Inadequate nutrition and helminthiasis were among the important constraints to smallscale dairy production identified in a 4-country survey among traditional dairy producers. Consequently, multi-locational trials to study helminth control and supplementary feeding to grazing cattle are being impl...
Agyemang, K.
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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[Dairy response to feed supplementation and helminth control in indigenous cattle in traditional systems in West Africa: A case study from Nigeria]
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Dairy response to feed supplementation and helminth control in indigenous cattle in traditional systems in West Africa: A case study from Nigeria
Data on approximately 4,000 head of N'Dama cattle kept in 60 herds under traditional management systems in The Gambia were analysed to estimate annual herd offtake rates during a 5 year period (1986-1990). Farm-gate sale prices and weight at sale of 428 cattle were analysed by least-squares ANOVA...
Agyemang, K.
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Clifford, D.J.
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Barrow, A.
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Corr, N.
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Dwinger, R.H.
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[Analyses of herd offtake and marketing of live and dressed trypanotolerant cattle: A case study from the Gambia]
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Analyses of herd offtake and marketing of live and dressed trypanotolerant cattle: A case study from the Gambia
Data on reproduction, liveweight and trypanosome infection of N'Dama cattle raised under traditional husbandry systems in The Gambia were analyzed to quantify the relative effects of postpartum liveweight change and infection with pathogenic trypanosomes on 2 parameters of reproductive efficiency...
Agyemang, K.
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Little, D.A.
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Mattioli, R.
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Sonko, E.W.
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Janneh, L.
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[Effects of trypanosome infection and liveweight change post-partum on resumption of reproductive activity in N'Dama cows]
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Effects of trypanosome infection and liveweight change post-partum on resumption of reproductive activity in N'Dama cows
Six herds of N'Dama cattle exposed to low to medium tsetse challenge in areas surrounding the village of Keneba in the Kiang West District of The Gambia, were monitored. The degree of anaemia, as measured by PCV in 2- to 5-year-old female N'Dama cattle during the first month of detectable trypano...
Agyemang, K.
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Dwinger, R.H.
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Touray, B.N.
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Jeannin, P.
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Fofana, D.
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Grieve, A.S.
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[Effects of nutrition on degree of anaemia and liveweight changes in N'Dama cattle infected with trypanosomes]
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Effects of nutrition on degree of anaemia and liveweight changes in N'Dama cattle infected with trypanosomes
Location performance of N’Dama cattle was recorded under village management conditions in four ecological variable villages in the Gambia. A total of 636 cows were recorded during the study. The highest daily milk offtake 1.7 kg/cow/day took place when cows were 4 – 6 weeks post-partum. Daily mil...
Agyemang, K.
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Jeannin, P.
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Grieve, A.S.
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Bah, M.L.
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Dwinger, R.H.
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[Milk extraction for human consumption from N'Dama cattle under village management conditions in The Gambia]
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Milk extraction for human consumption from N'Dama cattle under village management conditions in The Gambia
The experiments took place in the villages of Pirang (low trypanosomiasis risk), Keneba and Nioro Jattaba (low-to-medium trypanosomiasis risk). In Nioro Jattaba, cows milked once a day while in the other two villages cows milked twice a day. In Pirang and Keneba, 45 calves taken from each village...
Riley, J.A.
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Agyemang, K.
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Dwinger, R.H.
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Jeannin, P.
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Grieve, A.S.
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Little, D.A.
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[N'Dama cattle production in relation to nutritional interventions in villages in The Gambia]
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N'Dama cattle production in relation to nutritional interventions in villages in The Gambia
This paper reviews the successful N’Dama cattle genetic improvement programme implemented in a low input productions system at the International Trypanotolerance Centre (ITC) in 1994, in the Gambia. The first part of the paper presents the genetic improvement programme. The second part deals with...
Bosso, N.A.
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Corr, N.
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Njie, M.
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Fall, Abdou
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Waaij, E.H. van der
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Arendonk, Johan A.M. van
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Jaitner, J.
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Dempfle, L.
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Agyemang, K.
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[The N'Dama cattle genetic improvement programme: A review]
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The N'Dama cattle genetic improvement programme: A review
A study was undertaken to determine the effectiveness of a progesterone-releasing intravaginal device (PRID) and prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2a) in synchronizing oestrus in N'dama and Bunaji cows and heifers and the fertility following artificial insemination at the synchronized oestrus. A total o...
Voh, A.A.
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Larbi, Asamoah
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Olorunju, S.A.S.
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Agyemang, K.
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Abiola, B.D.
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Williams, Timothy O.
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[Fertility of N'dama and Bunaji cattle to artificial insemination following oestrus synchronization with PRID and PGF2a in the hot humid zone of Nigeria]
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Fertility of N'dama and Bunaji cattle to artificial insemination following oestrus synchronization with PRID and PGF2a in the hot humid zone of Nigeria
The effects of trypanosome and helminth infections on health and production parameters in 2000 village N'Dama cattle were assessed periodically. Blood examination showed Trypanosoma congolense and Trypanosoma vivax to be prevalent, while strongylid-type eggs were those most frequently encountered...
Dwinger, R.H.
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Agyemang, K.
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Kaufmann, J.
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Grieve, A.S.
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Bah, M.L.
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[Effects of trypanosome and helminth infections on health and production parameters of village N'Dama cattle in The Gambia]
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Effects of trypanosome and helminth infections on health and production parameters of village N'Dama cattle in The Gambia
Over the last two to three decades, West Africa has witnessed considerable changes in land use. Unprecedented increases in human population combined with changes in climatic patterns have reduced per capita arable land traditionally available for agricultural production. In the livestock sub-sect...
Agyemang, K.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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[Trends in genetic composition of livestock with respect to trypanotolerance and desirable economic traits with special emphasis on mixed farming systems in West and Central Africa]
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Trends in genetic composition of livestock with respect to trypanotolerance and desirable economic traits with special emphasis on mixed farming systems in West and Central Africa