[HTML][HTML] Invited review: Current production trends, farm structures, and economics of the dairy sheep and goat sectors

G Pulina, MJ Milán, MP Lavín, A Theodoridis… - Journal of dairy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Dairy small ruminants account for approximately 21% of all sheep and goats in the world,
produce around 3.5% of the world's milk, and are mainly located in subtropical-temperate …

Engineering to support wellbeing of dairy animals

G Caja, A Castro-Costa, CH Knight - Journal of Dairy Research, 2016 - cambridge.org
Current trends in the global milk market and the recent abolition of milk quotas have
accelerated the trend of the European dairy industry towards larger farm sizes and higher …

Sensing solutions for improving the performance, health and wellbeing of small ruminants

G Caja, A Castro-Costa, AAK Salama… - Journal of Dairy …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Diversity of production systems and specific socio-economic barriers are key reasons
explaining why the implementation of new technologies in small ruminants, despite being …

[HTML][HTML] Description and typology of intensive Chios dairy sheep farms in Greece

AI Gelasakis, GE Valergakis, G Arsenos, G Banos - Journal of dairy science, 2012 - Elsevier
The aim was to assess the intensified dairy sheep farming systems of the Chios breed in
Greece, establishing a typology that may properly describe and characterize them. The …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change-related risks and adaptation strategies as perceived in dairy cattle farming systems in Tunisia

H Amamou, MB Sassi, H Aouadi, H Khemiri… - Climate Risk …, 2018 - Elsevier
The perception of risks due to climate change by farmers and the measures they take to
address those risks are of paramount importance in policy-making if the implementations of …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship between feed efficiency and resilience in dairy ewes subjected to acute underfeeding

E Barrio, G Hervás, M Gindri, NC Friggens… - Journal of Dairy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Selection of dairy sheep based on production levels has caused a loss of rusticity, which
might compromise their future resilience to nutritional challenges. Although refocusing …

Organic dairy sheep farms in south-central Spain: Typologies according to livestock management and economic variables

P Toro-Mujica, A García, A Gómez-Castro… - Small Ruminant …, 2012 - Elsevier
Organic dairy sheep farms have been analyzed by multivariate analysis to identify and
characterize typological groups in organic dairy sheep systems; with the aim of evaluating …

Strategies and drivers determining the incorporation of young farmers into the livestock sector

RDG Pérez, MJM Sendra, F López-i-Gelats - Journal of Rural Studies, 2020 - Elsevier
In view of the foremost concern about the generational renewal in livestock farming, the
identification of both the drivers that determine the process of incorporating young farmers …

Canonical correlation of technological innovation and performance in sheep's dairy farms: Selection of a set of indicators

J Rivas, JM Perea, C De-Pablos-Heredero, E Angon… - Agricultural …, 2019 - Elsevier
Integrated dairy sheep system in Castilla La Mancha (Spain) suffers from a crisis based on
lack of profitability. Technological innovation is a key factor to increase farm's viability. It …

A typological characterization of dairy Assaf breed sheep farms at NW of Spain based on structural factor

JA Riveiro, AR Mantecón, CJ Álvarez, P Lavín - Agricultural systems, 2013 - Elsevier
The dairy sheep farms at Central-Nord o Spain have adapted well to the new contextual
conditions by introducing highly specialized breeds, increasing flock size or incorporating …