Goats and sheep in the traditional livestock production systems in semi-arid northern Africa: Their importance, productivity and constraints on production
Discusses relative importance & contributions, productivities and constraints to increasing productivity of small ruminants under traditional management systems in the northern drier areas of subsaharan Africa w. emphasis on livestock numbers; role in providing meat & milk esp. to smallholders & during dry periods; resistance to & ability to recover from drought; liveweight production indices; preweaning mortality, diseases & nutrition.
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| Format: | Book Chapter biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Westview Press, Inc.
1984
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| Subjects: | semiarid zones, sheep, goats, livestock production, productivity, production constraints, livestock census, mortality, animal diseases, animal nutrition, |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50617 |
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