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dc.contributor.author | Buttigieg, Mauro | |
dc.contributor.author | Gianesella, Matteo | |
dc.contributor.author | James, Andrew | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-13T05:25:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-04-13T05:25:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Buttigieg, M., Gianesella, M., & James, A. (2014). A 10 year review of the number of bovine dairy holdings and the dairy bovine population on the Maltese Islands. Xjenza, 2(2), 136-143. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/2347 | |
dc.description.abstract | The process of identification and registration of bovines and bovine holdings on the Maltese Islands has been computerised since 2002, with the introduction of the National Livestock Database of Malta. This is a computerised and centralised system which has made collection, management and analysis of data possible. The aims of this paper were to study in detail ten year trends in the number of bovine dairy holdings together with the bovine population on these holdings and to compare these trends with those reported in other European countries. Six trends related to the number of bovine dairy holdings and their bovine population were analysed in the study. The general trends showed that there was a significant decrease in the number of dairy holdings, in the bovine population and in the number of female bovines greater than 2 years of age during the study period. The average herd size and the average number of females greater than 2 years of age on the dairy holdings showed no statistically significant changes. On the other hand, a significant increase in the ratio of female to male bovines was registered on these holdings. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Malta Chamber of Scientists | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Cattle -- Anatomy | en_GB |
dc.subject | Agricultural systems -- Malta -- Databases | en_GB |
dc.subject | Bovine somatotropin -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | A 10 year review of the number of bovine dairy holdings and the dairy bovine population on the Maltese Islands | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.7423/XJENZA.2014.2.13 | |
dc.publication.title | Xjenza | |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - InsESRSF Xjenza, 2014, Volume 2, Issue 2 Xjenza, 2014, Volume 2, Issue 2 |
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