The purpose of this chapter is two-fold. First, the information available on breeds of sheep and goats that are resistant or resilient to helminthiasis (mainly the GI nematodes) infections are reviewed. This is important information for inclusion of appropriate breeds in integrated endoparasite c...
Baker, R.L.
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Gray, G.D.
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[Appropriate breeds and breeding schemes for sheep and goats in the tropics]
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Appropriate breeds and breeding schemes for sheep and goats in the tropics
This chapter summarises the key insights from the case studies included in the book. First, it discusses the technology-deforestation link in six different types of cases: developed countries, commodity booms, shifting cultivation, permanent upland (rainfed) agriculture, irrigated (lowland) agric...
Small-scale rural farmers cannot complete with the large-scale, peri-urban, and vertically integrated systems using the same type of feed resources (i.e. imported grain cereals and protein sources), animal genotypes and facilities. In order to succeed, these farmers need to develop alternative pi...
While an increasing number of examples of innate resistance to disease are being identified in domestic livestock, resistance to the effect of trypanosomes is one of the best-recognized and most thoroughly investigated. Experimental and field studies reviewed in this chapter are providing the bas...
D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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Authié, E.
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Wissocq, N.M.
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Murray, M.
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[Exploitation of resistance to trypanosomes and trypanosomosis]
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Exploitation of resistance to trypanosomes and trypanosomosis
Holmann, Federico J.
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[Potential benefits of new forage germplasm in dual-purpose cattle systems in the dry tropics]
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Potential benefits of new forage germplasm in dual-purpose cattle systems in the dry tropics