Investigates the effects of non genetic factors on performance, and estimates genetic parameters of reproductive and productive traits with a view to examining the appropriateness of the assumed parameters. Presents an evaluation of a long-term breeding programme in a closed Sahiwal herd in Keny...
Rege, J.E.O.
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Lomole, M.A.
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Wakhungu, Judi W.
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[An evaluation of a long-term breeding programme in a closed Sahiwal herd in Kenya. I. Effects of non-genetic factors on performance and genetic parameter estimates]
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An evaluation of a long-term breeding programme in a closed Sahiwal herd in Kenya. I. Effects of non-genetic factors on performance and genetic parameter estimates
Analyses trends in genetic and environemntal components of performance, to estimate levels of inbreeding and to quantify its effects on performance in order to identify which of these factors is responsible for the decline in performance at the Stud. Presents an evaluation of long-term breeding p...
Rege, J.E.O.
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Wakhungu, Judi W.
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[An evaluation of a long-term breeding programme in a closed Sahiwal herd in Kenya. II. Genetic and phenotypic trends and levels of inbreeding]
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An evaluation of a long-term breeding programme in a closed Sahiwal herd in Kenya. II. Genetic and phenotypic trends and levels of inbreeding
Individual and maternal additive genetic and heterotic effects were estimated for preweaning, reproductive, and lactation traits of the Sahiwal breed and its crosses with Bos taurus (Ayrshire and Friesian). The individual additive genetic breed effect influenced all cow traits except annual milk ...
Thorpe, W.R.
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Kang'ethe, P.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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Mosi, R.O.
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Mwandotto, B.A.J.
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Njuguna, P.
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[Crossbreeding Ayrshire, Friesian, and Sahiwal cattle for milk yield and preweaning traits of progeny in the semiarid tropics of Kenya]
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Crossbreeding Ayrshire, Friesian, and Sahiwal cattle for milk yield and preweaning traits of progeny in the semiarid tropics of Kenya