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LowInputBreeds Technical Notes

LowInputBreeds Technical Notes

LowInputBreeds: Key facts & figures

Development of integrated livestock breeding and management strategies to improve animal health, product quality and performance in European organic and ‘low input’ milk, meat and egg production - LowInputBreeds

  • 5-year EU Collaborative Project, funded under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities
  • Contract No. 222623
  • 94 person-years of research
  • Over 60 scientists
  • 21 leading research and industrial organisations
  • 15 countries
  • 4 livestock species: cattle (dairy and beef), sheep (dairy and meat), pigs, poultry
  • Running from 2009-2014
  • Project coordination: Newcastle University and Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL
  • www.lowinputbreeds.org

LowInputBreeds Technical Notes online

The European LowInputBreeds project is producing a number of Technical Notes. The Technical Notes cover key themes and results from the LowInputBreeds project.

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Cover page of one of the Technical Notes

(15.04.2014) 

 Nine Technical Notes are now available online for download.

  • 2.1 Dairy Sheep Breeding
  • 2.3 Impact of grazing management on lamb meat quality
  • 2.6 Sainfoin, a natural anthel-mintic for small ruminants?
  • 3.1 Breeding for organic and low input pig production systems
  • 3.4 Adaptation of sows to rising temperatures
  • 4.1 Breeding of Laying Hens
  • 4.3 Egg quality
  • 4.4 Managing free range laying hens
  • 4.5 Raising cockerels from free range egg production

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