A total of 1443 records were used to estimate individual and maternal additive genetic breed and heterotic effects for preweaning growth and survival traits of crosses of Ayrshire (A), Brown Swiss (B), and Sahiwal (S) in a dairy herd in the lowland coastal tropics of Kenya. Individual and matern...
Kahi, A.K.
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Mackinnon, M.J.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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Baker, R.L.
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Njubi, D.
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[Estimation of individual and maternal additive genetic and heterotic effects for preweaning traits of crosses of Ayrshire, Brown Swiss and Sahiwal cattle in the lowland tropics of Kenya]
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Estimation of individual and maternal additive genetic and heterotic effects for preweaning traits of crosses of Ayrshire, Brown Swiss and Sahiwal cattle in the lowland tropics of Kenya
This paper outlines selected activities of the smallholder dairy research and development (R & D) programme of the consortium of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and its partners. Specific attention is given to activities in and for Asia. Examples are given to illustrate the ...
Thorpe, W.R.
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[Markets, technologies and smallholder dairy: partnerships for research-based development]
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Markets, technologies and smallholder dairy: partnerships for research-based development
Addisu, A.
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Solomon M.
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Getachew, L.
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Solomon, A.
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Fantahun, D.
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[Beef and feed value chain analysis in Adama District, Ethiopia]
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Beef and feed value chain analysis in Adama District, Ethiopia
This paper reviews the role of and demand for food-feed-crops — crops that are grown to provide both grain for human food and crop residues as fodder for ruminant livestock. The paper argues that the predicted increase in demand for livestock products will coincide with shrinking common property ...
Hall, A.J.
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Blümmel, Michael
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Thorpe, W.R.
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Bidinger, F.R.
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Hash, C.T.
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[Sorghum and pearl millet as food-feed-crops in India]
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Sorghum and pearl millet as food-feed-crops in India
Fifty six germplasm accessions of the important East African fodder crop Napier grass, Pennisetum purpureum, and its hybrids with P. glaucum, were characterised using 67 random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fragments. No or very low intra-accession variation was found for 49 of the accessions ...
Lowe, A.J.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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Teale, A.J.
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Hanson, Jean
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[Characterisation of germplasm accessions of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum and P. purpureum x P. glaucum hybrids) and comparison with farm clones using RAPD]
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Characterisation of germplasm accessions of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum and P. purpureum x P. glaucum hybrids) and comparison with farm clones using RAPD
Beneberu, T.
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Lemma, W.Y.
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Shenkute, G.
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Aschalew, T.
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Solomon, G.
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Getachew, L.
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[Sheep and feed value chain analysis in North Shewa, central highlands of Ethiopia]
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Sheep and feed value chain analysis in North Shewa, central highlands of Ethiopia
Kitaw, G.
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Ayalew, L.
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Feyisa, F.
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Kebede, G.
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Getachew, L.
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[Liquid milk and feed value chain analysis in Wolmera District, Ethiopia]
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Liquid milk and feed value chain analysis in Wolmera District, Ethiopia
This study aimed at better understanding of the characteristics of feeding and breeding practices smallholder farmers adopt in intensifying their dairy production. Use of hired labour for fodder gathering, growing of fodder crops and purchase of feeds increased with increasing intensification, bu...
Bebe, B.O.
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Udo, H.M.J.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[Characteristics of feeding and breeding practices for intensification of smallholder dairy systems in the Kenya highlands]
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Characteristics of feeding and breeding practices for intensification of smallholder dairy systems in the Kenya highlands
Baltenweck, Isabelle
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Staal, Steven J.
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Owango, M.O.
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Muriuki, H.
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Lukuyu, Ben A.
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Gichungu, G.
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Kenyanjui, M.
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Njubi, D.
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Tanner, J.C.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[Intensification of dairying in the greater Nairobi milk-shed: spatial and household analysis]
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Intensification of dairying in the greater Nairobi milk-shed: spatial and household analysis
A longitudinal study was carried out in the coastal lowlands coconut¯cassava agro-ecological zone of Kaloleni Division, Coast Province, Kenya between June 1990 and December 1991 to estimate disease incidence and cause-specific case-fatality risk in an average of 120 cattle in 26 small-holder dai...
Maloo, S.H.
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Rowlands, G.J.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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Gettinby, G.
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Perry, Brian D.
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[A longitudinal study of disease incidence and case fatality risks on smallholder dairy farms in coastal Kenya]
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A longitudinal study of disease incidence and case fatality risks on smallholder dairy farms in coastal Kenya