Kategoria BISAC: Technology & Engineering >> Agriculture - Animal Husbandry

-I like to say that when you buy an acre of land you get 43,500 square feet of solar panel. When you start thinking about your farm in these terms, the importance of having every acre covered with green, growing grass becomes apparent, - Jim Gerrish writes.

Gerrish coined the phrase Management-intensive Grazing (MiG), putting the emphasis on management of the growth of the grass. The animals are merely harvesters, like lawnmowers. In Management-intensive Grazing, The Grassroots of Grass Farming, he uses vivid images and detailed explanations to take graziers...

The Book describes the years of dedication to the Meatmaster breed, by founders and interested parties. The publication is the culmination of time, passion, networking and scientific research, all of which resulted in the establishment of the Meatmaster breed known to the public today.

The following topics are covered:

History

Phenotypic description

Breed Standards

Production Potential

Agro-Economics of the Meatmaster breed

The book also Boasts a complete reference list as well as membership list and contact details of Meatmaster sheep breeders in...

Sheep and goats are of ancient origin in Southern Africa and date back more than 2000 years. Topography and soils influence animal production directly. Infectious diseases and internal and external parasites are severe constraints in sheep and goat production and they are endemic to large regions in Southern Africa. In financial terms it is calculated that reproduction is twenty times more important than carcass qualities, and ten times more important that those characteristics associated with growth and feed conversion. The reproduction tempo further determines the intensity of selection...

Los rumiantes son herbIvoros que pueden alimentarse de forrajes. Por ende, pueden digerir glUcidos como hemicelulosa, celulosa y pectina. La utilizaciOn del alimento se lleva a cabo bAsicamente usando procesos fermentativos y no por reacciones de tipo enzimAtico. Asimismo, las tEcnicas fermentativas las llevan a cabo varios tipos de microbios como: hongos, protozoarios y bacterias, a los que el rumiante hospeda en su aparato gastrointestinal. Es decir que, antes de alimentar al propio animal, inicialmente se alimentan los microbios del rumen. Para que se dE una adecuada ecologIa...

Los rumiantes son herbIvoros que pueden alimentarse de forrajes. Por ende, pueden digerir glUcidos como hemicelulosa, celulosa y pectina. La utilizaciOn del alimento se lleva a cabo bAsicamente usando procesos fermentativos y no por reacciones de tipo enzimAtico. Asimismo, las tEcnicas fermentativas las llevan a cabo varios tipos de microbios como: hongos, protozoarios y bacterias, a los que el rumiante hospeda en su aparato gastrointestinal. Es decir que, antes de alimentar al propio animal, inicialmente se alimentan los microbios del rumen. Para que se dE una adecuada ecologIa...