The report is divided in 12 sections. The first section is introductory. The second section presents research on animal health of working animals. Diversified uses of animal traction including animal-powered rice-huller, weed control are discussed in the 3rd section. The fourth section looks into...
Lawrence, P.R.
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Lawrence, K.
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Dijkman, J.T.
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Starkey, P.H.
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[Research for development of animal traction in West Africa. Proceedings of the fourth workshop of the West African Animal Traction Network]
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Research for development of animal traction in West Africa. Proceedings of the fourth workshop of the West African Animal Traction Network
The N'Dama is a West African breed noted for its size and its trypanotolerance. It is considered to be a bos taurus breed, derived from the Hamitic longhorn ancestral type. N'Dama cattle are mostly kept under traditional management conditions and poor environments, in such circumstances their sur...
Presents, in the first part, a summary of the activities, conclusions and evaluation of the third workshop of the West Africa Animal Traction Network (in both English and French). In the second part, there are edited papers prepared for the workshop, 30 papers in English and 29 in French with abs...