The book describes most of the breeds of cattle, over 300 in the tropics. It sets out a simple classification of the main types, zebu, Sanga, humpless and crosses between them and gives a short description of each. This is followed by an account of development of some of the tropically adapted br...
Maule, J.P.
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[Effects of Ivermectin on packed cell volume of goats when used to treat lice infestation]
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Effects of Ivermectin on packed cell volume of goats when used to treat lice infestation
Ainembabazi, John H.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Ouma, Emily A.
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Blomme, Guy
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Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M.
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Mignouna, Djana B.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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[Improving the speed of adoption of agricultural technologies and farm performance through farmer groups: evidence from the Great Lakes region of Africa.]
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Improving the speed of adoption of agricultural technologies and farm performance through farmer groups: evidence from the Great Lakes region of Africa.
Discussion of sheep and goat breeding in the Sahel states of West Africa and in semi-arid North East Africa. Topical discussions on the importance of sheep and goats in countries with semi-arid climates, major breeds and their aptitude for production, ownership patterns, management objectives of ...
Wilson, R.T.
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[Husbandry and productivity of sheep and goats in the Sahel states of West Africa and in semi-arid Northeast Africa]
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Husbandry and productivity of sheep and goats in the Sahel states of West Africa and in semi-arid Northeast Africa
This study measured the impacts of drought tolerant maize varieties (DTMVs) on productivity, welfare, and risk exposure using household and plot-level data from rural Nigeria. The study employed an endogenous switching regression approach to control for both observed and unobserved sources of het...
Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Alene, A.
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Feleke, S.
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Menkir, A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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[Measuring the impacts of adaptation strategies to drought stress: the case of drought tolerant maize varieties]
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Measuring the impacts of adaptation strategies to drought stress: the case of drought tolerant maize varieties
Reports on the productivity of trypanotolerant breeds in 18 West and Central African countries. Traits examined included reproductive performance, cow and calf viability, milk production, growth and body weight of cattle within a village or ranch management system and under four degrees of trypan...
Trail, J.C.M.
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Wissocq, Y.J.
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[The productivity of trypanotolerant livestock in West and Central Africa]
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The productivity of trypanotolerant livestock in West and Central Africa
Mkwaja Ranch is located on the coast of Tanzania in Pangani District about 100 km south of Tanga. The ranch covers an area of 47,250 hectares of coastal forest-savanna mosaic vegetation. The area is heavily infested with three species of tsetse, Glossina morsitans morsitans, G. pallidipes and G. ...
Jibbo, J.M.C.
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Trail, J.C.M.
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Sones, Keith R.
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Durkin, J.W.
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Light, D.E.
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Murray, M.
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[Productivity of Boran cattle maintained with chemoprophylaxis under high tsetse challenge at Mkwaja ranch in Tanzania. 1. Ranch organization and animal health management]
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Productivity of Boran cattle maintained with chemoprophylaxis under high tsetse challenge at Mkwaja ranch in Tanzania. 1. Ranch organization and animal health management
Describes the productive performance of main cattle groups in Africa in relation to the ecological zones of the region. Contributions of past research work in breed evaluation and breed characterization studies that highlight the value of such work for each of the three major indigenous cattle gr...
Trail, J.C.M.
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[Productivity of representative breeds of important cattle groups in Africa]
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Productivity of representative breeds of important cattle groups in Africa
The social and economic importance of goats in the agricultural systems in Uganda is identified and evaluated in terms of their productivity and functions. The most important role of goats is the provision of meat. Small East African goats from the eastern region show a higher dressing-out percen...
The productive performance of indigenous sheep and goats of Ethiopia were evaluated over a period of 2 years (October 1979 to March 1981). Data on age at first parturition, litter size, lambing and kidding intervals, annual reproductive rates, mortality rates and growth rates included.
Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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Bekele, E.
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Tessema, T.
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[Productivity of indigenous sheep and goats in the Ada district of the Ethiopian highlands]
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Productivity of indigenous sheep and goats in the Ada district of the Ethiopian highlands
