This paper determines the productivity of West African Dwarf goats in the subhumid zone of Nigeria and compares the relative merits of alternative wet season feed regimes namely; tethering goats on natural pasture, tethering goats on leguminous pasture and free grazing goats on leguminous pasture...
Ikwuegbu, O.A.
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Tarawali, G.
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Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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[Wet season supplementation of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats in the subhumid zone of Nigeria]
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Wet season supplementation of West African Dwarf (WAD) goats in the subhumid zone of Nigeria
Thirty-two herds of West African Dwarf goats raised under village conditions and which grazed stylosanthes (Stylosanthes hamata cVerano) or natural pasture in the wet season were monitored for 30 months to determine herd productivity. Average litter size was 1.67 (+ or -) 0.082, kidding interval ...
Ikwuegbu, O.A.
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Njwe, R.M.
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Tarawali, G.
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[On-farm reproductive performance of the West African Dwarf goat at Ganawuri in the sub-humid zone of Nigeria]
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On-farm reproductive performance of the West African Dwarf goat at Ganawuri in the sub-humid zone of Nigeria
Thirty-two goat flocks belonging to 45 farmers and raised under village conditions in the Ganawuri area of the subhumid zone of Nigeria were monitored every 2 weeks for 30 months to determine productivity under village conditions. Records collected on kids included birth weight, birth type, body ...
Ikwuegbu, O.A.
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Tarawali, G.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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[Effects of fodder banks on growth and survival of West African Dwarf goats under village conditions in subhumid Nigeria]
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Effects of fodder banks on growth and survival of West African Dwarf goats under village conditions in subhumid Nigeria