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Productivity of Boran cattle maintained by chemoprophylaxis under trypanosomiasis risk

Evaluates the productivity of grade Boran cattle maintained by chemoprophylaxis under severe trypanosomiasis risk at Mkwaja ranch, Tanzania; uses data based on more than 20,000 calving records over the 10-year period from 1973 to 1982; discusses environmental influences on performance traits and lin...

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Main Authors: Trail, J.C.M., Sones, Keith R., Jibbo, J.M.C., Durkin, J.W., Light, D.E., Murray, M.
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: International Livestock Centre for Africa 1985
Subjects:
mkwaja
trypanosomiasis
disease control
chemoprophylaxis
animal performance
glossinidae
genotypes
ndama cattle
animal health
environmental effects
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/4227
Summary:Evaluates the productivity of grade Boran cattle maintained by chemoprophylaxis under severe trypanosomiasis risk at Mkwaja ranch, Tanzania; uses data based on more than 20,000 calving records over the 10-year period from 1973 to 1982; discusses environmental influences on performance traits and links between tsetse population dynamics & cattle; includes comparison of Boran genotypes and its effect on pre-weaning growth characters.

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