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Intra-population SNP analysis identifies signatures for grazing stress tolerance in Egyptian local goats
The need to support agricultural industries and human livelihoods in dryland environments using adapted livestock is becoming an unavoidable priority as prospects of global warming become even more evident. Here, using the ...
How to tailor community based breeding programs for small ruminants to pastoral production systems
The predominant small ruminant production system in Ethiopia is at the subsistence level with very low productivity despite a huge potential due to the large animal numbers and genetic diversity. Growing market demand both ...
Genome-wide structure and dynamics of Nubian goats from Northeast Africa
The Nubian goat breed-group includes the Algerian Mzabite, Egyptian Zaraibi and Nubian goats found in Ethiopia, Sudan and Eritrea, and is one of the ancestral founders of the Anglo-Nubian. Whether the breed-group comprises ...
Response of arid rangelands to deferred grazing in Southern Tunisia
Rangelands in north Africa and the near east in general provide numerous goods and services that have great economic, social, cultural, and biological values. For centuries, inhabitants of rangelands have engineered pastoral ...
Remote Spectral Imaging Using a Low Cost UAV System for Monitoring Rangelands
conference paper about Remote Spectral Imaging Using a Low Cost UAV System for Monitoring Rangelands presented at 1st Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (1st CAJG), which will be held on November 12–15, 2018 ...
First molecular detection and phylogenetic analyses of Neospora caninum from naturally infected sheep in North Africa
Neospora caninum is a protozoan parasite from the phylum Apicomplexa. This parasite is as
one of the major causative abortive agents in the dairy cattle industry. Moreover, abortions in
sheep due to N. caninum have been ...
Pastoral improvement using Hedysarum coronarium L. under semiarid environment conditions of Tunisia
This study was carried out to investigate the effect of scarification and/or reseeding on the vegetation cover and dry matter production of rangelands in Sbaihia, Governorate of Zaghouan, Tunisia during 2017- 2018. A total ...
“Livestock for resilience”: Revisiting the role of livestock in the major agricultural production systems of the MENA region
This paper aims to analyze the contribution of livestock to the resilience of major agricultural systems in the MENA region. We considered study areas from Jordan, Tunisia, and Morocco. We started by providing a typology ...
Challenges in small ruminant breeding programs and resulting investment priorities in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has a large small ruminants population and diversity, which contribute substantially to the livelihood and income of the rural poor and the country at large. However, the sector is faced with various challenges. ...