Experiments were conducted on East African (EA) and Galla (G) does to investigat the impact of different milking procedures on milk yield of does and the growth rate of kids. The procedures includes milking with absence or presence of kids and residual suckling milking half udder while kid suckli...
Ruvuna, F.
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Cartwright, T.C.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Muhuyi, W.
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Ahuya, C.
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Kitilit, J.
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[Effects of partial suckling on lactation performance of Galla and East African goats and the growth rates of the kids]
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Effects of partial suckling on lactation performance of Galla and East African goats and the growth rates of the kids
Survival of indigenous livestock of Kenya could be threatened by existing programmes that promote exotic breed importation or indiscriminate crossbreeding. Thus, there is a need for proper description of existing genetic resources with an aim of determining their Development, utilisation and cons...
Indetia, D.
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Karimi, S.
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Wandera, F.
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Lebbie, S.H.B.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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[Phenotypic characteristics of East African goats in Kajiado and Baringo districts of Kenya]
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Phenotypic characteristics of East African goats in Kajiado and Baringo districts of Kenya
Survival of indigenous goats in Kenya is at risk: due to exotic breed importation and indiscriminate crossbreeding. Phenotypic description of goats with an aim of determining their improvement, utilization and conservation is important. Phenotypic characteristics of 139 East African Goats were re...
Indetie, D.
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Karimi, S.
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Wandera, F.
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Lebbie, S.H.B.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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[Phenotypic characterization of East African goats in Baringo District of Kenya]
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Phenotypic characterization of East African goats in Baringo District of Kenya
Food production systems in Africa depend heavily on the use of locally adapted animals. Goats are critical to small-holder farmers being easier to acquire, maintain, and act as scavengers in sparse pasture. Indigenous goats have undergone generations of adaptation and genetic isolation that have ...
Huson, H.J.
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Sonstegard, T.S.
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Silverstein, J.
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Woodward-Greene, M.J.
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Masiga, C.
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Muchadeyi, F.C.
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Rees, J.
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Sayre, B.
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Elbetagy, A.
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Rothschild, Max F.
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Mujibi, F.D.N.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Kemp, Stephen J.
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Colli, L.
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Ajmone-Marsan, P.
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Crepaldi, P.
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Abegaz, S.
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Sölkner, J.
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Tassell, C.P. van
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African Goat Improvement Network
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[Genetic and phenotypic characterization of African goat populations to prioritize conservation and production efforts for small-holder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Genetic and phenotypic characterization of African goat populations to prioritize conservation and production efforts for small-holder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa
The study reports the effect of incorporating risk in the derivation of economic values for traits of the breeding goal of Small East African goats under the pastoral production system. A model previously used to derive conventional economic values was revised ...
Mbuku, S.M.
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Kosgey, I.S.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Kahi, A.K.
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[Risk-rated economic values for production and functional traits of Small East African goat using profit functions]
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Risk-rated economic values for production and functional traits of Small East African goat using profit functions
There is critical need to improve productivity of indigenous goat breeds in order to sustain supply of food and income to communities living in harsher areas that are coming to relay more and more on the drought tolerant commodity; goats, due to changing climate. To this end, a community-based go...
Dessie, Tadelle
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Gebreyesus, G.
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Mekuriaw, Getinet
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Woldu, T.
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Jembere, T.
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Agaba, Morris
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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[Participatory definition of trait preferences for designing village breeding schemes for goats in harsh environments of Ethiopia]
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Participatory definition of trait preferences for designing village breeding schemes for goats in harsh environments of Ethiopia