Sheko is among 32 recognized cattle breeds in Ethiopia (DAGRIS, 2007) and is the only taurine of the east African region (Hanotte et al., 2000). Sheko is kept by smallholder farmers of different ethnic origins that inhabit its breeding tract. These smallholder farmers practice crop dominated crop...
Taye, T.D.
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Ayalew, W.
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Hegde, B.P.
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[Breed and trait preferences of Sheko cattle owners in south western Ethiopia]
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Breed and trait preferences of Sheko cattle owners in south western Ethiopia
Sheko cattle owners usually have limited control over breeding practice of their cattle. This is because they allot fractions of their time and resources in controlling breeding practices. Therefore, most often mating is natural and uncontrolled and this would result in non-descript herd structur...
Taye, T.D.
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Ayalew, W.
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Hegde, B.P.
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[Breeding practices and mating strategies of Sheko cattle in south western Ethiopia]
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Breeding practices and mating strategies of Sheko cattle in south western Ethiopia
In the humid and subhumid tropics, trypanosomosis is an economically important zoonotic protozoan disease of the commonly kept farm animal species and their wild relatives. For example, more than 20% of the humid western and southwestern Ethiopia, which is home to more than 14 million heads of ca...
Taye, T.D.
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Ayalew, W.
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Hegde, P.B.
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[Farmers’ perceptions on trypanosomosis and trypanotolerance character of the taurine Sheko]
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Farmers’ perceptions on trypanosomosis and trypanotolerance character of the taurine Sheko