Livestock breeding

Describe (where possible) the production system components (e.g. crop or livestock health management practices, soil fertilisation methods, crop rotation designs, livestock feeding and husbandry regimes, crop varieties/livestock breeds used) responsible for differences in food quality and safety between production systems ... 

Effect of livestock breed and husbandry (including veterinary antibiotic treatments) on the incidence of pathogens and antibiotic-resistant bacteria... 

The OECD (1997) addresses biodiversity in agriculture and proposes to consider both domesticated and wild species. The diversity of varieties of crops and livestock breeds, the breadth of the genetic base and the state and trend in the genetic reservoir are the suggested indicators to measure biodiversity on domesticated species. Besides focusing on the number and population of wildlife species, key indicator wildlife species which are representative for certain habitats or are endangered or threatened respectively can be used (OECD 1997). 

Table 6.4 Aims and possible breeding traits for organic livestock breeding...

Porter, V. 2002. Masons World dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties. CABI, Wallingford. 

American Livestock Breeds Conservancy http //albc-usa.org/... 

Animal husbandry High diversity, use of harvested crop fields Indigenous cattle breeds, new cattle breeds and livestock varieties and mixtures of the exotic livestock breeds with indigenous breeds Increase of mixed livestock breeds with limited exotic breeds. Indigenous livestock breeds however continue to be the darling of many farmers Increase of mixed livestock breeds with limited exotic breeds. Indigenous livestock breeds however continue to be the darling of many farmers... 

Related Subjects. Much of the literature on the effects of livestock breeding and raising on the quality of meat will be found in sources indicated here, particularly the publications of the agricultural experiment stations and the Department of Agriculture. 

Agrotech Horticulture, landscaping, agriculture, forestry, and livestock breeding... 

Kuju Agricultural Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University 8780201, Japan Kuju, Japan, National Livestock Breeding Center (NLBC), 961-8581, Fukushima, Japan Research Institute for Biology of Farm Animals, 18196 Dummerstotf Germany... 

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