Performance of Kuri on supplementary feeding is investigated. Fattening of Kouri cattle using cottonseed and forage crops (Pennisetum purpureum and its varieties) in the lake Chad region was examined. Data on feeding levels and animal responses in terms of weight gain included.
Tacher, G.
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[Note preliminaire sur l'embouche de bovins Kouri dans la region du lac Tchad]
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Note preliminaire sur l'embouche de bovins Kouri dans la region du lac Tchad
Livestock improvement schemes in Ghana and Nigeria were examined. The ecological zone, livestock production, and efforts towards crossbreeding of West African Dwarf Shorthorn or N'Dama with imported cattle are discussed.
Discussion sur une experience menee avec des boeufs Zebus malgaches soumis a une alimentation intensive basee sur l'utilisation des mais, du tourteau d'arachide et des issues de riz pour l'engraissement des bovins a Madagascar, avec apercu sur l'evolution ponderale, la consommation fourragere et ...
Reports an economical and profitable scheme for fattening Sokoto Gudali and Bunaji bulls on a commercial scale at the National Animal Production Research Institute in Nigeria. Bunaji bulls had better performance with respect to average daily gain and carcass dressing percentage but the reverse in...
Olayiwole, M.B.
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Fulani, I.J.
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[Economics of commercial beef production under feedlot system of management]
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Economics of commercial beef production under feedlot system of management
Premieres observations de base portant sur le standard et le caractere structurel du troupeau des taurins Kapsiki, race bovine des monts du Mandara, au Nord-Cameroun, avec etude sur la repartition de ce troupeau.
Dineur, B.
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Oumate, O.
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Thys, E.
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[Les taurins Kapsiki: race bovine des monts du Mandara (Nord-Cameroun)]
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Les taurins Kapsiki: race bovine des monts du Mandara (Nord-Cameroun)
ILRAD and ILCA, in collaboration with Amboni Limited (owners of Mkwaja Ranch) and May and Baker Limited, carried out an analysis of matching animal health, animal productivity and trypanocidal drug treatment data based on more than 20,000 calving records at Mkwaja Ranch over the 10 year period fr...
Trail, J.C.M.
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Murray, M.
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Sones, Keith R.
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Jibbo, J.M.C.
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Durkin, J.W.
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Light, D.E.
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[Productivity of Boran cattle maintained with chemoprophylaxis under high tsetse challenge at Mkwaja ranch in Tanzania. 2. Productivity]
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Productivity of Boran cattle maintained with chemoprophylaxis under high tsetse challenge at Mkwaja ranch in Tanzania. 2. Productivity
Location performance of N’Dama cattle was recorded under village management conditions in four ecological variable villages in the Gambia. A total of 636 cows were recorded during the study. The highest daily milk offtake 1.7 kg/cow/day took place when cows were 4 – 6 weeks post-partum. Daily mil...
Agyemang, K.
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Jeannin, P.
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Grieve, A.S.
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Bah, M.L.
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Dwinger, R.H.
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[Milk extraction for human consumption from N'Dama cattle under village management conditions in The Gambia]
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Milk extraction for human consumption from N'Dama cattle under village management conditions in The Gambia
The experiments took place in the villages of Pirang (low trypanosomiasis risk), Keneba and Nioro Jattaba (low-to-medium trypanosomiasis risk). In Nioro Jattaba, cows milked once a day while in the other two villages cows milked twice a day. In Pirang and Keneba, 45 calves taken from each village...
Riley, J.A.
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Agyemang, K.
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Dwinger, R.H.
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Jeannin, P.
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Grieve, A.S.
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Little, D.A.
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[N'Dama cattle production in relation to nutritional interventions in villages in The Gambia]
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N'Dama cattle production in relation to nutritional interventions in villages in The Gambia
N’Dama cow and calf viabilities, parturition intervals, cow parturition and weaning weights and calf weaning weights were recorded during a three year period, January 1984 to December 1986. The management system was the same at Mushie and Kolo ranches (Zaire) where trypanosomiasis risk was high a...
The prevalence, species and intensity of trypanosome parasitaemia over an eighteen-month period, February 1986 to July 1987, are reported for some 700 N`Dama cattle managed in twenty-five village herds in forest and plateau areas of Idiofa, Zaire. The effect of trypanosomiasis and other diseases ...
Ngamuna, S.
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D'Ieteren, G.D.M.
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Itty, P.
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Leak, S.G.A.
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Maehl, J.H.H.
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Minengu, M.
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Nagda, S.M.
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Paling, R.W.
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Rarieya, J.M.
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Thorpe, W.R.
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Trail, J.C.M.
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[Trypanosomiasis in N'Dama cattle under village management in Zaire]
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Trypanosomiasis in N'Dama cattle under village management in Zaire