Meat production is the most important trait in the breeding objectives of sheep production in East Africa. The aim of this study was to investigate breed differences in live weight, conformation, carcass traits and economic values for meat production among Red Maasai and Dorper sheep and their cr...
Zonabend König, Emelie
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Ojango, Julie M.K.
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Audho, James O.
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Mirkena, T.
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Strandberg, E.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Philipsson, J.
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[Live weight, conformation, carcass traits and economic values of ram lambs of Red Maasai and Dorper sheep and their crosses]
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Live weight, conformation, carcass traits and economic values of ram lambs of Red Maasai and Dorper sheep and their crosses
The aim of this article was to study opportunities for improvement of the indigenous and threatened Red Maasai sheep (RM) in Kenya, by comparing purebreeding with crossbreeding with Dorper sheep (D) as a terminal breed, in two different environments (Env. A and a harsher Env. B), assuming differe...
Zonabend König, Emelie
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Strandberg, E.
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Ojango, Julie M.K.
,
Mirkena, T.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Philipsson, J.
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[Purebreeding of Red Maasai and crossbreeding with Dorper sheep in different environments in Kenya]
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Purebreeding of Red Maasai and crossbreeding with Dorper sheep in different environments in Kenya
The Red Maasai sheep breed is under threat due to indiscriminate crossbreeding and strategies are needed to conserve and improve the breed. The aim of this study was to understand farmers’ preferences for important traits of flocks of Red Maasai, Dorper and crosses in two different areas, Ambosel...
Zonabend König, Emelie
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Mirkena, T.
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Audho, James O.
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Ojango, Julie M.K.
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Strandberg, E.
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Näsholm, A.
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Malmfors, B.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Philipsson, J.
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[Breeding objectives for Red Maasai and Dorper sheep in Kenya—A participatory approach]
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Breeding objectives for Red Maasai and Dorper sheep in Kenya—A participatory approach
A bio-economic model was adapted to estimate economic values for important traits of two Ethiopian indigenous sheep breeds, the Menz and Horro breeds. To do so, a meat sheep herd for fattening lambs and rearing young replacement sheep was simulated. Traits included in the analysis were: daily gai...
Gebre, K.T.
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Fuerst-Waltl, B.
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Wurzinger, Maria
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Philipsson, J.
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Duguma, G.
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Mirkena, T.
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Haile, Aynalem
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Sölkner, J.
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[Estimates of economic values for important traits of two indigenous Ethiopian sheep breeds]
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Estimates of economic values for important traits of two indigenous Ethiopian sheep breeds