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The N'Dama cattle genetic improvement programme: A review

This paper reviews the successful N’Dama cattle genetic improvement programme implemented in a low input productions system at the International Trypanotolerance Centre (ITC) in 1994, in the Gambia. The first part of the paper presents the genetic improvement programme. The second part deals with th...

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Main Authors: Bosso, N.A., Corr, N., Njie, M., Fall, Abdou, Waaij, E.H. van der, Arendonk, Johan A.M. van, Jaitner, J., Dempfle, L., Agyemang, K.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge University Press 2007
Subjects:
cattle
genetics
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70951
Summary:This paper reviews the successful N’Dama cattle genetic improvement programme implemented in a low input productions system at the International Trypanotolerance Centre (ITC) in 1994, in the Gambia. The first part of the paper presents the genetic improvement programme. The second part deals with the analysis of the genetic improvement programme expressed through genetic progress and the benefits for the farmers is encouraging. Recommendation process in the field are made.

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