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Community-Based Breeding Program is an attractive option for genetic improvement of small ruminants
In small ruminants, centralized breeding schemes, entirely managed and controlled by governments – with minimal, if any, participation by farmers – were developed and implemented in many developing countries. Such programs ...
Indigenous knowledge, practices and preferences in control of gastrointestinal nematodes in Bonga and Horro sheep of Ethiopia
Gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) remain one of the main health and production constraints of sheep globally. Considering alternatives to anthelmintics in control of GIN of sheep has become important mainly due to development ...
Mitochondrial and nuclear multilocus phylogeny of Rhipicephalus ticks from Kenya
The morphological diversity of African ticks of the genus Rhipicephalus and subgenus Boophilus have been studied in detail. However, their taxonomy remains poorly resolved with limited molecular studies performed to improve ...
Genome‑wide scans identify known and novel regions associated with prolifcacy and reproduction traits in a sub‑Saharan African indigenous sheep (Ovis aries)
Maximizing the number of ofspring born per female is a key functionality trait in commercial- and/or subsistence-oriented
livestock enterprises. Although the number of ofspring born is closely associated with female fertility ...
Novel and known signals of selection for fat deposition in domestic sheep breeds from Africa and Eurasia
Genomic regions subjected to selection frequently show signatures such as within-population reduced nucleotide diversity and outlier values of differentiation among differentially selected populations. In this study, we ...
Abergelle goat landform similarity in Ethiopia
This map was prepared for Livestock and fish CRP project, for Mapping breeds to appropriate production environments: a case study of Ethiopian indigenous sheep and goats. Abergelle goat landform similarity was assessed by ...
Follicular and endocrine basis for high litter size in Bonga sheep
This is a drafted paper aiming at characterizing and comparing follicular dynamics, ovulatory response and luteal activity during the follicular and the luteal phases in synchronized Bonga sheep with different records for ...
Mapping breeds to appropriate production environments: a case study of Ethiopian indigenous sheep and goats
Geographic information systems (GIS) provide a useful way to examine whether a breed can be introduced to new areas, by identifying similar environments to the place of where the breed evolved over many centuries. Allowing ...
Mapping breeds to appropriate production environments: a case study of Ethiopian indigenous sheep and goats
Environmental suitability analysis is an important step in planning livestock development activities because of its efficiency to allocate improved and new livestock breeds to their most appropriate habitats for optimal ...
Livestock Genomics for Developing Countries – African Examples in Practice
African livestock breeds are numerous and diverse, and typically well adapted to the harsh environment conditions under which they perform. They have been used over centuries to provide livelihoods as well as food and ...