Sentence examples for productive herds from inspiring English sources

It is often the wealthiest herders (e.g. those with the largest, most productive herds) who can marry the most wives and bear the most children, creating a disparity between rich and poor in not only wealth but also production (access to labour) and reproductive success (Borgerhoff Mulder 1992; Herren 1989; Cronk 2004; Fratkin and Roth 2005).

That might be the cheerful opening sentence of a warming story of a prosperous farm, a productive herd of animals and generations of offspring rooted in the serenity and solitude of reading the classics in dusty hay mows.

All of which means that anything that can help maximise profits while maintaining a happy, productive herd of cows could mean the difference between healthy profits and the loss of a livelihood.

Such a move is feasible, because some villages in central and western parts of Bhutan have shown a strong inclination towards raising small and productive cattle herds (Wangchuk et al. 2014).

The number of LLU in a herd varies from month to month and is a good indicator of a family's ability to maintain a productive milking herd.

Because prevalence in animals influences disease incidence in humans [ 3], control in animal populations is important to improve the productive capability of herds and to protect the human population from infection.

Infection with bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) results in major economic losses either directly through decreased productive performance in cattle herds or indirectly, such as through expenses for control programs.

Life tables were created to display the probability of OTF recovery by productive type in infected herds.

Households tend to preferentially sell non-productive elements of their herds.

It was assumed that 2009 was the second productive year for each herd.

Farm characteristics (n = 35) consisted of herd demographics, productive and reproductive indicators, feeding procedures, types of housing, strategies of mastitis prevention and treatment, and milking methods.