Phytogenic products, used as alternatives to antibiotic growth promoters, modify the intestinal microbiota derived from a range of production systems: an in vitro model
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DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10998-x
Abstract: Abstract The removal of antibiotics from the feeds used in the livestock industry has resulted in the use of a wide range of alternative antimicrobial products that aim to deliver the productivity and health benefits… read more here.
Keywords: microbiota; products used; phytogenic products; growth ... See more keywords
The effect of climatic conditions on the quality of medium-growth chicken meat in organic production systems
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DOI: 10.1007/s13165-020-00309-z
Abstract: A total of 160 medium-growth male chicks were studied individually from the first day of their lives until slaughter (120 days). The chicks were classified according to the weather of the breeding period (P1 and P2).… read more here.
Keywords: medium growth; quality; period; meat ... See more keywords
Emergy accounting as a support for a strategic planning towards a regional sustainable milk production
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102647
Abstract: Abstract Milk is one of the most important food in the world, being consumed in natura or supporting the dairy industry. In Brazil, specifically, the milk supply chain corresponds to about 20% of its agro-industrial… read more here.
Keywords: system; milk; production systems; production ... See more keywords
Bioeconomic and greenhouse gas emissions modelling of the factors influencing technical efficiency of temperate grassland-based suckler calf-to-beef production systems
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102860
Abstract: Abstract The objective of this study was to investigate the relative importance of key performance metrics for temperate grassland-based suckler calf-to-beef production systems on farm economics and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The approach was to… read more here.
Keywords: production; suckler calf; beef production; calf beef ... See more keywords
Operations research for environmental assessment of crop-livestock production systems
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103208
Abstract: Abstract CONTEXT Agricultural crop and livestock production systems are complex, essential to human well-being, and fraught with sustainability challenges. In light of intrinsic variability in agricultural production systems and the high number of decision variables,… read more here.
Keywords: crop livestock; livestock; production systems; livestock production ... See more keywords
Classification coding of production systems for identification of platform candidates
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cirpj.2019.11.001
Abstract: Abstract Production platforms present an attractive solution to managing increasing product variety in production systems. Forming production systems platforms can potentially facilitate changeable manufacturing and co-development of products and production systems. One of the first… read more here.
Keywords: production; coding production; classification coding; identification ... See more keywords
Approach to assess agroecosystem anthropic disturbance: Statistical monitoring based on earthworm populations and edaphic properties
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105984
Abstract: Abstract Land degradation due to anthropic factors is the reduction of its actual or potential productivity. Nowadays, this topic is a major concern, as it affects more than one third of the soil in the… read more here.
Keywords: earthworm populations; anthropic disturbance; edaphic properties; monitoring ... See more keywords
Measures to increase the nitrogen use efficiency of European agricultural production
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DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100381
Abstract: Abstract Inputs of nitrogen to agricultural production systems are necessary to produce food, feed and fibre, but nitrogen (N) losses from those systems represent a waste of a resource and a threat to both the… read more here.
Keywords: nitrogen; production; nue; agricultural production ... See more keywords
Variation of nutritional and microbiological properties of milk in relation to climate adaptation strategies across dairy production systems in West Africa
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DOI: 10.1016/j.idairyj.2021.105144
Abstract: Abstract This study was conducted in West Africa to assess the performance of climate adaptation strategies of dairy production systems on the microbiological and physico-chemical quality of milk. Fifty-four samples of raw milk, pasteurised milk… read more here.
Keywords: dairy production; milk; production systems; production ... See more keywords
Modelling the flexibility of production systems in Industry 4.0 for analysing their productivity and availability with high-level Petri nets
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.1118
Abstract: Abstract Industry 4.0 is characterized by a strong individualization of products under the conditions of a highly flexible production. The customer-oriented production leads directly to complex flexible production systems, which need to be modelled and… read more here.
Keywords: petri nets; production; systems industry; flexible production ... See more keywords
A Framework for Multidisciplinary Simulation of Cyber-Physical Production Systems
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.08.418
Abstract: Abstract New simulation architectures are needed to provide simulation of cyber-physical production systems. This paper presents a flexible co-simulation framework to couple simulation models of different engineering domains and simulation tools to save modeling effort… read more here.
Keywords: physical production; cyber physical; simulation; simulation cyber ... See more keywords