Identifies the various forms of economic loss due to ovine fascioliasis in tropical Africa; suggests a method for estimating the losses and an analytical framework for evaluating alternative management interventions; recommends that the design of biological experiments should be more comprehensiv...
Ngategize, P.K.
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Brokken, R.F.
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[Assessment of the economic losses caused by ovine fascioliasis and alternative interventions in tropical Africa]
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Assessment of the economic losses caused by ovine fascioliasis and alternative interventions in tropical Africa
Presents an economic evaluation of nutritional and anthelmintic control measures to endoparasitism using experimental data. Reviews the biological and economic effects of endoparasitism and analyzes the economic returns to different endoparasitic treatments. Identifies current endoparasitic contr...
Ngategize, P.K.
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Ezaz, Z.
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Brokken, R.F.
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[Economics of endoparasitic control in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Economics of endoparasitic control in the Ethiopian highlands
Using a linear programming model based on data from smallholdings in the Ethiopian highlands, this paper evaluates the farm level economic efficiency of cow traction and the traditional oxen-pair. Cow traction farm technology has the potential for increasing the net income of farmers at the exist...
Panin, A.
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Brokken, R.F.
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[Economic analysis of cow traction farm technology in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Economic analysis of cow traction farm technology in the Ethiopian highlands