Short-duration rotation grazing was compared with deferred grazing in a 3-year experiment at ICRISAT, Niger. Short-duration grazing used a mixed herd (2 steers, 4 sheep and 4 goats) and cycles of 15-21 days in the wet season and 91 days in the dry season. Wet season grazing compared high (83-126 ...
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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[Grazing rotation in the annual-dominated rangelands of the Sahel]
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Grazing rotation in the annual-dominated rangelands of the Sahel
In the short term, grazing of a 40-ha fallow in the Sahel, Niger, by sheep and goats reduced the standing herbage mass in the wet season and increased its disappearance during the dry season. The effects of stocking rate (62.5 or 125 k g liveweight/ha) and the proportion of sheep in the mixture (...
Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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[Grazing effects of goat-sheep mixes on vegetation structure and productivity of old fallow in the Sahel]
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Grazing effects of goat-sheep mixes on vegetation structure and productivity of old fallow in the Sahel
Agyemang, K.
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Ayok, C.
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[Identification of economically important diseases of cattle in peri-urban systems and qualification of benefits from control measures]
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Identification of economically important diseases of cattle in peri-urban systems and qualification of benefits from control measures
Across sub-Saharan Africa increasing urban demand for milk is offering an income generating opportunity that in the context of increasing pressure on land is exacerbating cattle keepers' age-old problem of adequately feeding their cattle. In response to this situation, research and Development ag...
Swallow, K.A.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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[Intensification of cattle-feeding: A case-study from Kenya's Coast Province]
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Intensification of cattle-feeding: A case-study from Kenya's Coast Province
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is one of the most important transboundary animal diseases in Africa. In recent years, CBPP has been found in countries like Botswana from where it was previously eradicated (Amanfu et al., 1998). There is growing evidence to indicate that the incidence of...
Presents and discusses the most important infertility problems in cattle, their causes and occurences in different African countries. These problems are anoestrum, abortion and endometritis in females and epididymitis in males. Abortion, endometritis and epididymitis are of infectious nature whil...
Analyses the productivity of different livestock production systems in sub-Saharan Africa and compares the output with higher-input ranching systems in similar environments to indicate potential improvements in productivity in response to better feeding, management and health care. Gives emphasis...
Leeuw, P.N. de
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[Interactive effects of environment, management and mortality on cattle productivity in livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Interactive effects of environment, management and mortality on cattle productivity in livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Joaquín, N.Y.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[Intake of lactating and dry dual-purpose cows grazing two species of brachiaria pastures in Santa Cruz, Bolivia]
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Intake of lactating and dry dual-purpose cows grazing two species of brachiaria pastures in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Results of a study conducted to determine the productivity, composition & quality of fodder banks under different management systems and the milk and liveweight output with and without fodder banks on legume pasture units established for supplementing cattle grazing rangeland under traditional pr...
Kaufmann, Ralph R. von
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Legume pasture units for supplementing cattle grazing rangeland under traditional production systems in the Nigerian subhumid zone]
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Legume pasture units for supplementing cattle grazing rangeland under traditional production systems in the Nigerian subhumid zone
This paper discusses particularly the approach that may need to be followed in cattle milk and meat research in a farming systems perspective. The key characteristics of on-farm research, an integral part of farming systems research, are summarised, and the stages of farming systems research rela...
Asamenew, G.
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[Lecture notes on the concept and practice of FSR to improve cattle milk and meat production in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Lecture notes on the concept and practice of FSR to improve cattle milk and meat production in sub-Saharan Africa