The aim of this consultation is to explore the practicality of extending technologies that enable the use of dairy cows for multiple purposes, to help develop a regional project to transfer these technologies to relevant countries in east and Central Africa. The focus of the consultation is on ne...
Zerbini, E.
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Shapiro, Barry I.
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Chirgwin, J.C.
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[Technology transfer. Multi-purpose cows for milk, meat and traction in smallholder farming systems. Proceedings of a consultation]
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Technology transfer. Multi-purpose cows for milk, meat and traction in smallholder farming systems. Proceedings of a consultation
Forty pregnant F1 crossbred dairy cows (20 Friesian X Boran and 20 Simmental X Boran) were stratified in a 2x2 diet X work factorial experiment (not working-not supplemented, NWNS; not working-supplemented, NWS; working-not supplemented, WNS; and working-supplemented, WS). Working cows pulled sle...
Gemeda, T.
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Zerbini, E.
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Gebre-Wold, A.
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Demissie, D.
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[Effect of draught work on performance and metabolism of crossbred cows. 1. Effect of work and diet on body-weight change, body condition, lactation and productivity]
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Effect of draught work on performance and metabolism of crossbred cows. 1. Effect of work and diet on body-weight change, body condition, lactation and productivity
The design and development of a reversible animal-drawn plough and a ridger is presented. The plough was developed on the basis of laboratory experiments reported earlier to determine optimum parameters for acurved implement. The basic design principles of conventional mouldboard ploughs and an a...
Gebresenbet, G.
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Zerbini, E.
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Astatke, A.
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Kaumbutho, P.
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[Optimization of animal drawn tillage implement systems: Part 2, Development of a reversible plough and a ridger]
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Optimization of animal drawn tillage implement systems: Part 2, Development of a reversible plough and a ridger
Forty F1 crossbred dairy cows (20 Friesian X Boran and 20 Simmental X Boran) in a 2x2 factorial arrangement (not working-not supplemented, NWNS, not working-supplemented, NWS, working-not supplemented, WNS and working-supplemented, WS) were used to study the effect of work and diet supplementatio...
Zerbini, E.
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Gemeda, T.
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Gebre-Wold, A.
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Nokoe, S.
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Demissie, D.
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[Effect of draught work on performance and metabolism of crossbred cows. 2. Effect of work on roughage intake, digestion, digesta kinetics and plasma metabolites]
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Effect of draught work on performance and metabolism of crossbred cows. 2. Effect of work on roughage intake, digestion, digesta kinetics and plasma metabolites
To test the feasibility of the use of dairy cows for draft the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR) in Ethiopia have studied a herd of F1 Friesien x Boran crossbred cows on-station over three years together with on-farm experiments an...
Zerbini, E.
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Gebre-Wold, A.
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Shapiro, Barry I.
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[The potential of cow traction in the East African highlands]
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The potential of cow traction in the East African highlands