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Pullet production and supply business development by women’s groups in selected kebeles of Dale pilot learning district (PLW): Experiences from IPMS by Yilma, K., Tegegne, Azage, Hoekstra, Dirk, Yigzaw, M.

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ILRI/BMZ Safe Food Fair Food: Building capacity to improve the safety of animal-source foods and ensure continued market access for poor farmers in sub-Saharan Africa by Makita, K., Grace, Delia, Baumann, M.P.O., Bräunig, J., Randolph, Thomas F., Baker, Derek, Unger, Fred

“…The 8 participating countries are Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Republic of South Africa and Tanzania, and in total 18 students are involved in the research project. …”
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Fruit commodity development in Goma District through farmer-based improved fruit seedling supply system: Experiences from IPMS by Baredo, Y., Berhe, Kahsay, Hoekstra, Dirk

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Determination of anthelmintic resistance of Haemonchus contortus to three classes of anthelmintics in a Kenyan sheep flock based on results from faecal egg count reduction test by Lundin, S.

“…In this study I have investigated the resistance levels to all major classes of broad spectrum anthelmintics in a naturally infected flock of sheep of Red Maasai sheep (RM), Dorper sheep (D) and their offsprings on a research farm in Kenya. Resistance to the BZ albendazole (ALB) andmost likely also to the imidothiazole levamisole (LEV) had previously been seen in this flock. …”
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The global livestock agenda: Opportunities and challenges by Smith, Jimmy W., Grace, Delia, Herrero, Mario, Sones, Keith R.

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Preliminary evidence for genetic resistance to endoparasites in Menz and Horro lambs in the highlands of Ethiopia by Rege, J.E.O., Tembely, S., Mukasa, E., Sovani, S., Anindo, D.O., Lahlou-Kassi, A., Baker, R.L.

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Effect of temperature on the phenology of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera, Crambidae); simulation and visualization of the potential future distribution of C. partellus in A... by Khadioli, N., Tonnang, Henri E.Z., Muchugu, E., Ong'amo, G., Achia, Thomas, Kipchirchir, I., Kroschel, Jürgen, Le Ru, B.

“…The maps were compared with available data on the current distribution ofC. partellusin Kenya. The results show that the development times of the different stages decreased with increasing temperatures ranging from 18 to 35 °C; at the extreme temperatures, 15 and 38 °C, no egg could hatch and no larvae completed development. …”
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Knowledge and exploitation of small ruminant grading and pricing systems among Somaliland livestock producers by Wanyoike, Francis N., Mtimet, Nadhem, Mugunieri, Lawrence Godiah, Ndiwa, Nicholas N., Warsame, A., Marshall, Karen

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Mapping the benefit-cost ratios of interventions against bovine trypanosomosis in Eastern Africa by Shaw, A.P.M., Wint, G.R.W., Cecchi, G., Torr, S.J., Mattioli, R.C., Robinson, Timothy P.

“…In parts of the high-potential areas such as the mixed farming, high-oxen-use zones of western Ethiopia, the fertile crescent north of Lake Victoria and the dairy production areas in western and central Kenya, all tsetse control strategies achieve benefit-cost ratios from 2 to over 15, and for elimination strategies, ratios from 5 to over 20. …”
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RNAi-mediated resistance to diverse isolates belonging to two virus species involved in Cassava brown streak disease by Patil, B.L., Ogwok, E., Wagaba, Henry, Mohammed, I.U., Yadav, J.S., Bagewadi, B., Taylor, Nigel J., Kreuze, Jan F., Maruthi, M.N., Alicai, Titus, Fauquet, Claude M.

“…The two species are present predominantly in the coastal lowland [Cassava brown streak virus (CBSV); Tanzania and Mozambique] and highland [Cassava brown streak Uganda virus (CBSUV); Lake Victoria Basin, Uganda, Kenya and Malawi] in East Africa. In this study, we demonstrate that CBSD can be efficiently controlled using RNA interference (RNAi). …”
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Risk management and communication in informal dairy sector in Côte d’Ivoire: Options for sustainable livelihoods by Traoré, S., Gboko, T., Sanhoua, A., Kirioua, J., Dao, D., Jans, C., Hattendorf, J., Meile, L., Lacroix, C., Bonfoh, Bassirou

“…FDP was proved to be contaminated in Kenya, Somalia, Mali and Côte d'Ivoire by foodborne pathogens including Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. …”
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Productivity of Boran cattle maintained with chemoprophylaxis under high tsetse challenge at Mkwaja ranch in Tanzania. 1. Ranch organization and animal health management by Jibbo, J.M.C., Trail, J.C.M., Sones, Keith R., Durkin, J.W., Light, D.E., Murray, M.

“…Over the last 10 years, the ranch has supported some 12,000 head of Zebu cattle progressively upgraded since 1958 by the importation of Boran bulls and semen from Kenya. From 1973 to 1980, breeding cows, heifers, bulls and steers were maintained under Samorin prophylaxis at 0.5 mg/kg on a herd basis. …”
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Lasting influence of biochemically contrasting organic inputs on abundance and community structure of total and proteolytic bacteria in tropical soils by Rasche, F., Musyoki, M.K., Röhl, C., Muema, E.K., Vanlauwe, Bernard, Cadisch, Georg

“…The SOM field experiments in Kenya, which have been initiated in 2002 on two contrasting soils (clayey Humic Nitisol (sand: 17%; silt: 18%; clay: 65%) at Embu, sandy Ferric Alisol (sand: 66%; silt: 11%; clay: 22%) at Machanga), were used for exploring the effect of nine year annual application of biochemically contrasting organic inputs (i.e., Zea mays (ZM; C/N ratio: 59; (lignin + polyphenols)-to-N ratio: 9.8); Tithonia diversifolia (TD; 13; 3.5); Calliandra calothyrsus (CC; 13; 6.7)) on the soil bacterial decomposer community. …”
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Aflatoxin exposure among young children in urban low-income areas of Nairobi and association with child growth by Kiarie, G.M., Domínguez Salas, Paula, Kang'ethe, S.K., Grace, Delia, Lindahl, Johanna F.

“…In this cross-sectional study, 204 low-income households were randomly selected in two low-income areas of Nairobi, Kenya. Korogocho is a higher population density area and Dagoretti a lower population density area. …”
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Brucellosis in ruminants in two counties of Yunnan, China and the use of an integrated approach for effective control by Unger, Fred, Yang Shibao, Li Wengui, Yang Xiangdong, Yang Guorong

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Aflatoxins in dairy cattle feed in Senegal by Marshall, Karen, Missohou, Ayao, Tebug, Stanly Fon, Kagera, I., Grace, Delia, Lindahl, Johanna F.

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Digestibility and metabolizable energy of selected tropical feedstuffs estimated by in vitro and prediction equations by Onyango, A., Dickhoefer, Uta, Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus, Goopy, John P.

“…Samples of supplement feedstuffs (n = 12) and the herbaceous and ligneous vegetation on native pastures (n = 12) were collected in Lower Nyando, Kenya, over two seasons of one year. Samples were analysed for dry matter (DM; in % of fresh matter), crude ash, crude protein, ether extract, neutral and acid detergent fiber (NDF, ADF) (all in % of DM). …”
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Bio-economic evaluation and optimization of livestock intensification in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. by Birnholz, Celine A., Bolliger, Adrian M., Tan Khanh, Truong, Groot, Jeroen C.J., Paul, Birthe K.

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Participatory Evaluation of Resilient Potato Varieties in Climate-Smart Villages of Lushoto in Tanzania by Harahagazwe, D., Quiróz, R., Kuoko, Stephen, Recha, John W.M., Radeny, Maren A.O., Sayula, George, Schulte-Geldermann, Elmar, Brush, Gladness, Msoka, Elizabeth, Rimoy, Mary, Bonierbale, Merideth W., Atakos, Vivian, Kinyangi, James

“…Experimental materials comprised six advanced and heat tolerant clones from CIP (CIP390478.9, CIP388767.1, CIP392797.22, CIP300055.32, CIP398208.29 and CIP397073.7), two local varieties (Kidinya and Obama), an improved variety recently registered in Tanzania (Asante) and a popular farmer’s variety but registered in Kenya (Shangii). A cross-analysis of field and culinary data combining quantitative and qualitative assessments from the three seasons of field evaluations showed a certain consistency in the high yielding ability and acceptability of four genotypes, namely Asante, Shangii, CIP392797.22 and CIP398208.29. …”
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Commercialization of vegetable production in Alamata Woreda, Northern Ethiopia: processes and impact by Berhane, G., Gebrehiwot, A., Berhe, Kahsay, Hoekstra, Dirk

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