Tomando como base las cantidades de leche entregadas por mes a la industria transformadora entre 1996 y 2000, se observa la semejanza de las cifras porcentuales españolas con las de los EE.MM. de la UE (Alemania, Francia, Reino Unido, y Dinamarca) tomados para contraste. Cualquiera de los años...

Estudou-se a rentabilidade da atividade leiteira na região de Lavras/MG, analisando a influência do tipo de sistema de criação sobre o custo de produção do leite. Foram identificados os componentes com maior influência sobre os custos finais da atividade e calculado o ponto de...

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Presents information forest geneticists need about applied mathematics, statistics, population biology, and genetics in order to design breeding programs. College-level training in mathematics, statistics, and genetics is required to understand most of the book.

The application of genetic selection technologies in livestock breeding offers unique opportunities to enhance the productivity, profitability, and competitiveness of the livestock industry in Scotland. However, there is a concern that the uptake of these technologies has been slower in the...

While genetic selection and cultivation of organisms have helped to support a larger human population at a higher standard of living, than otherwise, these developments have also led to a loss of biodiversity, particularly in the wild. The more recent development of aquaculture continues this...

In the tropics, milk production systems present high diversity and distinct ability to adapt to the demands of consumers and market conditions. Knowledge of the factors that affect the quality of milk and agglomerate of production systems into fewer groups can facilitate analysis and the...

Based on raw milk DHI data of Chinese Holstein cattle in northern China, milk composition (milk protein percentage and milk fat percentage) of lactating cow is grouped into parity 1 to 4. After preprocessing original data, 6114 data records of milk protein percentage and 5871 data records of...

The goal of the article is to implement the CTR Dairy model using the Visual Basic for Application (VBA) language of Microsoft Excel. CTR Dairy is a dynamic simulation model for grazing lactating dairy cows that predicts milk production and profit over feeding based on ruminal digestion and...