We begin by stressing that relevant and adequate information is an essential ingredient of efficient decision-making processes aimed at optimising the performance of livestock enterprises. Such decisions are universally made, so that though different approaches may be required, animal health and ...
Leeuw, P.N. de
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McDermott, John J.
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Lebbie, S.H.B.
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[Monitoring of livestock health and production in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Monitoring of livestock health and production in sub-Saharan Africa
Semenye, P.P.
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[Some recent trends in Kenya and their effects upon the management of small stock production]
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Some recent trends in Kenya and their effects upon the management of small stock production
A study undertaken to examine the factors affecting weight in traditionally managed goats and sheep in an agro-pastoral system in Niono from 1978 to 1984. Considers birth weight & weights to weaning, weights from weaning to maturity, and breeding female post-partum weights. Discusses effects of c...
Wilson, R.T.
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[Livestock production in central Mali: Environmental factors affecting weight in traditionally managed goats and sheep]
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Livestock production in central Mali: Environmental factors affecting weight in traditionally managed goats and sheep
Integrated crop-animal systems are important in Asia. Both ruminants and non-ruminants are used in a variety of combinations with annual and perennial crops in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, China and Sri Lanka. These combined systems provide distinct economic benefits, and are more compat...
Devendra, C.
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[Mixed farming and intensification of animal production systems in Asia]
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Mixed farming and intensification of animal production systems in Asia
The incorporation of livestock into alley farming systems, in which food or forage crops are grown between hedges of multipurpose trees that are regularly pruned for mulch and/or forage, has been studied for over 10 years in Africa. Prunings from leguminous trees such as Leucaena and gliricidia c...
Livestock disease is only one of a number of constraints to improving productivity in smallholder systems, and research is only one approach to alleviating that constraint. However, within the correct context, animal health research that alleviates the constraint of disease can bring enormous ben...
Irvin, A.D.
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[A holistic approach to animal health research: Increasing livestock production under disease challenge]
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A holistic approach to animal health research: Increasing livestock production under disease challenge
Ministry of Agriculture
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International Livestock Research Institute
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[Apiculture value chain vision and strategy for Ethiopia]
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Apiculture value chain vision and strategy for Ethiopia
Description of the Malawi zebu dealing w. its origins, body characteristics, reproduction, growth characteristics, teeth eruption, carcass quality and milk yield & composition.
A programme of forage legumes evaluation was developed at ILCA subhumid research site in Nigeria from 1985 onwards. Evaluation included monitoring herbage and seed yields, incidence of diseases/pests, regeneration ability and persistence for three growing seasons. This was followed by an in six b...
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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[Evaluating selected forage legumes for livestock and crop production in the subhumid zone of Nigeria]
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Evaluating selected forage legumes for livestock and crop production in the subhumid zone of Nigeria
The potential of 3-year-old grazed pastures of Stylosanthes hamata, Chamaecrista rotundifolia and Centrosema pascuorum to contribute to subsequent maize production was investigated in subhumid Nigeria in 1993. All three legume pastures had the ability to give better maize grain yields than native...
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Peters, Michael
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[The potential contribution of selected forage legume pastures to cereal production in crop-livestock farming systems]
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The potential contribution of selected forage legume pastures to cereal production in crop-livestock farming systems