Management of grazing circuits in order to promote extensive livestock welfare

Castro, José; Castro, Marina; Fernández-Núñez, Esther

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Castro, José

Castro, Marina

Fernández-Núñez, Esther

Abstract(s)

In Northeast Portugal, small ruminant production is an extensive activity based on daily movements of livestock around their villages. Driven by sherperds, goat and sheep flocks use several daily itineraries. Some decisions about the circuit's organization are greatly influenced by the environmental conditions because animals are very sensitive to extremes of temperature and availibility of resources

Keywords

Grazing circuits NE Portugal Animal Welfare

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http://hdl.handle.net/10198/12844

Citation

Castro, José; Castro, Marina; Fernández-Núñez, E. (2015). Management of grazing circuits in order to promote extensive livestock welfare. In World Congress on Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forest. Brasília