Presents energy budgets and estimates of forage intake requirements developed for adult camels, cattle, sheep and goats managed by nomads of the arid Turkana district of north - western Kenya. Includes data on livestock activity patterns, diet quality, weight changes and milk yields with literatu...
Coppock, D.L.
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Swift, D.M.
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Ellis, J.E.
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Galvin, K.A.
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[Seasonal patterns of energy allocation to basal metabolism, activity and production for livestock in a nomadic pastoral ecosystem]
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Seasonal patterns of energy allocation to basal metabolism, activity and production for livestock in a nomadic pastoral ecosystem
A study carried out to quantify the diet composition for Ngisonyoka livestock in Kenya throughout one annual cycle and to identify plant species of critical importance to this system.
Coppock, D.L.
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Ellis, J.E.
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Swift, D.M.
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[Seasonal food habits of livestock in south Turkana, Kenya]
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Seasonal food habits of livestock in south Turkana, Kenya
Reports on how seasonal change influences various management tactics, time budgets, travel distances and water intakes of livestock during one annual cycle.
Coppock, D.L.
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Ellis, J.E.
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Swift, D.M.
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[Seasonal patterns of activity, travel and water intake for livestock in south Turkana, Kenya]
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Seasonal patterns of activity, travel and water intake for livestock in south Turkana, Kenya
A study undertaken to characterise and contrast some important chemical attributes of herbaceous and nonherbaceous forages selected by Ngisonyoka livestock throughout one annual cycle in Kenya.
Coppock, D.L.
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Swift, D.M.
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Ellis, J.E.
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Waweru, S.K.
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[Seasonal nutritional characteristics of livestock forage in south Turkana, Kenya]
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Seasonal nutritional characteristics of livestock forage in south Turkana, Kenya
Evaluates the dry-matter digestibilities of some important herbaceous and browse forages from an arid rangeland in north-western Kenya in a comparative in vitro trial using rumen fluid from indigenous sheep, goats, camel, and Merino sheep.
Coppock, D.L.
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Ellis, J.E.
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Waweru, S.K.
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[A comparative in vitro digestion trial using inoculum of livestock from south Turkana and Kitale, Kenya]
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A comparative in vitro digestion trial using inoculum of livestock from south Turkana and Kitale, Kenya
A study conducted to characterize the effects of species-specific food habits, body size, and season on various aspects of diet quality and to evaluate diet quality with respect to established feeding standards for maintainance.
Desta, S.
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Gebru, G.
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Tezera, S.
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Coppock, D.L.
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[Linking pastoralists and exporting in a livestock marketing chain: Recent experiences from Ethiopia]
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Linking pastoralists and exporting in a livestock marketing chain: Recent experiences from Ethiopia
Coppock, D.L.
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[Observations on the traditional logic of pastoral livestock marketing in southern Ethiopia]
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Observations on the traditional logic of pastoral livestock marketing in southern Ethiopia
This paper reviews research on aspects of vegetation change and pastoral population dynamics in the southern Ethiopian rangelands during the 1980s and relate these findings to the debate on equilibrial versus non-equilibrial patterns of pastoral ecosystem dynamics. Examines pastoral dynamics and ...
Coppock, D.L.
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[Vegetation and pastoral dynamics in the southern Ethiopian rangelands: Implications for theory and management]
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Vegetation and pastoral dynamics in the southern Ethiopian rangelands: Implications for theory and management
This paper reviews pastoral research and Development perspectives generated from the southern Ethiopian rangelands during the 1980s. This system was selected as a case study of constraints in African pastoral Development because the experiences from both research and Development are fairly well d...
Coppock, D.L.
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[Constraints to Development of extensive livestock systems: Experiences from southern Ethiopia]
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Constraints to Development of extensive livestock systems: Experiences from southern Ethiopia