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Is merino wool disappearing in Portugal: Merino Beira Baixa case

dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, J.P. Várzea
dc.contributor.authorAndrade, L.P.
dc.contributor.authorSerrano, J.
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-19T17:31:52Z
dc.date.available2013-12-19T17:31:52Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractIn Portugal we are facing a fast decrease in the production of good quality wool. This situation can be seen from a qualitative and quantitative point of view by looking at the most extreme situation, which involves almost the extinction of a Merino breed - Merino Beira Baixa (MBB)- due to its inability to produce high milk quantities when subjected to the better hadling of the more intensive production systems. The changes in the production systems and the need for higher milk production for the production of PDD cheese (Protected Designation of Origin - EEC Regulation 2081/92), but without indexation to the milk of the MBB sheep breed (as opposite to other cheeses made exclusively with milk from one specific breed), has led to the massive introduction of extotic sheep breeds specialising in milk production. In the last decade, the MBB animals have decreased by more than 90%, and urgent actions is needed to prevent the disappearance of one more indigenous breed.por
dc.identifier.citationRODRIGUES, J.P.V. ; ANDRADE, L.P. ; SERRANO, J. (2002) - Is merino wool disappearing in Portugal: Merino Beira Baixa case. Wool Technology and Sheep Breeding. ISSN 0043-7875. 50:3. p. 228-234.por
dc.identifier.issn0043-7578
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/2181
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherWRONZpor
dc.subjectMerino da Beira Baixapor
dc.subjectPortugalpor
dc.subjectMilkpor
dc.titleIs merino wool disappearing in Portugal: Merino Beira Baixa casepor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceNew Zealandpor
oaire.citation.endPage234por
oaire.citation.startPage228por
oaire.citation.titleWool Technology and Sheep Breedingpor
oaire.citation.volume50(3)por
person.familyNameMota Pinto de Andrade
person.givenNameLuís Pedro
person.identifier.ciencia-idDA1F-0C25-23F1
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-9206-2350
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rcaap.typearticlepor
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