Evaluates the productivity of Boran cattle maintained with chemoprophylaxis in an area of massive Glossina morsitans sub morsitans, G. pallidipes et G. Brevipalpis challenge at Makwaja ranch, in Tanzania and analyses the effect of a chemoprophylactic drug (isometamidium chloride) on cattle produc...
Trail, J.C.M.
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Murray, M.
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Sones, Keith R.
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Jibbo, J.M.C.
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Durkin, J.W.
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Light, D.E.
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[Chemoprophylaxis: Boran cattle can be productive under high tsetse challenge]
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Chemoprophylaxis: Boran cattle can be productive under high tsetse challenge
ILRAD and ILCA, in collaboration with Amboni Limited (owners of Mkwaja Ranch) and May and Baker Limited, carried out an analysis of matching animal health, animal productivity and trypanocidal drug treatment data based on more than 20,000 calving records at Mkwaja Ranch over the 10 year period fr...
Trail, J.C.M.
,
Murray, M.
,
Sones, Keith R.
,
Jibbo, J.M.C.
,
Durkin, J.W.
,
Light, D.E.
,
[Productivity of Boran cattle maintained with chemoprophylaxis under high tsetse challenge at Mkwaja ranch in Tanzania. 2. Productivity]
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Productivity of Boran cattle maintained with chemoprophylaxis under high tsetse challenge at Mkwaja ranch in Tanzania. 2. Productivity
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...
Studies the productivity of Zebu cattle at Mkwaja ranch in Tanzania, upgraded by the importation of Boran bulls and semen from Kenya and maintained under the successful trypanocidal drug strategy; discusses the proper management of acaricides and anthelmintics, as well as bacterial and viral vacc...
Jibbo, J.M.C.
,
Trail, J.C.M.
,
Sones, Keith R.
,
Durkin, J.W.
,
Light, D.E.
,
Murray, M.
,
[Productivity of Boran cattle maintained with chemoprophylaxis under high tsetse challenge at Mkwaja ranch in Tanzania. 1. Ranch organization and animal health management]
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Productivity of Boran cattle maintained with chemoprophylaxis under high tsetse challenge at Mkwaja ranch in Tanzania. 1. Ranch organization and animal health management
Reports the viability, reproduction and associated growth rates achieved by grade Boran cattle maintained by chemoprophylaxis under high tsetse challenge at Mkwaja Ranch in Tanzania, W., particularly emphasis on calving interval, pre-weaning mortality, pre-weaning growth and the resultant cow pro...
Trail, J.C.M.
,
Murray, M.
,
Sones, Keith R.
,
Jibbo, J.M.C.
,
Durkin, J.W.
,
Light, D.E.
,
[Productivity of Boran cattle maintained with chemoprophylaxis under high tsetse challenge at Mkwaja ranch in Tanzania. 2. Productivity]
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Productivity of Boran cattle maintained with chemoprophylaxis under high tsetse challenge at Mkwaja ranch in Tanzania. 2. Productivity
Mkwaja Ranch is located on the coast of Tanzania in Pangani District about 100 km south of Tanga. The ranch covers an area of 47,250 hectares of coastal forest-savanna mosaic vegetation. The area is heavily infested with three species of tsetse, Glossina morsitans morsitans, G. pallidipes and G. ...
Jibbo, J.M.C.
,
Trail, J.C.M.
,
Sones, Keith R.
,
Durkin, J.W.
,
Light, D.E.
,
Murray, M.
,
[Productivity of Boran cattle maintained with chemoprophylaxis under high tsetse challenge at Mkwaja ranch in Tanzania. 1. Ranch organization and animal health management]
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Productivity of Boran cattle maintained with chemoprophylaxis under high tsetse challenge at Mkwaja ranch in Tanzania. 1. Ranch organization and animal health management
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...