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Livestock production in central Mali: Reproductive performance and reproductive wastage in ruminants in the agro-pastoral system

Reports results of a seven-year field trial and a three year slaughterhouse study on reproductive performance of domestic ruminants in the Niono area of Central Mali. Examines age at first parturition, parturition interval, litter size, seasonality, life-time production of young, embryo migration an...

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Main Authors: Wilson, R.T., Traoré, A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 1988
Subjects:
semiarid zones
tropics
ruminants
agropastoral systems
reproductivity
traditional methods
niono
mortality
age at first calving
calving interval
slaughtering
abortion
foetal death
seasons
multiple births
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29660
Summary:Reports results of a seven-year field trial and a three year slaughterhouse study on reproductive performance of domestic ruminants in the Niono area of Central Mali. Examines age at first parturition, parturition interval, litter size, seasonality, life-time production of young, embryo migration and early embryonic mortality, abortions & stillbirths, early mortality, age at puberty & parturition intervals, and slaughter of pregnant females.

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