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| Vaarst, Mette; Roderick, Stephen; Byarugaba, Denis K.; Kobayashi, Sofie; Rubaire-Aiikii, Chris; Karreman, Hubert J.. |
| Livestock production systems are the focus area of this chapter, where the prospects for an organic approach to veterinary treatment and disease control are discussed in particular. We have taken a case presentation approach to this topic by selecting some widely different farming systems to represent different challenges and opportunities for using and reducing veterinary medical products, as well as developing disease prevention and health-promoting strategies that meet the ideas of organic animal husbandry. The major challenge in organic livestock production systems is to ‘think the organic principles’ into a wide range of diverse systems under a wide range of circumstances and conditions, including systems which are not certified as ‘organic’ at the... |
| Tipo: Book chapter |
Palavras-chave: Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/13734/1/13734.pdf |
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