Camels are important resource for the desert-dwelling communities. They are a source of income, milk and meat and often play an important sociocultural role in pastoralist societies. In order to help formulate a rational conservation, utilisation and Development policy for the species in Kenya, a...
Research in Kenya has confirmed that Red Maasai sheep are more resistant to gastrointestinal parasites than Dorper sheep and has shown that Small East African goats are more resistant than Galla goats. There is no difference in resistance between the Menz and Horro sheep breeds in Ethiopia. Herit...
Baker, R.L.
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Rege, J.E.O.
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Tembely, S.
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Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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Anindo, D.O.
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Mwamachi, D.M.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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Lahlou-Kassi, A.
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[Genetic resistance to gastrointestinal nematode parasites in some indigenous breeds of sheep and goats in East Africa]
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Genetic resistance to gastrointestinal nematode parasites in some indigenous breeds of sheep and goats in East Africa
Rege, J.E.O.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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[Indigenous African livestock resource: The little known, underutilized and endangered 'breed']
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Indigenous African livestock resource: The little known, underutilized and endangered 'breed'
This paper summarises the adaptive traits of indigenous livestock breeds, presents a case for their improvement and outlines possible utilization strategies. Though the adaptive attributes of indigenous breeds of other species recognised, the discussion concentrates mainly on cattle. The discussi...
Rege, J.E.O.
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[Indigenous livestock as the backbone of African animal agriculture: The importance of adaptive attributes and potential for their exploitation]
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Indigenous livestock as the backbone of African animal agriculture: The importance of adaptive attributes and potential for their exploitation
Asfaw Amele, A.
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Woldegiorgis, G.
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Schulz, S.
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Bonierbale, Merideth W.
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[Participatory evaluation of new disease resistant and andean landrace potatoes in Ethiopia.]
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Participatory evaluation of new disease resistant and andean landrace potatoes in Ethiopia.
Long, C.
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Bai, K.
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Jarvis, D.
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Wang, Y.
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Zhang, Z.
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He, Z.
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[Can commercialization save rare landraces in small ethnic communities?]
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Can commercialization save rare landraces in small ethnic communities?