Traditional cattle production in the subhumid zone of Nigeria

Describes, briefly, sizes structures, general management and productivity of pastoral herds in the Kaduna Plains of Nigeria. Includes data on age at first calving, calving percentage, calving intervals, calf liveweight & mortality to 1 year, and milk yield of Bunaji cattle under this sedentary pasto...

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Autor principal: Otchere, E.O.
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Livestock Centre for Africa 1986
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50050
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description Describes, briefly, sizes structures, general management and productivity of pastoral herds in the Kaduna Plains of Nigeria. Includes data on age at first calving, calving percentage, calving intervals, calf liveweight & mortality to 1 year, and milk yield of Bunaji cattle under this sedentary pastoral management system. Identifies nutrition as cause of this below-genetic-potential productivity.
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spelling CGSpace500502025-11-04T14:13:06Z Traditional cattle production in the subhumid zone of Nigeria Otchere, E.O. subhumid zones livestock production agropastoral systems herd size herd structure livestock management productivity white fulani cattle age at first calving calving rate calving interval birth weight mortality milk yield Describes, briefly, sizes structures, general management and productivity of pastoral herds in the Kaduna Plains of Nigeria. Includes data on age at first calving, calving percentage, calving intervals, calf liveweight & mortality to 1 year, and milk yield of Bunaji cattle under this sedentary pastoral management system. Identifies nutrition as cause of this below-genetic-potential productivity. 1986 2014-10-31T06:08:43Z 2014-10-31T06:08:43Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50050 en Open Access application/pdf International Livestock Centre for Africa
spellingShingle subhumid zones
livestock production
agropastoral systems
herd size
herd structure
livestock management
productivity
white fulani cattle
age at first calving
calving rate
calving interval
birth weight
mortality
milk yield
Otchere, E.O.
Traditional cattle production in the subhumid zone of Nigeria
title Traditional cattle production in the subhumid zone of Nigeria
title_full Traditional cattle production in the subhumid zone of Nigeria
title_fullStr Traditional cattle production in the subhumid zone of Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Traditional cattle production in the subhumid zone of Nigeria
title_short Traditional cattle production in the subhumid zone of Nigeria
title_sort traditional cattle production in the subhumid zone of nigeria
topic subhumid zones
livestock production
agropastoral systems
herd size
herd structure
livestock management
productivity
white fulani cattle
age at first calving
calving rate
calving interval
birth weight
mortality
milk yield
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50050
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