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Studies milk production for human consumption from N'Dama cattle under village management conditions in The Gambia. Discusses herd management and milk recording schemes. Examines milk-fat yield, milk protein, milk offtake, calf growth, calf mortality, lactation length and yield and milking freque...
Formal surveys were carried out in two communal areas in Zimbabwe. In the dry south-east lowlands, 72 percent of farmers owned at least one species of livestock, while in the better endowed central area 84 percent owned animals. More than 25 percent of farmers in both areas owned two or more spec...
Preliminary evaluation of the traditional management systems practiced in rearing west African Dwarf goats in Ayangba area of Benue State indicated high goat population and mortality rate but low productivity. Free range (scavanging) dominated the three identified systems. Comparative field study...
Reproductive performance, mortality, growth, and culling and replacement rates based on 20000 calving records were evaluated for grade Boran beef cattle maintained with trypanosomiasis risk in Tanzania. Under ranching conditions, over a 10-year period in this area of high Glossina moistens morsi...
The production performance of indigenous goats under sedentary and transhumant management systems in Sudan, Mali and Kenya are investigated. Age at first parturition was 15.5 months in Mali but was delayed to 18 months in Kenya where management was better. Kidding intervals were 7.8, 10.6 and 9 m...
Formulation of cost-effective preventive control programmes for helminth infection in small ruminants should be based on sound epidemiological knowledge of the time relationship between contamination of pastures and the seasonal availability of infective larvae in a given geographic area. Epidemi...
Describes the role of goats in farming systems in tropical and subtropical regions. Outlines methods used to evaluate their performance. Discusses the implementation of field performance tests.
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