A manual designed for use by dairy production advisors working in tropical areas, especially in South-East Asia.
"Business Management for Tropical Dairy Farmers" gives smallholder dairy farmers the business management skills they need to remain sustainable.
13.6 Future directions for SHD production in the humid tropics -- 13.7 In summary -- Appendix 1 Temperature Humidity Index -- Appendix 2 Signals for assessing healthy and sick cows -- Appendix 3 Questionnaire for Indonesian dairy farmers -- ...
This book addresses all the major concerns of the small holder dairy farmer in Asia.
Farmers will learn how to improve the welfare, milk quality and productivity of their dairy herds. This book complements author John Moran’s five previous books on the principles of tropical dairy farming.
Managing High Grade Dairy Cows in the Tropics addresses the entire range of management practices found on tropical small holder dairy farms, highlighting those which are likely to adversely impact on heifer and cow performance, hence farm ...
The book presents valuable information on the performance of cross-breds and indigenous cattle with respect to reproduction, production, disease susceptibility and draught utility aspects under tropical field conditions.
Klindworth D, Greenall R, Campbell J (2003) Cowtime guideline for milk harvesting. Dairy Research and Development Corporation, Melbourne, Australia. Mason G, Rushen J (2006) Stereotypic Animal Behaviour: Fundamentals and Applications to ...
The aim of this manual is to improve the welfare of dairy cattle in tropical developing countries, and by doing so to optimize cow and herd performance.
The book review the various milk production system according to agro-climate and technical, economical and sociological conditions, review new knowledge in ruminant digestion nutrition and physiology, match milk production systematic ...
Journal of Range Management 28 : 61-64 . Shelton H.M. and Humphreys L.R. ... the XIV International Grassland Congress . pp . 393-395 . ... XVII International Grassland Congress , Poster Paper , Closing Congress 19-21 February 1993 .