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Invited review: Current production trends, farm structures, and economics of the dairy sheep and goat sectors

Giuseppe Pulina, M.J. Milán, Paz Lavín, Alexandros M. Theodoridis, Emmanuel Morin, J. Capote, D. L. Thomas, Ana Helena Dias Francesconi, G. Caja

Journal of Dairy Science · 2018

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Summary

Dairy small ruminants account for approximately 21% of all sheep and goats in the world, produce around 3.5% of the world's milk, and are mainly located in subtropical-temperate areas of Asia, Europe, and Africa. Dairy sheep are concentrated around the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions, where their dairy products are typical ingredients of the human diet. Dairy goats are concentrated in low-income, food-deficit countries of the Indian subcontinent, where their products are a key food source, but are also present in high-income, technologically developed countries. This review evaluates the status of the dairy sheep and goat sectors in the world, with special focus on the commercially and technically developed industries in France, Greece, Italy, and Spain (FGIS). Dairy small ruminants ac

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.3168/jds.2017-14015
Catalogue ID
SNmvxcissl-shzbwq
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