Thirty Ethiopian highland rams with an average body weight of 23.7 kg (S.D = 1.23) and age of 18 months and 25 East African bucks with an average body weight of 18.6 kg (S.D. = 2.06) and age of 14 months were used to study the long term effects of supplementation with the leaves of Leucaena palli...
Woldemeskel, M.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Umunna, N.N.
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Kaitho, R.J.
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Tamminga, S.
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[Effects of Leucaena pallida and Sesbania sesban supplementation on testicular histology of tropical sheep and goats]
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Effects of Leucaena pallida and Sesbania sesban supplementation on testicular histology of tropical sheep and goats
Data on reproductive performance of Zebu and Friesian X Zebu crossbred cows reared under small-scale dairy farms were analysed and the effects of genotype, parity, body condition score (BCS), season, and year of calving were examined for a total of 246 calvings. Uterine involution was completed e...
Kassa, T.
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Tegegne, Azage
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[Factors affecting reproductive performance of Zebu and crossbred cows under small-scale dairy farms]
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Factors affecting reproductive performance of Zebu and crossbred cows under small-scale dairy farms
Plasma progesterone profiles were used to monitor post-partum reproductive activity in 12 Small East African Zebu (Bos indicus) cows allocated to either supplementary or no supplementary feeding (control) with continious or restricted (twice daily) suckling regimes. Intact bulls were used for bre...
Tegegne, Azage
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Entwistle, K.W.
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Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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[Plasma progesterone and blood metabolite profiles in post-partum small East African Zebu cows]
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Plasma progesterone and blood metabolite profiles in post-partum small East African Zebu cows
A study was carried out to investigate the reproductive management and reproductive performance of dairy herds in the intensively managed urban and peri-urban dairy production systems of the Addis Ababa milk shed between September 1997 and January 1998. Fifteen dairy farms from intra-urban, 20 ...
Mekasha, Yoseph
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Tegegne, Azage
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Yami, A.
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Umunna, N.N.
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[Reproductive management and reproductive performance of dairy herds in urban and peri-urban dairy production systems in Addis Ababa milk shed]
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Reproductive management and reproductive performance of dairy herds in urban and peri-urban dairy production systems in Addis Ababa milk shed
The milk and meat productivity of Ethiopia's 27 million cattle is still low for the human population of 53 million, which grows at 2.9 percent yr and is expected to surpass 65 million at the end of this century. The present cattle population includes 40 percent (10.8 million) cows of breeding age...
Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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Tegegne, Azage
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[Reproductive performance in Ethiopian Zebu (Bos indicus) cattle: Constraints and impact on production]
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Reproductive performance in Ethiopian Zebu (Bos indicus) cattle: Constraints and impact on production
The paper gives an example of the use of survival analysis to examine time to conception for a breed by nutrition factorial experiment and the relationship between time to conception and body weight. The example is made complicated by confounding between the treatments and the weight of animals a...
Sherington, J.
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Tegegne, Azage
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[Use of survival analysis methods with cattle reproductive performance data]
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Use of survival analysis methods with cattle reproductive performance data
Although the importance of bull reproduction in enhancing genetic progress and influencing cow herd fertility has long been recognized in many parts of the world, there has been very little attention paid to bulls in Ethiopia. Proper management of young bulls aims to improve growth rate so that t...
Tegegne, Azage
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Kassa, T.
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Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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[Aspects of bull reproduction with emphasis on cattle in Ethiopia. I. Sexual Development and onset of puberty]
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Aspects of bull reproduction with emphasis on cattle in Ethiopia. I. Sexual Development and onset of puberty
Postpartum body weight dynamics of zebu and crossbred cows in relation to postpartum reproduction was studied using data from the Bako Agricultural Research Centre. Body weight at calving, first postpartum oestrus, first service and conception were analysed using the General Linear Model which in...
Gebreyohannes, G.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Diedhiou, M.L.
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Hegde, B.P.
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[Body weight dynamics of Zebu and crossbred cows in relation to postpartum reproduction under sub humid climate of Bako]
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Body weight dynamics of Zebu and crossbred cows in relation to postpartum reproduction under sub humid climate of Bako
Twenty-four multiparous Zebu × Friesian crossbred cows, were fed maize-lablab stover as basal diet and allocated to four graded levels of lablab hay (0%, 0.4%, 0.8% and 1.2% BW) treatments in a study to investigate effects of levels of lablab supplementation on body weight changes and reproductiv...
Mpairwe, D.R.
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Sabiiti, E.N.
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Umunna, N.N.
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Tegegne, Azage
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[Body weight changes and reproductive performance of crossbred cows fed maize-lablab stover ad libitum and supplemented with graded levels of lablab hay]
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Body weight changes and reproductive performance of crossbred cows fed maize-lablab stover ad libitum and supplemented with graded levels of lablab hay
Based on the promising results obtained from on-station, the cow traction study was further taken to on-farm for verification under the Ethiopian smallholder farmers management conditions. The study was undertaken in Holetta area between 1992 and 1996 by involving 14 farmers. Mean dairy milk yiel...
Alemayehu, M.
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Gebre-Wold, A.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Zerbini, E.
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Larsen, C.
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[Dairy-draft on-farm performance of crossbred cows in Holetta area]
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Dairy-draft on-farm performance of crossbred cows in Holetta area