Productivity of Boran cattle maintained by chemoprophylaxis under trypanosomiasis risk

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Abstract

Evaluates the productivity of grade Boran cattle maintained by chemoprophylaxis under severe trypanosomiasis risk at Mkwaja ranch, Tanzania; uses data based on more than 20,000 calving records over the 10-year period from 1973 to 1982; discusses environmental influences on performance traits and links between tsetse population dynamics & cattle; includes comparison of Boran genotypes and its effect on pre-weaning growth characters.

Authors

  • Trail, J.C.M.
  • Sones, Keith R.
  • Jibbo, J.M.C.
  • Durkin, J.W.
  • Light, D.E.
  • Murray, M.

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