Indigenous livestock as the backbone of African animal agriculture: The importance of adaptive attributes and potential for their exploitation
This paper summarises the adaptive traits of indigenous livestock breeds, presents a case for their improvement and outlines possible utilization strategies. Though the adaptive attributes of indigenous breeds of other species recognised, the discussion concentrates mainly on cattle. The discussion...
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South African Society of Animal Science
1994
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50719 |
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| author | Rege, J.E.O. |
| author_browse | Rege, J.E.O. |
| author_facet | Rege, J.E.O. |
| author_sort | Rege, J.E.O. |
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| description | This paper summarises the adaptive traits of indigenous livestock breeds, presents a case for their improvement and outlines possible utilization strategies. Though the adaptive attributes of indigenous breeds of other species recognised, the discussion concentrates mainly on cattle. The discussion focusses on livestock functions in traditional systems; adaptation issues such as tolerance to climatic stress, nutritional aspects of adaptation, adaptation related to water metabolism and parasite and disease tolerance; comparative productivity and utilization of indigenous animal genetic resources. It is argreed that it may not be possible to sufficiently improve some of the environments in which traditional livestock rearing is practised to allow introduction of specialised exotic breeds. |
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| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 1994 |
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| publisher | South African Society of Animal Science |
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| spelling | CGSpace507192016-05-30T17:53:11Z Indigenous livestock as the backbone of African animal agriculture: The importance of adaptive attributes and potential for their exploitation Rege, J.E.O. livestock land races This paper summarises the adaptive traits of indigenous livestock breeds, presents a case for their improvement and outlines possible utilization strategies. Though the adaptive attributes of indigenous breeds of other species recognised, the discussion concentrates mainly on cattle. The discussion focusses on livestock functions in traditional systems; adaptation issues such as tolerance to climatic stress, nutritional aspects of adaptation, adaptation related to water metabolism and parasite and disease tolerance; comparative productivity and utilization of indigenous animal genetic resources. It is argreed that it may not be possible to sufficiently improve some of the environments in which traditional livestock rearing is practised to allow introduction of specialised exotic breeds. 1994 2014-10-31T06:21:34Z 2014-10-31T06:21:34Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50719 en Limited Access South African Society of Animal Science |
| spellingShingle | livestock land races Rege, J.E.O. Indigenous livestock as the backbone of African animal agriculture: The importance of adaptive attributes and potential for their exploitation |
| title | Indigenous livestock as the backbone of African animal agriculture: The importance of adaptive attributes and potential for their exploitation |
| title_full | Indigenous livestock as the backbone of African animal agriculture: The importance of adaptive attributes and potential for their exploitation |
| title_fullStr | Indigenous livestock as the backbone of African animal agriculture: The importance of adaptive attributes and potential for their exploitation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Indigenous livestock as the backbone of African animal agriculture: The importance of adaptive attributes and potential for their exploitation |
| title_short | Indigenous livestock as the backbone of African animal agriculture: The importance of adaptive attributes and potential for their exploitation |
| title_sort | indigenous livestock as the backbone of african animal agriculture the importance of adaptive attributes and potential for their exploitation |
| topic | livestock land races |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50719 |
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