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	Provedor de dados AgEcon (1) Autor Edwards, Ian E. (1) Kirwan, Susanne (1) Stott, Alistair W. (1) Thomson, Kenneth J. (1) Palavra-chave Animal Welfare (1) Labour (1) Linear Programming (1) Livestock Production/Industries (1) Q10 (1) Q19 (1) Sheep (1) Y1 (1) Mais... Tipo do documento Conference Paper or Presentation (1) Ano 2009 (1) País United States (1) Idioma Inglês (1)		Ordenar por:  Relevância Autor Título Ano Registros recuperados: 1 Primeira ... 1 ... Última Labour Management for Profit and Welfare in Extensive Sheep Farming AgEcon Kirwan, Susanne; Thomson, Kenneth J.; Edwards, Ian E.; Stott, Alistair W.. Sheep welfare is an emerging topic in research and food marketing, and recent studies suggest that farm labour is a key factor for both animal welfare and productivity in extensive sheep farming systems, although little research has been done into labour utilisation in these systems. This paper reports field data collection on two commercial farms and the use of a linear programming (LP) model to link labour economics and animal welfare analysis. The model maximises the number of ewes to clooked after over the lambing period, when constrained by labour availability for various key tasks and by a pre-determined level of sheep welfare. The results show a trade-off between welfare level and labour input per sheep. Dropping tasks with less significant welfare... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Labour; Sheep; Linear Programming; Animal Welfare; Livestock Production/Industries; Q10; Q19; Y1. Ano: 2009 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51060 Registros recuperados: 1 Primeira ... 1 ... Última

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