This study was conducted to assess the sheep breeds, traditional sheep breeding practices and flock structure in four selected representative rural kebeles in Burie district North Western Ethiopia. Informal and formal surveys in the selected kebeles were conducted. The farmers interviewed were se...
Abebe, Yenenesh
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Melaku, S.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Tegegne, F.
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[Sheep breeds, traditional breeding and flock structure in Burie District, north western Ethiopia]
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Sheep breeds, traditional breeding and flock structure in Burie District, north western Ethiopia
Roesel, Kristina
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Grace, Delia
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Wieland, Barbara
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Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
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[Better hygienic practices to improve small ruminant meat quality]
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Better hygienic practices to improve small ruminant meat quality
Abebe, Yenenesh
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Melaku, S.
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Tegegne, Azage
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[Effect of supplementation of grazing sheep with groundnut cake and wheat bran]
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Effect of supplementation of grazing sheep with groundnut cake and wheat bran
System dynamics modelling approach has been widely used in the agriculture sector to describe livestock production systems, livestock health and natural resource management. However, its application in modelling livestock breeding programs and systems is limited. Therefore, this study explores th...
Tadel, K.
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Wurzinger, Maria
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Gizaw, Solomon
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Haile, Aynalem
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Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
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Sölkner, J.
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[The use of system dynamics modelling methodologies in sheep breeding programs and management systems]
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The use of system dynamics modelling methodologies in sheep breeding programs and management systems
This chapter reviews the current status of anthelmintic resistance in Southeast Asia, and examines the implications for smallholders, for whom anthelmintics offer one key to the control of parasitism and the development of enterprises based on small ruminants. Alternatives to the use of anthelmin...
Hood, G.M.
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[Anthelmintic resistance in small ruminant parasites: Implications for smallholders in Southeast Asia]
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Anthelmintic resistance in small ruminant parasites: Implications for smallholders in Southeast Asia
Introduction: Beef, sheep and goat meat consumption provides essential nutrients in highly bioavailable form, and poses a zoonotic pathogen threat. In Nairobi, these luxury products are difficult to access by poor households, yet little is known on the city’s food system in terms of food safety a...
Alarcón, Pablo
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Karani, M.
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Muinde, P.
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Akoko, James M.
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Fèvre, Eric M.
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Domínguez Salas, Paula
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Kiambi, S.
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Ahmed, S.
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Häsler, Barbara
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Rushton, Jonathan
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[Beef, sheep and goat food chains supplying Nairobi: Analysis of 'value chain profiles' to investigate food security and safety risks]
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Beef, sheep and goat food chains supplying Nairobi: Analysis of 'value chain profiles' to investigate food security and safety risks
The aim of this article was to study opportunities for improvement of the indigenous and threatened Red Maasai sheep (RM) in Kenya, by comparing purebreeding with crossbreeding with Dorper sheep (D) as a terminal breed, in two different environments (Env. A and a harsher Env. B), assuming differe...
Zonabend König, Emelie
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Strandberg, E.
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Ojango, Julie M.K.
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Mirkena, T.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Philipsson, J.
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[Purebreeding of Red Maasai and crossbreeding with Dorper sheep in different environments in Kenya]
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Purebreeding of Red Maasai and crossbreeding with Dorper sheep in different environments in Kenya
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are evolutionarily conserved, small, non-coding RNAs that have emerged as key regulators of myogenesis. Here, we examined the miRNA expression profiles of developing sheep skeletal muscle using a deep sequencing approach. We detected 2,396 miRNAs in the sheep skeletal muscle ti...
Qian-Jun Zhao
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Ye Kang
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Hong-Yang Wang
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Weijun, Guan
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Xiang-Chen Li
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Lin Jiang
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Xiao-Hong He
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Yabin Pu
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Han Jianlin
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Yue-Hui Ma
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Qian-Jun Zhao
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[Expression profiling and functional characterization of miR-192 throughout sheep skeletal muscle development]
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Expression profiling and functional characterization of miR-192 throughout sheep skeletal muscle development