Resilience of small ruminants to climate change and increased environmental temperature: A review

A Joy, FR Dunshea, BJ Leury, IJ Clarke, K DiGiacomo… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Small ruminants are critical for food security and livelihood, especially
under extreme stressful and diverse climatic environments. Generally, sheep and goats are …

Stress factors and their effects on productivity in sheep

H Tüfekci, V Sejian - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Stress factors (heat, cold, transport, treatment, nutritional, shearing, and
weaning) are stimulants that initiate a stress response and are an inevitable result of today's …

[HTML][HTML] Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Worsted and Woollen processing in wool production: ReviWool® noils and other wool co-products

I Bianco, G Picerno, GA Blengini - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
The textile and fashion industry is becoming increasingly active in measuring its
environmental performance. As far as wool is concerned, there is quite abundant literature …

Wool waste used as sustainable nonwoven for building applications

C Rubino, MB Aracil, S Liuzzi, P Stefanizzi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Reusing textile waste in building applications has the potential to reduce the environmental
impact of two sectors considered the main sources of environmental pollution: the textile and …

Adaptive assessment of small ruminants in arid and semi-arid regions

JHGM Leite, DAE Façanha, JVD Bermejo… - Small Ruminant …, 2021 - Elsevier
Breeding small ruminants is an important economic activity in arid and semi-arid regions.
This activity has gained more prominence in the present climatic scenario. With increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Determinants of meat and milk production of Awassi sheep in Syria: A Cobb-Douglas production function estimation approach

NK AlFraj - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Awassi is a fat-tailed sheep breed, and the best breed in Syria is famous. Awassi sheep are
Syria's main source of red meat and milk production. In this study, we estimated the …

Environmental Impacts in the Textile Sector: A Life Cycle Assessment Case Study of a Woolen Undershirt

I Bianco, A De Bona, M Zanetti, D Panepinto - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The textile industry, known for its significant contribution to global greenhouse gas
emissions, is increasingly active in exploring techniques and technologies to improve its …

[HTML][HTML] Smallholder sheep farmers' perceived impact of water scarcity in the dry ecozones of South Africa: Determinants and response strategies

T Halimani, T Marandure, OC Chikwanha… - Climate Risk …, 2021 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is amongst the major challenges threatening smallholder sheep production in
subsistence-oriented communal farms in dryland areas. Local contextual factors are a …

An outlook on livestock welfare conditions in African communities—A review

YZ Njisane, FE Mukumbo… - … -Australasian journal of …, 2019 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A significant proportion of the African continent is conducive for animal agricultural
production, due to its historical experience and available resources to accommodate and …

Small ruminants and sustainability in Latin America & the Caribbean: Regionalization, main production systems, and a combined productive, socio-economic & …

CA Meza-Herrera, C Navarrete-Molina… - Small Ruminant …, 2022 - Elsevier
A comprehensive evaluation of the sustainability of the Small Ruminant Production Systems
(SRPS) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is crucial to better understand their main …