This paper describes the origins and subsequent development of a collaborative programme of research on smallholder dairy production between KARI, ILCA and other cooperating institutions. The programme conducted research within a farming ystems framework in per-urban areas of coastal lowland Keny...
Thorpe, W.R.
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Mullins, G.
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Reynolds, L.
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Maloo, S.H.
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Muinga, R.W.
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Mureithi, J.G.
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Njuni, M.
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Ramadhan, A.
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[Research on smallholder dairy production in coastal lowland Kenya]
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Research on smallholder dairy production in coastal lowland Kenya
Omore, Amos O.
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McDermott, John J.
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Muriuki, H.M.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[Smallholder dairy herd management in Kenya]
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Smallholder dairy herd management in Kenya
A total of 1443 records of preweaning traits of calves in a dairy herd in coastal lowland Kenya were used to estimate crossbreeding parameters in a regression analysis. In this herd, the Ayrshire (A), Brown Swiss (B) and Sahiwal (S) breeds have been used in a 3-breed rotation crossbreeding system...
Kahi, A.K.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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Baker, R.L.
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[Parameter estimates for additive breed genetic and heterotic effects for preweaning traits of dairy calves in coastal lowland Kenya]
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Parameter estimates for additive breed genetic and heterotic effects for preweaning traits of dairy calves in coastal lowland Kenya
Dairy cattle are an important component of farming systems in highland areas of East Africa where they are combined with food an cash crops. The farms are characterised by decreasing size and a small proportion of land used for forage production. Under such conditions only small herds can be main...
Isometamidium chloride is the most important chemoprophylactic agent used in the control of African bovine trypanosomiasis, although breakdowns in prophylaxis have been observed in the field. It is not usually apparent whether these breakdowns are due to inadequate drug dosage regimens, or to the...
Eisler, M.C.
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Maloo, S.H.
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Peregrine, A.S.
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Holmes, P.H.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[Use of the isometamidium Elisa to measure serum concentrations of the drug in Jersey dairy cattle in Kenya]
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Use of the isometamidium Elisa to measure serum concentrations of the drug in Jersey dairy cattle in Kenya
Smallholder dairy production based on zero-grazed Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum CV Bana) fed to crossbred Bos taurus X Bos indicus cows has been introduced to tropical sub-humid East Africa. Leucaena leucocephala forage offers a cheap convenient source of supplementry protein. Thirty-six Ayr...
Muinga, R.W.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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Topps, J.H.
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Mureithi, J.G.
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[Responses to a Pennisetum purpureum (Napier grass) basal diet harvested at two different heights and fed with three levels of Leucaena forage to crossbred dairy cows in the subhumid tropics]
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Responses to a Pennisetum purpureum (Napier grass) basal diet harvested at two different heights and fed with three levels of Leucaena forage to crossbred dairy cows in the subhumid tropics