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| Barth, Kerstin; Burow, Elke; Knappstein, Karin; Ubben, Ernst-Heinrich. |
| Sheep milk production is not very common in Germany. Only 10,000 sheep are used for milking. However, a considerable number of farmers work according to the stan-dards of organic farming. Only farm dairies process the milk and sell the products directly to the consumer. Thus, the quality of the raw milk has to be high although the EU regulations for sheep milk are not as strict as for cow’s milk. Animal recording is not a standard in dairy sheep production and farmers lack the information which might be gained by this monthly monitoring of each animal. Animal side tests are necessary and the aim of our study was to investigate the usability of conductivity measurement as an indicator of sub clinical mastitis in ewes. Data were collected from 164 ewes in... |
| Tipo: Conference paper, poster, etc. |
Palavras-chave: Sheep and goats; Health and welfare. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/9098/1/9098_Barth_Poster.pdf |
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