Livestock farming is imbued with a variety of disease-related risks. The threat of disease, and actions taken (or not taken) to mitigate it, can impact both the broader livestock sector and potentially society at large if the disease is what is termed zoonotic i.e. impacting both animal and human...
Carpenter, T.E.
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Rich, Karl M.
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[Comment mieux gérer les risques en matière de maladie animale?, Wie können Tierseuchenrisiken besser gehandhabt werden?]
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[How can animal disease risks be better managed?]
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How can animal disease risks be better managed?
Objectives: To identify management and operational functions, recommended by feed-company personnel and swine producers, that have the potential to decrease the risk of pathogens being transmitted among swine farms through movement of feed trucks.
Materials and methods: Focus groups and key-info...
Dewey, C.E.
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Bottoms, K.
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Carter, N.
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Richardson, K.
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[A qualitative study to identify potential biosecurity risks associated with feed delivery]
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A qualitative study to identify potential biosecurity risks associated with feed delivery
Dromedaries have been fundamental to the development of human societies in arid landscapes and for long-distance trade across hostile hot terrains for 3,000 y. Today they continue to be an important livestock resource in marginal agro-ecological zones. However, the history of dromedary domesticat...
Almathen, F.
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Charruau, P.
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Mohandesan, E.
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Mwacharo, Joram M.
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Orozco-terWengel, P.
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Pitt, D.
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Abdussamad, A.M.
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Uerpmann, M.
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Uerpmann, H.P.
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Cupere, B. de
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Magee, P.
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Alnaqeeb, M.A.
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Salim, B.
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Raziq, A.
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Dessie, Tadelle
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Abdelhadi, O.M.
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Banabazi, M.H.
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Al-Eknah, M.
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Walzer, C.
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Faye, B.
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Hofreiter, M.
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Peters, J.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Burger, P.A.
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[Ancient and modern DNA reveal dynamics of domestication and cross-continental dispersal of the dromedary]
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Ancient and modern DNA reveal dynamics of domestication and cross-continental dispersal of the dromedary
Transhumant pastoralism is one of the dominant livestock production systems
in West Africa, and it is characterized by seasonal and cyclical movement of varying
degrees between complementary ecological areas. The common pattern of transhumance is
moving herds from areas with pasture and water sca...
Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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Asse, Rainer
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Fall, Abdou
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[Transhumant pastoralism, sustainable management of natural resources and endemic ruminant livestock in the sub-humid zone of West Africa]
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Transhumant pastoralism, sustainable management of natural resources and endemic ruminant livestock in the sub-humid zone of West Africa
Rusinamhodzi, Leonard
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Corbeels, Marc
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Diversity in crop residue management across an intensification gradient in southern Africa: System dynamics and crop productivity]
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Diversity in crop residue management across an intensification gradient in southern Africa: System dynamics and crop productivity
Rege, J.E.O.
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Aboagye, G.S.
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Tawah, C.L.
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[Shorthorn cattle of west and central Africa II. Ecological settings, utility, management and production systems]
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Shorthorn cattle of west and central Africa II. Ecological settings, utility, management and production systems
Research and practice are increasingly demonstrating the environmental benefits of pastoralism and the opportunity for sustainable development of pastoral communities through a combination of livestock and biodiversity-related business. To take full advantage of the potential biodiversity-pastora...
Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Davies, J.
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Leeuw, Jan de
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Manzano, P.
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Waithaka, M.M.
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Aboud, A.A.O.
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Omondi, S.
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[Policies in support of pastoralism and biodiversity in the heterogeneous drylands of East Africa]
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Policies in support of pastoralism and biodiversity in the heterogeneous drylands of East Africa
Hörtnagl, L.
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Barthel, M.
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Buchmann, N.
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Eugster, W.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Díaz Pinés, Eugenio
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Zeeman, M.
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Klumpp, K.
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Kiese, Ralf
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Bahn, M.
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Hammerle, A.
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Lu, H.
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Ladreiter-Knauss, T.
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Burri, S.
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Merbold, Lutz
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[Greenhouse gas fluxes over managed grasslands in Central Europe]
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Greenhouse gas fluxes over managed grasslands in Central Europe
Adaptation research often uses identity categories. This article argues that a performativity approach allows us to understand identity in ways that are important for adaptation. Performativity sees identity as constructed through practices in an ongoing process of negotiation and renegotiation. ...
Wernersson, J.
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[Rethinking identity in adaptation research: Performativity and livestock keeping practices in the Kenyan drylands]
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Rethinking identity in adaptation research: Performativity and livestock keeping practices in the Kenyan drylands
There is growing evidence of escalating wildlife losses worldwide. Extreme wildlife losses have recently been documented for large parts of Africa, including western, Central and Eastern Africa. Here, we report extreme declines in wildlife and contemporaneous increase in livestock numbers in Keny...
Ogutu, Joseph O.
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Piepho, Hans-Peter
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Ojwang, G.O.
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Njino, L.W.
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Wargute, P.W.
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[Extreme wildlife declines and concurrent increase in livestock numbers in Kenya: What are the causes?]
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Extreme wildlife declines and concurrent increase in livestock numbers in Kenya: What are the causes?