The paper reviews the evidence of genetic resistance to endoparasites both within and between breeds of sheep and goats and assesses the possibilities of breeding for increased resistance. In light of this evidence, ILCA has developed a Pan-African research programme to investigate and characteri...
Baker, R.L.
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Lahlou-Kassi, A.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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Reynolds, L.
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Tekelye Bekele
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Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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Rey, B.
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[A review of genetic resistance to endoparasites in small ruminants and an outline of ILCA's research programme in this area]
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A review of genetic resistance to endoparasites in small ruminants and an outline of ILCA's research programme in this area
Xuebin, Q.
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Blench, Roger
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Rege, J.E.O.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Han Jianlin
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[Understanding the yak pastoralism in Central Asian Highlands: Mitochondrial DNA evidence for origin, domestication and dispersal of domestic yak]
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Understanding the yak pastoralism in Central Asian Highlands: Mitochondrial DNA evidence for origin, domestication and dispersal of domestic yak
About 30% of all farm animal breeds worldwide are at risk of extinction. To prevent this irreversible erosion of genetic diversity, the limited funds available for conservation need to be allocated in the most efficient way. Applying the diversity concept of Weitzman [Quart. J. Econ. CVII (1992) ...
Simianer, H.
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Marti, S.
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Gibson, John P.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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[An approach to the optimal allocation of conservation funds to minimize loss of genetic diversity between livestock breeds]
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An approach to the optimal allocation of conservation funds to minimize loss of genetic diversity between livestock breeds
A comparative study on the response of four indigenous cattle breeds of Ethiopia, namely Abigar, Horro, Sheko and Gurage, to natural challenge of trypanosomosis in the Tolley–Gullele area of the Ghibe valley has been undertaken from August 2000 until August 2004. Fifty female yearlings each of Ho...
Lemecha, H.
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Mulatu, W.
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Hussein, I.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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Tekle, T.
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Abdicho, S.
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Ayalew, W.
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[Response of four indigenous cattle breeds to natural tsetse and trypanosomosis challenge in the Ghibe valley of Ethiopia]
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Response of four indigenous cattle breeds to natural tsetse and trypanosomosis challenge in the Ghibe valley of Ethiopia
The genetic variation in 10 indigenous Caucasian sheep breeds was studied with 14 micro-satellite loci in order to determine the genetic diversity among and between the breeds. Five breeds from Asia, five breeds from Europe and one breed from Africa, were included in order to study any relationsh...
Agriculture is the largest contributor to the economies of many African countries, generating
more than half of the annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for many of these countries. The
livelihoods of most rural and low-income communities in these countries are to a large extent
based on agricultu...
Seré Rabé, Carlos
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Rege, J.E.O.
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[Agricultural biotechnology for poverty alleviation: one more arrow in the quiver!]
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Agricultural biotechnology for poverty alleviation: one more arrow in the quiver!
Discusses the objectives of the ILCA's Animal Genetic Resources Characterisation Project: characterise indigenous breeds in terms of physical characteristics, productive parameters and adaptive characteristics, including a description of environmental conditions under which performance has been m...
Rege, J.E.O.
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[Background to ILCA's AGR characterisation project, project objectives and agenda for the research planning workshop]
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Background to ILCA's AGR characterisation project, project objectives and agenda for the research planning workshop
In this study we compare revealed and stated-preference approaches to value traits of cattle in Kenya. The premise is that much can be learnt about non-market values of indigenous animal genetic resources (AnGR) from the use of multi-attribute stated-preference methods, if these compare well with...
Scarpa, R.
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Ruto, E.S.K.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Drucker, A.G.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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[Valuing indigenous cattle breeds in Kenya: An empirical comparison of stated and revealed preference value estimates]
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Valuing indigenous cattle breeds in Kenya: An empirical comparison of stated and revealed preference value estimates
Body weight (LW), condition score (BCS), tail length on inner side of tail (TL), tail volume measured by water displacement (TV) and tail circumference (TC), width (TW) as well as thickness at the base (TT) were measured in live Menz (n=303) and Horro (n=151) sheep to determine their possible use...
Ermias, E.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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[Characteristics of live animal allometric measurements associated with body fat in fat-tailed sheep]
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Characteristics of live animal allometric measurements associated with body fat in fat-tailed sheep