Breeding objectives for Red Maasai and Dorper sheep in Kenya—A participatory approach
The Red Maasai sheep breed is under threat due to indiscriminate crossbreeding and strategies are needed to conserve and improve the breed. The aim of this study was to understand farmers’ preferences for important traits of flocks of Red Maasai, Dorper and crosses in two different areas, Amboseli a...
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American Society of Animal Science
2014
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| author | Zonabend König, Emelie Mirkena, T. Audho, James O. Ojango, Julie M.K. Strandberg, E. Näsholm, A. Malmfors, B. Okeyo Mwai, Ally Philipsson, J. |
| author_browse | Audho, James O. Malmfors, B. Mirkena, T. Näsholm, A. Ojango, Julie M.K. Okeyo Mwai, Ally Philipsson, J. Strandberg, E. Zonabend König, Emelie |
| author_facet | Zonabend König, Emelie Mirkena, T. Audho, James O. Ojango, Julie M.K. Strandberg, E. Näsholm, A. Malmfors, B. Okeyo Mwai, Ally Philipsson, J. |
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| description | The Red Maasai sheep breed is under threat due to indiscriminate crossbreeding and strategies are needed to conserve and improve the breed. The aim of this study was to understand farmers’ preferences for important traits of flocks of Red Maasai, Dorper and crosses in two different areas, Amboseli and Isinya, in Kenya. Farmers identified three ewes that represented the best, average, and poorest within its breed group of each farm and gave reasons for their ranking. The most important traits were body size and growth rate and thereafter milk yield. The Red Maasai was preferred for its better reproduction and tolerance against diseases and drought. In the harshest area, Amboseli, all breed groups had about the same body weight, whereas in Isinya, where conditions are better and farmers are more market oriented, Dorper and crosses had superior weights. |
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| spelling | CGSpace784992025-11-04T16:25:58Z Breeding objectives for Red Maasai and Dorper sheep in Kenya—A participatory approach Zonabend König, Emelie Mirkena, T. Audho, James O. Ojango, Julie M.K. Strandberg, E. Näsholm, A. Malmfors, B. Okeyo Mwai, Ally Philipsson, J. animal breeding sheep small ruminants The Red Maasai sheep breed is under threat due to indiscriminate crossbreeding and strategies are needed to conserve and improve the breed. The aim of this study was to understand farmers’ preferences for important traits of flocks of Red Maasai, Dorper and crosses in two different areas, Amboseli and Isinya, in Kenya. Farmers identified three ewes that represented the best, average, and poorest within its breed group of each farm and gave reasons for their ranking. The most important traits were body size and growth rate and thereafter milk yield. The Red Maasai was preferred for its better reproduction and tolerance against diseases and drought. In the harshest area, Amboseli, all breed groups had about the same body weight, whereas in Isinya, where conditions are better and farmers are more market oriented, Dorper and crosses had superior weights. 2014-08-22 2016-12-23T06:50:50Z 2016-12-23T06:50:50Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78499 en Open Access application/pdf American Society of Animal Science Zonabend, E., Mirkena, T., Audho, J., Ojango, J., Strandberg, E., Näsholm, A., Malmfors, B., Okeyo, A.M. and Philipsson, J. 2014. Breeding objectives for Red Maasai and Dorper sheep in Kenya—A participatory approach. IN: Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Vancouver, Canada, 17-22 August 2014. Champaign, USA: American Society of Animal Science. |
| spellingShingle | animal breeding sheep small ruminants Zonabend König, Emelie Mirkena, T. Audho, James O. Ojango, Julie M.K. Strandberg, E. Näsholm, A. Malmfors, B. Okeyo Mwai, Ally Philipsson, J. Breeding objectives for Red Maasai and Dorper sheep in Kenya—A participatory approach |
| title | Breeding objectives for Red Maasai and Dorper sheep in Kenya—A participatory approach |
| title_full | Breeding objectives for Red Maasai and Dorper sheep in Kenya—A participatory approach |
| title_fullStr | Breeding objectives for Red Maasai and Dorper sheep in Kenya—A participatory approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Breeding objectives for Red Maasai and Dorper sheep in Kenya—A participatory approach |
| title_short | Breeding objectives for Red Maasai and Dorper sheep in Kenya—A participatory approach |
| title_sort | breeding objectives for red maasai and dorper sheep in kenya a participatory approach |
| topic | animal breeding sheep small ruminants |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78499 |
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