The sheep industry in the Nordic countries

被引：18

作者：

Vatn, S. ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Animalia, N-0513 Oslo, Norway

来源：

SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH | 2009年 / 86卷 / 1-3期

关键词：

Sheep; Welfare; Diseases; Production; Nordic countries; DISEASE; WELFARE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.smallrumres.2009.09.023

中图分类号：

S8 [畜牧、动物医学、狩猎、蚕、蜂];

学科分类号：

0905 ;

摘要：

The sheep industry in the Nordic countries varies considerably, with numbers of breeding ewes reaching 57,000, 113,000, 220,000, 400,000 and 1,000,000 in Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland and Norway, respectively. Average flock size varies from 12 ewes in Denmark to 255 ewes in Iceland. Main income is derived from lamb meat; wool and milk are of minor importance. Major animal welfare and health concerns relates to neonatal lamb losses, predation during summer pastures and parasitic diarrhoea in lambs. Contagious diseases are rare and control and eradication programs for scrapie and Lentivirus-infections are currently taking place. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

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页码：80 / 83

页数：4

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