practices for each situation, highlights their advantages and disadvantages, and allows producers to make informed choices after evaluating production and economic aspects of their operations. N...

Covid-19 has awakened the world to importance of infectious diseases. However, it also affected several people, including researchers, as well some organizations blame pandemic on intensive livestock production. Several factors contribute fact that next is less likely come from farming than wild animals and traditional small-scale there are facts support role production in spreading One Health ...

The present study endeavors to investigate the attitudes, opinions and perceptions of livestock farmers regarding the main problems they face and confine the development of livestock in the Greek region of Evros. Primary data were collected through a quantitative survey (structured questionnaire) with livestock farmers in the region. The analysis of the survey data was carried out with the use ...