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Aufsatz
Spatio-temporal patterns of herbage availability and livestock movements: A cross-border analysis in the Chinese-Mongolian Altay
(Springer, 2016-07-04)
Due to increasing population and the recent implementation of policies to intensify the use of land and water resources, the transhumant pastoral systems in the Chinese-Mongolian Altay-Dzungarian region are rapidly changing, leading to modifications of herd size, herd composition and spatial distribution of livestock grazing. This may have major consequences for the supply and quality of rangeland biomass. Despite similar topographic settings, the socio-political framework for Chinese and Mongolian pastoralists differs ...
Dissertation
Assessment of genetic diversity in local breeds
(2020-06)
The present study aimed at assessing genetic diversity in selected local livestock breeds in Northern Germany, and furthermore, examining some of the indices used in describing diversity in populations. The study begun with an assessment of genetic diversity in the German Angler (RVA) and Red-and-white dual-purpose (RDN) cattle breeds. Analyses of the RVA and RDN pedigrees, consisting of 93,078 and 184,358 records, respectively, revealed a number of Red Holstein (RH) sires that were influential in these breeds. Even ...
Aufsatz
Evolution of Rural Livelihood Strategies in a Remote Sino-Mongolian Border Area: A Cross-Country Analysis
(2018-03-29)
Ecologically sound natural resources management is still the backbone of rural livelihoods in many regions of the world. The Altai-Dzungarian region between China and Mongolia constitutes an ideal site to study how political, economic, infrastructural, and cultural differences affect rural livelihoods. Structured semi-quantitative interviews were conducted with 483 households on both sides to characterise their current livelihood strategies and assess the importance of the various activities for the households’ current ...
Aufsatz
Participatory Mapping as an Approach to Identify Grazing Pressure in the Altay Mountains, Mongolia
(2018-06-11)
Sustainable rangeland management is crucial for maintaining forage resources in pastoral systems, globally. However, pastoral regions are often remote and therefore data poor when it comes to resource monitoring. We tested participatory mapping as a means to rapidly assess rangeland use to identify areas with high grazing pressure. Participatory geographic information system data and herbaceous biomass production data were collected and georeferenced to establish a grazing pressure index for a summer pasture in the ...
Bachelorarbeit
Betriebswirtschaftliche Betrachtung und systemtheoretische Analyse der muttergebundenen Kälberaufzucht in der ökologischen Milchviehhaltung
(2016)
Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit der betriebswirtschaftlichen Betrachtung und der systemtheoretischen Analyse der muttergebundenen Kälberaufzucht in der ökologischen Milchviehhaltung.
Dissertation
Inter- and intraindividual variation in energy supply of dairy cows and the potentials of animal individual energy balancing
(2022-04)
In recent decades, a massive increase in milk yield per cow per year has been observed, which could initially be considered positive due to economic advantages, but at the physiological level a corresponding increase in energy intake has not occurred. This situation of negative energy balance increasingly confronts cows with metabolic challenges, which, however, usually remain unnoticed due to a lack of animal-specific considerations, and thus increasing rates of disease and malting can also be observed. The objective ...
Dissertation
Untersuchung der Eignung alternativer Putenherkünfte für ein ökologisches Haltungssystem
(2019-03)
Dissertation Anna Olschewsky 2019: Untersuchung der Eignung alternativer Putenherkünfte für ein ökologisches Haltungssystem
Obwohl der Anteil ökologischer Putenhaltung in Deutschland mit weniger als 2 % vergleichsweise gering ist, erfährt die Branche insbesondere wegen des Einsatzes schnell wachsender konventioneller Linien und teilweise hohen Prävalenzen verschiedener leistungs- und hal-tungsbedingter Krankheiten Aufmerksamkeit. Zum Umfang dieser Probleme bei alternativen langsamer wachsenden Putenherkünften ...
Dissertation
Determinants of resource use and use efficiency in urban and peri-urban dairy, beef cattle and pig production units in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (West Africa)
(2019)
The (peri-) urban demand for food of animal origin is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa as a result of the rapidly growing population and urbanisation. Livestock production in the vicinity of West African cities is well established but currently undergoes changes triggered by key transforming factors such as access to resources, production management related to famers' knowledge or know-how, increasing demand for livestock and/or animal products, policies and the legal framework in which livestock production systems ...
Dissertation
Laying hen welfare -The prevention of feather pecking and keel bone damage
(2019-05)
Feather pecking (FP) and keel bone damage (KBD) are important animal welfare problems in laying hen housing, in both organic and conventional systems.
This PhD project aimed (1) to give an overview over results from scientific studies regarding factors with preventive effects on FP, and on the extent practice recommendations are based on this scientific evidence; (2) to identify further influencing factors on FP and to test the significance of the extent of compliance with recommendations; and finally (3) to discover ...
Aufsatz
Evaluation of breeding strategies for polledness in dairy cattle using a newly developed simulation framework for quantitative and Mendelian traits
(2016-06-29)
Background: Intensified selection of polled individuals has recently gained importance in predominantly horned dairy cattle breeds as an alternative to routine dehorning. The status quo of the current polled breeding pool of genetically-closely related artificial insemination sires with lower breeding values for performance traits raises questions regarding the effects of intensified selection based on this founder pool.
Methods: We developed a stochastic simulation framework that combines the stochastic simulation ...