Measures for assessing the productivity of sheep and goats

Describes a two year study of sheep and goat production on Maasai group ranches in Kenya. Reviews measures of output used by ILCA and others, and assesses the advantage and disadvanteges of each type of measurement and proposes new indices of production and methods for analysis.

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Autor principal: Peacock, C.P.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 1987
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28108
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description Describes a two year study of sheep and goat production on Maasai group ranches in Kenya. Reviews measures of output used by ILCA and others, and assesses the advantage and disadvanteges of each type of measurement and proposes new indices of production and methods for analysis.
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spelling CGSpace281082024-04-25T06:01:31Z Measures for assessing the productivity of sheep and goats Peacock, C.P. maasai ethnic group animal production small ruminants productivity animal performance growth weaning Describes a two year study of sheep and goat production on Maasai group ranches in Kenya. Reviews measures of output used by ILCA and others, and assesses the advantage and disadvanteges of each type of measurement and proposes new indices of production and methods for analysis. 1987-01 2013-05-06T06:59:56Z 2013-05-06T06:59:56Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28108 en Limited Access Elsevier Agricultural Systems;23(3): 197-210
spellingShingle maasai ethnic group
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small ruminants
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animal performance
growth
weaning
Peacock, C.P.
Measures for assessing the productivity of sheep and goats
title Measures for assessing the productivity of sheep and goats
title_full Measures for assessing the productivity of sheep and goats
title_fullStr Measures for assessing the productivity of sheep and goats
title_full_unstemmed Measures for assessing the productivity of sheep and goats
title_short Measures for assessing the productivity of sheep and goats
title_sort measures for assessing the productivity of sheep and goats
topic maasai ethnic group
animal production
small ruminants
productivity
animal performance
growth
weaning
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28108
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