Breed evaluation and characterisation work in the Gambia

Presents the summary of livestock breed evaluation and characterisation work in the Gambia. Discusses the on-farm work undertaken by the European Economic Community (EEC), which was intially executed jointly with International Livestock Center for Africa (ILCA) and International Laboratory for Resea...

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Autor principal: Agyemang, K.
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Livestock Centre for Africa 1992
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2753
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description Presents the summary of livestock breed evaluation and characterisation work in the Gambia. Discusses the on-farm work undertaken by the European Economic Community (EEC), which was intially executed jointly with International Livestock Center for Africa (ILCA) and International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD) and later (during 1991) by ILCA. The ILCA/ILRAD project conducted research to support work undertaken by the LDP. Discusses the major objectives of the Livestock Development Project (LDP), that is to evaluate the productivity of N'Dama cattle, subjected to varying levels of disease risk, under village conditions. Discusses also milk production, growth and reproduction traits, disease resistance and carcass characteristics of N'Dama cattle in The Gambia.
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spelling CGSpace27532021-08-09T06:59:14Z Breed evaluation and characterisation work in the Gambia Agyemang, K. animal breeding breed selection breed characters livestock research milk production growth reproduction carcasses disease resistance Presents the summary of livestock breed evaluation and characterisation work in the Gambia. Discusses the on-farm work undertaken by the European Economic Community (EEC), which was intially executed jointly with International Livestock Center for Africa (ILCA) and International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD) and later (during 1991) by ILCA. The ILCA/ILRAD project conducted research to support work undertaken by the LDP. Discusses the major objectives of the Livestock Development Project (LDP), that is to evaluate the productivity of N'Dama cattle, subjected to varying levels of disease risk, under village conditions. Discusses also milk production, growth and reproduction traits, disease resistance and carcass characteristics of N'Dama cattle in The Gambia. 1992 2010-12-09T11:09:23Z 2010-12-09T11:09:23Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2753 en Open Access International Livestock Centre for Africa
spellingShingle animal breeding
breed selection
breed characters
livestock
research
milk production
growth
reproduction
carcasses
disease resistance
Agyemang, K.
Breed evaluation and characterisation work in the Gambia
title Breed evaluation and characterisation work in the Gambia
title_full Breed evaluation and characterisation work in the Gambia
title_fullStr Breed evaluation and characterisation work in the Gambia
title_full_unstemmed Breed evaluation and characterisation work in the Gambia
title_short Breed evaluation and characterisation work in the Gambia
title_sort breed evaluation and characterisation work in the gambia
topic animal breeding
breed selection
breed characters
livestock
research
milk production
growth
reproduction
carcasses
disease resistance
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2753
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