Multilevel data structures can occur in many areas of agricultural research for instance on-farm trials, where there can be information at the village, farm and plot or animal level. Analysis of variance except in balanced or nested designs - has been difficult to apply to data with a multilevel ...
The survival rates of Dorper, Red Maasai and crossbred lambs born over a period of 6 years at Diani Estate, Coast Province, Kenya were compared using the Cox mixed proportional hazards model with a random (frailty) term for sire. Of the 1785 lambs born, proportionately 0.44 died before they were ...
Nguti, R.
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Janssen, P.
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Rowlands, G.J.
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Audho, James O.
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Baker, R.L.
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[Survival of Red Maasai, Dorper and crossbred lambs in the sub-humid tropics]
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Survival of Red Maasai, Dorper and crossbred lambs in the sub-humid tropics
Nineteen herds of cattle (N'Dama, Baoule and Zebu crosses) and 20 flocks of Djallonke and Djallonke x Sahel sheep in the region of Boundiali, northern Cote d'Ivoire, were monitored monthly for body weight, packed red blood cell volume and the presence of trypanosomes in blood over various periods...
Coulibaly, L.
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Rowlands, G.J.
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Authié, E.
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Hecker, P.A.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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Krebs, H.
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Leak, S.G.A.
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Rarieya, J.M.
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[Effect of tsetse control with insecticide-impregnated traps on trypanosome prevalence and productivity of cattle and sheep in northern Cote d'Ivoire]
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Effect of tsetse control with insecticide-impregnated traps on trypanosome prevalence and productivity of cattle and sheep in northern Cote d'Ivoire