Milk for calves or man in a Maasai pastoral system in East Africa

Reports on a study carried out by ILCA in Kenya, on the Maasai pastoral system with ref. to providing milk primarily for calves & secondly for human subsistence. Notes the systems better level of productivity as compared to other pastoral systems in Africa due to its low calf mortality, better calf...

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Autores principales: Semenye, P.P., Leeuw, P.N. de
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Australian Academy of Science 1986
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50848
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Sumario:Reports on a study carried out by ILCA in Kenya, on the Maasai pastoral system with ref. to providing milk primarily for calves & secondly for human subsistence. Notes the systems better level of productivity as compared to other pastoral systems in Africa due to its low calf mortality, better calf growth and lactation yield.