Comparative studies on adaptive strategies of Small East African Goats and Somali Blackhead Sheep to seasonal changes of forage quality and quantity on offer were carried out for 2 years on a semi-arid thornbush savannah. They included monitoring of pasture condition, performance recording, monit...
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
Discusses the economic importance of small ruminants in the national livestock economies in Ethiopia. Looks at major constraints like feeding and marketing and discusses social factors that hindered the development of sheep and goat industry. The current and future research and development priori...
Awgichew, K.
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Hailu, G.
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[Review of small ruminant research and development activities in Ethiopia]
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Review of small ruminant research and development activities in Ethiopia
This paper compares the performance of Tswana and Boer goats and Tswana and Dorper sheep with particular reference to their reproductive performance, mortality, growth and productivity.
Senyatso, E.K.
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[The performance of sheep and goats in Botswana - comparative studies II]
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The performance of sheep and goats in Botswana - comparative studies II
Productivity of Somali goats is generally low due to poor husbandry practices. The effects of nutrition on birth weight, body weight and hay intake of does fed diets varying in digestible energy during the last 4 months of pregnancy were studied on 24 Somali-Arabian goats. Body weight of pregnant...
Hassan, H.M.
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[Effects on Somali-Arabian goat doe body weight, birth weight and hay intake of rations of varying digestible energy fed during pregnancy]
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Effects on Somali-Arabian goat doe body weight, birth weight and hay intake of rations of varying digestible energy fed during pregnancy
Sheep and goats of tropical Africa were studied. Data on breed types, management systems, ownership, nutrition and productivity included for both species. Their contributions to live weight biomass, meat production, and registered slaughtering units described. Some measured production parameters ...
Wilson, R.T.
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[Husbandry, nutrition and productivity of goats and sheep in tropical Africa]
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Husbandry, nutrition and productivity of goats and sheep in tropical Africa
A survey was carried out to evaluate the effect of veterinary treatment on disease incidence and productivity of West African Dwarf (Djallonke) goats and sheep from may 1982 to April 1983. Two village groups were identified as treatment group (where rinderpest vaccination and dipping applied) and...
Adeoye, S.A.O.
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[Effect of treatment on disease incidence and productivity of sheep and goats in two groups of villages in the humid forest zone of southwest Nigeria]
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Effect of treatment on disease incidence and productivity of sheep and goats in two groups of villages in the humid forest zone of southwest Nigeria
Goats constitute a major potential resource in the humid tropical environment where they are more numerous than the sheep and cattle. The West African Dwarf goat is adapted to the hot and humid environment where it is used as a source of meat. Unfortunately, under the traditional management syste...
Ademosun, A.A.
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[Appropriate management systems for the West African Dwarf goat in humid Tropics]
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Appropriate management systems for the West African Dwarf goat in humid Tropics
The trypanosome surface coat is composed almost entirely of a homogeneous array of molecules known as variable surface glycoproteins (VSG). These molecules are highly immunogenic and elicit a strong antibody response in the infected host. Antibodies against the surface-exposed epitopes of a parti...
Williams, D.J.L.
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Taylor, K.
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Newson, J.
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Naessens, Jan
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Authié, E.
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[Protective and inappropriate antibody responses in trypanosome-infected cattle]
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Protective and inappropriate antibody responses in trypanosome-infected cattle