Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), Tanzania, contains renowned wildlife, an expanding human population, and cultivation by Maasai agro-pastoralists and non-Maasai agriculturalists. We used integrated assessments to explore some effects of cultivation on livestock, resident wildlife, and people. ...
Boone, Randall B.
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Galvin, K.A.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Swift, D.M.
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Coughenour, M.B.
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[Cultivation and conservation in Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania]
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Cultivation and conservation in Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania
Forage development is one of the strategies to address feed scarcity and low livestock productivity in Ethiopia. In line with government strategy, multiple actors took part in a forage development programme for six years (2004–09) in Alaba Special District, in southern Ethiopia. This paper analys...
Shiferaw, A.
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Puskur, Ranjitha
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Tegegne, Azage
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Innovation in forage development: Empirical evidence from Alaba Special District, southern Ethiopia]
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Innovation in forage development: Empirical evidence from Alaba Special District, southern Ethiopia
In a short-term improved fallow for crop-livestock farming systems of subhumid west Africa, rotational effects from a range of forage legumes on a subsequent maize crop were studied at two sites in south-west Nigeria. Nutrient (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) export from the fallows in the fo...
Muhr, L.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Peters, Michael
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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[Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. III. Nutrient import and export by forage legumes and their rotational effects on subsequent maize]
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Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. III. Nutrient import and export by forage legumes and their rotational effects on subsequent maize
A postal questionnaire asking for data concerning heartwater deaths was sent to all large-scale commercial farmers in Zimbabwe's lowveld, where heartwater is endemic. One hundred and fifty returns (24 percent return rate) provided usable data, with 85 farms (57 percent of sample) reporting heartw...
Meltzer, M.I.
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Perry, Brian D.
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Donachie, P.L.
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[Mortality percentages related to heartwater and the economic impact of heartwater disease on large-scale commercial farms in Zimbabwe]
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Mortality percentages related to heartwater and the economic impact of heartwater disease on large-scale commercial farms in Zimbabwe
On the basis of an analysis of 2127 reports on animal feed research and development from seven national programmes in eastern and southern Africa, this paper intends to give a profile of animal feed research in the area since meaningful records have been available, to establish major trends in th...
Jutzi, S.C.
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[Animal feed research in eastern and southern Africa; priorities and trends]
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Animal feed research in eastern and southern Africa; priorities and trends
Devendra, C.
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[The relevance and implications of livestock-trees interactions in agroforestry systems in developing countries]
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The relevance and implications of livestock-trees interactions in agroforestry systems in developing countries
A lambda gtll cDNA library was constructed using mRNA isolated from Theileria parva-infected bovine lymphocytes. Sequencing of random clones of this library resulted in the identification of a cDNA encoding bovine interleukin-16 (IL-16). The cDNA has an open reading frame of 1134 bp, and a 3? unt...
Mertens, B.
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Bishop, Richard P.
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Taracha, E.A.
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Morzaria, S.P.
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Nene, Vishvanath
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Savadye, D.
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[Cloning, sequence and mRNA expression of bovine interleukin-16]
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Cloning, sequence and mRNA expression of bovine interleukin-16
Five "contaminations", where faeces containing Trichostrongylus colubriformis eggs were deposited on pasture and serially recovered, were used to compare the rate of decline of faecal mass and larval development. In the first three contaminations, faeces from a common source were deposited on swa...
Niezen, J.H.
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Robertson, H.A.
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Miller, C.M.
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Hay, F.S.
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[The development of Trichostrongylus colubriformis larvae on a range of herbage species or on plots of differing topographical aspect]
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The development of Trichostrongylus colubriformis larvae on a range of herbage species or on plots of differing topographical aspect
An investigation was carried out into the behavioural and physical signs of oestrus in 70 Fogera cows and heifers between December 1993 and May 1994 at Metekel Cattle Breeding and Improvement Ranch, Ethiopia. Retrospective information generated from records made between 1991 and 1994 was evaluate...
Negussie, F.
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Kassa, T.
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Tibbo, Markos
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[Behavioural and physical signs associated with oestrus and some aspects of reproductive performance in Fogera cows and heifers]
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Behavioural and physical signs associated with oestrus and some aspects of reproductive performance in Fogera cows and heifers