Provides a brief history of the developmet of IDEAS (the ILCA Data entry and Analysis system) and presents findings from a questionnaire recently used to users to assess the uptake of IDEAS in African Production systems during the first years of its release.
Wissocq, N.M.
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Durkin, J.W.
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Trail, J.C.M.
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Gettinby, G.
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Bell, R.J.
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Berhane, H.
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Light, D.E.
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[Uptake of a microcomputer database package to assist livestock management decisions in Africa]
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Uptake of a microcomputer database package to assist livestock management decisions in Africa
Results of a study carried on the reproductive performance, herd management, weight & growth, milk production & mortality of Kenana cattle at Um Banein Livestock Research Station (Sudan).
Reports the productivity levels achieved by grade Boran cattle maintained by chemoprophylaxis at Mkwaja ranch (Tanzania) from 1973 to 1982. Analyses the effects of year and season of calving on birth, cow age, calf sex and area & location of herd on performance of the environmental influences. Ev...
Reproductive performance, mortality, growth, and culling and replacement rates based on 20000 calving records were evaluated for grade Boran beef cattle maintained with trypanosomiasis risk in Tanzania. Under ranching conditions, over a 10-year period in this area of high Glossina moistens morsi...