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The effects of restrictive measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the extensive farming system of small ruminants
Vigorous restrictive measures were imposed worldwide to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the effects those measures had on livestock production systems have not yet been sufficiently clarified. The literature has focused mainly on the impact of COVID-19 on the intensive livestoc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9069180/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35529319 http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/aab-65-157-2022 |
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author | Yiakoulaki, Maria D. Tsiobani, Eleni T. Galliou, Christina-Ioanna G. Papaspyropoulos, Konstantinos G. |
author_facet | Yiakoulaki, Maria D. Tsiobani, Eleni T. Galliou, Christina-Ioanna G. Papaspyropoulos, Konstantinos G. |
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description | Vigorous restrictive measures were imposed worldwide to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the effects those measures had on livestock production systems have not yet been sufficiently clarified. The literature has focused mainly on the impact of COVID-19 on the intensive livestock production system, especially the meat and milk supply chain, as well as the welfare of animals, highlighting its fragility, but failed to address the way the restrictive measures affected the extensive farming system of small ruminants. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of the restrictive measures during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on the parameters of sheep and goat extensive farming systems. We used a survey and personal interviews to record the breeders' profile and the structural characteristics of the holdings, and we showed that the restrictive measures had no effect on the parameters of small ruminant extensive farming systems, except for the daily work routine of breeders, which was negatively affected in holdings with a high number of sheep. We expect this study to be helpful to policy makers regarding formulating interventions for the resilience and the stability of the sheep and goat extensive farming system in future situations of emergency. |
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spelling | pubmed-90691802022-05-06 The effects of restrictive measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the extensive farming system of small ruminants Yiakoulaki, Maria D. Tsiobani, Eleni T. Galliou, Christina-Ioanna G. Papaspyropoulos, Konstantinos G. Arch Anim Breed Original Study Vigorous restrictive measures were imposed worldwide to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the effects those measures had on livestock production systems have not yet been sufficiently clarified. The literature has focused mainly on the impact of COVID-19 on the intensive livestock production system, especially the meat and milk supply chain, as well as the welfare of animals, highlighting its fragility, but failed to address the way the restrictive measures affected the extensive farming system of small ruminants. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of the restrictive measures during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on the parameters of sheep and goat extensive farming systems. We used a survey and personal interviews to record the breeders' profile and the structural characteristics of the holdings, and we showed that the restrictive measures had no effect on the parameters of small ruminant extensive farming systems, except for the daily work routine of breeders, which was negatively affected in holdings with a high number of sheep. We expect this study to be helpful to policy makers regarding formulating interventions for the resilience and the stability of the sheep and goat extensive farming system in future situations of emergency. Copernicus GmbH 2022-05-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9069180/ /pubmed/35529319 http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/aab-65-157-2022 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Maria D. Yiakoulaki et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Original Study Yiakoulaki, Maria D. Tsiobani, Eleni T. Galliou, Christina-Ioanna G. Papaspyropoulos, Konstantinos G. The effects of restrictive measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the extensive farming system of small ruminants |
title | The effects of restrictive measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the extensive farming system of small ruminants |
title_full | The effects of restrictive measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the extensive farming system of small ruminants |
title_fullStr | The effects of restrictive measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the extensive farming system of small ruminants |
title_full_unstemmed | The effects of restrictive measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the extensive farming system of small ruminants |
title_short | The effects of restrictive measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the extensive farming system of small ruminants |
title_sort | effects of restrictive measures due to the covid-19 pandemic on the extensive farming system of small ruminants |
topic | Original Study |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9069180/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35529319 http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/aab-65-157-2022 |
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