Productivity of representative breeds of important cattle groups in Africa

Describes briefly the main ecological zones of Africa w. examples of the general types of cattle that can be maintained. Assesses the contributions of past research work in breed evaluation. Reports examples of breed characterization studies that highlight the value of such work for each of the thre...

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Main Author: Trail, J.C.M.
Format: Conference Paper
Language:Inglés
Published: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research 1985
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50986
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description Describes briefly the main ecological zones of Africa w. examples of the general types of cattle that can be maintained. Assesses the contributions of past research work in breed evaluation. Reports examples of breed characterization studies that highlight the value of such work for each of the three major indigenous cattle groups of Africa, viz, Africander, Tswana, & Tuli cattle of the Sanga group; Boran & small East African Zebu cattle of the humped zebu group; and N'dama and west African Shorthorn cattle of the Indigenous Taurine group.
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spelling CGSpace509862021-02-23T23:26:11Z Productivity of representative breeds of important cattle groups in Africa Trail, J.C.M. tropical cattle breeds productivity breed characters indigenous breeds environment zebu cattle taurine sanga cattle research Describes briefly the main ecological zones of Africa w. examples of the general types of cattle that can be maintained. Assesses the contributions of past research work in breed evaluation. Reports examples of breed characterization studies that highlight the value of such work for each of the three major indigenous cattle groups of Africa, viz, Africander, Tswana, & Tuli cattle of the Sanga group; Boran & small East African Zebu cattle of the humped zebu group; and N'dama and west African Shorthorn cattle of the Indigenous Taurine group. 1985 2014-10-31T06:21:55Z 2014-10-31T06:21:55Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50986 en Limited Access Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
spellingShingle tropical
cattle breeds
productivity
breed characters
indigenous breeds
environment
zebu cattle
taurine
sanga cattle
research
Trail, J.C.M.
Productivity of representative breeds of important cattle groups in Africa
title Productivity of representative breeds of important cattle groups in Africa
title_full Productivity of representative breeds of important cattle groups in Africa
title_fullStr Productivity of representative breeds of important cattle groups in Africa
title_full_unstemmed Productivity of representative breeds of important cattle groups in Africa
title_short Productivity of representative breeds of important cattle groups in Africa
title_sort productivity of representative breeds of important cattle groups in africa
topic tropical
cattle breeds
productivity
breed characters
indigenous breeds
environment
zebu cattle
taurine
sanga cattle
research
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50986
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