A total of 64 bull calves, composed of 27 Boran and 37 Boran X Friesian, were weaned at 6 months of age and divided into supplement or control groups within breed. All bulls were kept in one paddock and grazed on natural pasture. Supplement groups received 1.5 kg per head day of a diet containing...
Tegegne, Azage
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Entwistle, K.W.
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Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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[Gonadal and extragonadal sperm reserves and testicular histometric characteristics in Zebu and crossbred bulls: Effect of dry season nutritional supplementation]
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Gonadal and extragonadal sperm reserves and testicular histometric characteristics in Zebu and crossbred bulls: Effect of dry season nutritional supplementation
The performance of 40 crossbred calves (Bos taurus, Friesian X Bos indicus, Boran) and 40 Zebu (Boran) calves, from live days after birth to 12 weeks of age, in two separate experiments, was evaluated regarding the effects of two levels of milk (2 or 3 L day-1) and two types of housing (barn (ind...
Osuji, P.O.
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Khalili, H.
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Umunna, N.N.
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Sibanda, S.
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Shenkoru, T.
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[Effect of level of milk feeding and type of housing on the performance of crossbred calves (Bos taurus X Bos indicus) and Zebu calves (Bos indicus)]
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Effect of level of milk feeding and type of housing on the performance of crossbred calves (Bos taurus X Bos indicus) and Zebu calves (Bos indicus)
A conceptual framework for evaluating cross-breeding programmes in sub-Saharan Africa is developed based on a Kenyan case study. It depicts livestock production as a system where farm animals, plants, land and water are interlinked in particular ways and are also interlinked with the environment....
Karugia, Joseph T.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Kaitho, R.J.
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Wollny, C.B.A.
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Drucker, A.G.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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[Economic analysis of cross-breeding programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: A conceptual framework and Kenyan case study]
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Economic analysis of cross-breeding programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: A conceptual framework and Kenyan case study
The zebu cattle "breeds" of eastern and southern Africa are broadly classified into "large" and "small" types. Boran, Karamajong and Sudanese Zebu are examples of the former, while those of the latter include Angoni, Nkedi and Nandi. The habitat of the large zebu is drier than that of the small t...
Tawah, C.L.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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[Performance characteristics of some eastern and southern African Zebu cattle breeds]
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Performance characteristics of some eastern and southern African Zebu cattle breeds
Presents results of day time only or 24 hours observations and weekly gynaecological examinations & plasma progesterone profile assessments in 28 cows and 4 bulls to determine oestrous cycle in Small East African Zebu cattle in the highlands of Ethiopia. Includes data percent of heats missed by t...
Mattoni, M.
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[Preliminary findings on the oestrous behaviour of the Small East African Zebu in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Preliminary findings on the oestrous behaviour of the Small East African Zebu in the Ethiopian highlands
Describes briefly the main ecological zones of Africa w. examples of the general types of cattle that can be maintained. Assesses the contributions of past research work in breed evaluation. Reports examples of breed characterization studies that highlight the value of such work for each of the t...
Trail, J.C.M.
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[Productivity of representative breeds of important cattle groups in Africa]
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Productivity of representative breeds of important cattle groups in Africa
Many efforts to increase milk and meat production by importing temperate breeds into the tropics are constrained by the breeds' lack of adaptation to tropical diseases, biologic and present management stresses. Moreover, feeding regimes developed for temperate breeds also do not suit animals indi...
Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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[Production function responses in post-partum Bos indicus (Zebu) cattle to nutrition supplementation]
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Production function responses in post-partum Bos indicus (Zebu) cattle to nutrition supplementation
The milk and meat productivity of Ethiopia's 27 million cattle is still low for the human population of 53 million, which grows at 2.9 percent yr and is expected to surpass 65 million at the end of this century. The present cattle population includes 40 percent (10.8 million) cows of breeding age...
Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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Tegegne, Azage
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[Reproductive performance in Ethiopian Zebu (Bos indicus) cattle: Constraints and impact on production]
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Reproductive performance in Ethiopian Zebu (Bos indicus) cattle: Constraints and impact on production
This work was conducted to assist the large cattle multiplication centres to produce more animals of the genotype being demanded to improve peasant farm income, to generate an alternative way of introducing the same genotype to farmers with limited income by using artificial insemination, to assi...
Paling, R.W.
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Moloo, S.K.
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Scott, J.R.
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[The relationship between parasitaemia and anaemia in N'dama and Zebu cattle following four sequential challenges with Glossina morsitans centralis infected with Trypanoma congolense]
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The relationship between parasitaemia and anaemia in N'dama and Zebu cattle following four sequential challenges with Glossina morsitans centralis infected with Trypanoma congolense