Describes a two year study of sheep and goat production on Maasai group ranches in Kenya. Reviews measures of output used by ILCA and others, and assesses the advantage and disadvanteges of each type of measurement and proposes new indices of production and methods for analysis.
Describes the research approach adopted by an interdisciplinary ILCA team to study a pastoralist production system, summarizing the methodology & results of research on small ruminants' productivity in the Maasai pastoral system, and outlining dif. features of current smallstock research in Kenya...
Leeuw, P.N. de
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Peacock, C.P.
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[The productivity of small ruminants in the Maasai pastoral system, Kajiado District, Kenya. An introduction to current research]
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The productivity of small ruminants in the Maasai pastoral system, Kajiado District, Kenya. An introduction to current research
Presents a sheep and goat production study carried out in the Kajiado district of Kenya at Elangata Wuas group ranch from July 1978 to February 1981. Discusses productivity (age at first parturition, parturition interval, weight gain), mortality (preweaning death) among different age & sex groups.
Peacock, C.P.
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[Production d'ovins et de caprins au ranch collectif d'Elangata Wuas]
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Production d'ovins et de caprins au ranch collectif d'Elangata Wuas
Presents a sheep and goat production study carried out in the Kajiado district of Kenya at Elangata Wuas group ranch from July 1978 to February 1981. Discusses productivity (age at first parturition, parturition interval, weight gain), mortality (preweaning death) among different age & sex groups.
Examines the productivity of goats and sheep on a Masai group ranch in Kenya including pre-weaning mortality and live weight of young. Considers environmental factors affecting the death rate. Constructs three productivity indices to identify a management system.
Wilson, R.T.
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Peacock, C.P.
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Sayers, A.R.
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[Pre-weaning mortality and productivity indices for goats and sheep on a Masai group ranch in south-central Kenya]
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Pre-weaning mortality and productivity indices for goats and sheep on a Masai group ranch in south-central Kenya
Presents results of an initial survey on sheep & goat production on the Masai group ranch at Elangata Wuas, Kajiado District in Kenya, describing population structure, animal morphology & production characteristics, with particular reference to age at first parturition, intervals between successi...
Wilson, R.T.
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Peacock, C.P.
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Sayers, A.R.
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[A study of goat and sheep production on the Masai group ranch at Elangata Wuas, Kajiado District]
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A study of goat and sheep production on the Masai group ranch at Elangata Wuas, Kajiado District
Study report on sheep and goats production in Kenya. Data collected over a period of three years at Masai group ranch at Elangata Wuas in Kenya were examined. Data on status and progress at present on 3 adjacent newly-formed ranches included.
A study conducted to assess the seasonal breeding effects on productivity of sheep and goats on the Maasai group ranch at Elangata Wuas in Kenya. Examines reproductive performance, mortality, growth and productivity. Includes data on parturition intervals, causes of pre-weaning mortality and prod...
In an examination of the productivity of goats and sheep on a Maasai group ranch in Kenya, estimated least-squares means for pre-weaning mortality were 28.6% for goats and 32.1% for sheep. Three productivity indices based on total live weight of young produced per female per year, per kg female p...
Wilson, R.T.
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Peacock, C.P.
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Sayers, A.R.
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[Pre-weaning mortality and productivity indices for goats and sheep on a Maasai group ranch in south-central Kenya]
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Pre-weaning mortality and productivity indices for goats and sheep on a Maasai group ranch in south-central Kenya