Samples of fibre were taken from sheep (n = 45) and goats (n = 24) of the West African Dwarf (WAD) and northern breeds in Nigeria. Three types of coat were noted in sheep: fine woolled, double coated and predominantly hairy. Median fibre diameters were 14.9, 75.7 and 93.3 µm, respectively. Goats ...
Hall, S.J.G.
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Russel, A.J.F.
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Redden, H.
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[Coat fibres of Nigerian sheep and goats: A preliminary characterisation]
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Coat fibres of Nigerian sheep and goats: A preliminary characterisation
Innovation platforms are increasingly used as spaces for interaction between actors in value chains to overcome barriers to development. It involves continuous learning and capacity building – both in terms of innovation capacity and specific technical or organizational capacities. Despite the in...
Swaans, K.
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Boogaard, B.K.
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Salazar, Y.A.
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Hendrickx, Saskia C.J.
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[Goat value chains as platforms to improve income and food security: The case of imGoats in Inhassaro District, Mozambique]
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Goat value chains as platforms to improve income and food security: The case of imGoats in Inhassaro District, Mozambique
In an examination of the productivity of goats and sheep on a Maasai group ranch in Kenya, estimated least-squares means for pre-weaning mortality were 28.6% for goats and 32.1% for sheep. Three productivity indices based on total live weight of young produced per female per year, per kg female p...
Wilson, R.T.
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Peacock, C.P.
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Sayers, A.R.
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[Pre-weaning mortality and productivity indices for goats and sheep on a Maasai group ranch in south-central Kenya]
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Pre-weaning mortality and productivity indices for goats and sheep on a Maasai group ranch in south-central Kenya
Hilali, M. El-Dine
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Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
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Wieland, Barbara
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[Milk fat separation to accelerate butter production and reduce labour]
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Milk fat separation to accelerate butter production and reduce labour
Thirty Maradi (Red Sokoto) does were divided into three equal groups and followed during the first eight weeks of lactation. Each group was offered one of the following Schizachyrium exile based diets: untreated straw (UNTS), urea-treated straw (UTS), and untreated straw + 400 g of cotton seed (U...
Djibrillou, O.A.
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Pandey, V.S
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Gouro, S.A.
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Verhulst, A.
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[Effect of urea-treated or untreated straw with cotton seed on performances of lactating Maradi (Red Sokoto) goats in Niger]
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Effect of urea-treated or untreated straw with cotton seed on performances of lactating Maradi (Red Sokoto) goats in Niger
Production characteristics covering female breeding data; growth of kids and use of correction factors for parity of dam, sex and type of bith of kid; dam milk production as measured by early kid growth; repeatabilities and phenotypic correlations between kid weights; and kid mortality, were exam...
Sacker, G.D.
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Trail, J.C.M.
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[Production characteristics of a herd of East African Mubende goats]
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Production characteristics of a herd of East African Mubende goats
Describes the three indigenous goats of Nigeria: Sahel, Red Sokoto and West African Dwarf. Data on productivity, reproductivity, birth weight and viability, body measurement and size, growth, carcass and milk yield included.
West African Dwarf (WAD) and Red Sokoto (RS) goats were experimentally infected with the Kafanchan strain of Trypanosoma congolense and the course of the infection was monitored. The organism was pathogenic and produced fatal disease in the goats, which was characterized by rapid progressive anae...
Adah, M.I.
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Otesile, E.B.
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Joshua, R.A.
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[Susceptibility of Nigerian West African Dwarf and Red Sokoto goats to a strain of Trypanosoma congolense]
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Susceptibility of Nigerian West African Dwarf and Red Sokoto goats to a strain of Trypanosoma congolense
Taye, H.
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Swaans, S.
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Hendrickx, Saskia C.J.
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[Using outcome mapping as a monitoring and management tool in a small ruminant value chain project]
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Using outcome mapping as a monitoring and management tool in a small ruminant value chain project