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Perry, Brian D.[The control of ticks and tick-borne diseases in an integrated framework: What are the issues?]The control of ticks and tick-borne diseases in an integrated framework: What are the issues?

Recently, the applications of early warning programs in Africa have received support from international organizations. The Famine Early Warning System and the Crisis Mitigation Project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is specifically targeted to address the plight...


Sileshi, Z.Kumsa, T.Tegegne, AzageOsuji, P.O.["The distributions of heartwater and Amblyomma ticks in Zimbabwe"]"The distributions of heartwater and Amblyomma ticks in Zimbabwe"
Autor: Li Pun, H.H.

This presentation which is on the external environment and implications for ILRI's systems research outlines social trends, institutional trends, global trends, as well as environmental trends. It separately examines the institutional trends. Role of crop-animal systems in rural Development, and ...


Li Pun, H.H.[The external environment: Implications for ILRI's systems research]The external environment: Implications for ILRI's systems research

Livestock production is an enterprise undertaken by most farm households in The Gambia. Livestock production is affected, however, by the different levels of trypanosomosis risk that pertain across the country. A study of the effects of trypanosomosis on livestock and crop production was initiate...


Mugalla, C.Swallow, B.M.Kamuanga, M.[The effects of trypanosomosis risk on farmers' livestock portfolios: Evidence from The Gambia]The effects of trypanosomosis risk on farmers' livestock portfolios: Evidence from The Gambia
Lou, Y.Zhang, S.Amstein, T.Anyango, M.Mohibullah, N.Osoti, A.King, R.Iraqi, F.A.Gershenfeld, H.[The genetic architecture of exploratory and fear-like behaviour in mice: A comparison of three strategies for fine mapping QTLs. Abstract]The genetic architecture of exploratory and fear-like behaviour in mice: A comparison of three strategies for fine mapping QTLs. Abstract

This paper presents Kenya's livestock database that was developed as tool primarily for the estimation and analysis of livestock production on a regional and production system basis. A system for the classification of livestock production systems developed based on four factors is also described...


Peeler, E.J.Omore, Amos O.[The development of a livestock database for Kenya]The development of a livestock database for Kenya

Trypanotolerance is one of the best recognised examples of innate resistance to disease and one of the most thoroughly investigated. Experimental and field studies Reported in this paper are providing the basic tools with which the trypanotolerance trait can be identified and exploited. Evaluatio...


D'Ieteren, G.D.M.[The exploitation of trypanotolerance: A dream of academics or a reality for sustainable livestock Development in tsetse affected areas?]The exploitation of trypanotolerance: A dream of academics or a reality for sustainable livestock Development in tsetse affected areas?

A diagnostic survey of the general livestock production system was conducted in three associations of the Awassa Woreda from June 1997 up to May. 1998. Purposive and random sampling techniques were used in the selection of the 3 peasant associations and 30 farmers per peasant associations, in res...


Alemayehu, Y.Tegegne, AzageKurtu, M.Y.[The livestock production systems in three peasant associations of the Awassa Woreda]The livestock production systems in three peasant associations of the Awassa Woreda

A major constraint on smallholder dairy farms in Kenya is inadequate feed supply resulting in low productivity. In Kiambu District of the Central Highlands, principal feed resources are cultivated Napier grass, roadside grass and fodder from maize, including stover and high quality thinnings cut ...


Lukuyu, Ben A.Romney, D.L.Tanner, J.C.Thorpe, W.R.[The maize crop as a source of food for livestock on smallholder dairy farms in the Kenyan highlands]The maize crop as a source of food for livestock on smallholder dairy farms in the Kenyan highlands

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