A study on the econmic characters and productivity indices of traditionally managed goats and sheep undertaken in a semi-arid, agropastoral system in central Mali. Discusses reproductive characters including litter size and parturition interval, and weight characters.
Wilson, R.T.
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Light, D.E.
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[Livestock production in central Mali: Economic characters and productivity indices for traditionally managed goats and sheep]
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Livestock production in central Mali: Economic characters and productivity indices for traditionally managed goats and sheep
Discusses results of a study conducted on masai ranches to determine the effects of flock, season, parity, sex & litter size on reproductive traits like age at first parturition, intervals between successive births & number of young per birth in sheep and goats.
Wilson, R.T.
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Peacock, C.P.
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Sayers, A.R.
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[Aspects of reproduction in goats and sheep in south-central Kenya]
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Aspects of reproduction in goats and sheep in south-central Kenya
Reports the results of a study on age determination of goats and sheep by means of dentition; considers sex, nutrition, season of birth and body size; uses 800 animals and 1900 ages at eruption of incisors.
Wilson, R.T.
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Durkin, J.W.
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[Age at permanent incisor eruption in indigenous goats and sheep in semi-arid Africa]
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Age at permanent incisor eruption in indigenous goats and sheep in semi-arid Africa
Reports results of a seven-year field trial and a three year slaughterhouse study on reproductive performance of domestic ruminants in the Niono area of Central Mali. Examines age at first parturition, parturition interval, litter size, seasonality, life-time production of young, embryo migration...
Wilson, R.T.
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Traoré, A.
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[Livestock production in central Mali: Reproductive performance and reproductive wastage in ruminants in the agro-pastoral system]
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Livestock production in central Mali: Reproductive performance and reproductive wastage in ruminants in the agro-pastoral system
Summarizes results of studies carried out in four traditional sheep societies, the Baqqara in Western Sudan, the Afar of Ethiopia, the Bambara of Mali and the Masai of Kenya, and compares results on the basis of demographic structure by age and sex, animal morphology, growth, breeding female prod...
Wilson, R.T.
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[Population and production parameters of sheep under traditional management in semi-arid areas of Africa]
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Population and production parameters of sheep under traditional management in semi-arid areas of Africa
Reports results related to a 4-year study of early reporductive traits in traditionally managed flocks of indigenous goats and sheep under semi-arid conditions; compares animals raised under the irrigated rice system and the rainfed millet system, animals born of young, middle aged and old dams, ...
Wilson, R.T.
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Durkin, J.W.
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[Livestock production in central Mali: Weight at first conception and ages at first and second parturitions in traditionally managed goats and sheep]
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Livestock production in central Mali: Weight at first conception and ages at first and second parturitions in traditionally managed goats and sheep