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Livestock Research for Rural Development, Volume 23, Number 9, September 2011
ISSN 0121-3784

Contents

Papers:

  1. The functioning of sheep market in western Algerian highlands: between constraints and distribution of values; M Zoubeidi and F Chehat (In French)

  2. Pre-weaning growth performances of Fogera calves at Metekel cattle improvement and multiplication ranch, North West Ethiopia; Melaku Menale, Zeleke Mekuriaw, Getinet Mekuriaw and Mengistie Taye

  3. Climatic Changes, Infectious Diseases, and Livestock Production; Sigfrido Burgos Cáceres

  4. Feed utilization, digestibility and carcass parameters of Tigray highland sheep fed urea treated wheat straw supplemented with mixtures of wheat bran and noug seed cake, in Southern Tigray, Ethiopia; Gebremeskel Gebretsadik and Kefelegn Kebede

  5. Role of indigenous Bamboo species (Yushania alpina and Oxytenanthera abyssinica) as ruminant feed in northwestern Ethiopia; Yeshambel Mekuriaw, Mengistu Urge and Getachew Animut

  6. Population structure of the Sahiwal breed in Kenya; T K Muasya, J N Kariuki and J M K Muia

  7. Optimisation of breeding schemes for litter size, lambing interval, body weight and parasite resistance for sheep in Kenya; Else Verbeek, Egbert Kanis, Rawlynce C Bett and Isaac S Kosgey

  8. Simple and quick method for recycling pineapple waste into animal feed; O A Makinde, S M Odeyinka and S K Ayandiran

  9. Using mixed models to describe growth in buffaloes; Edison Julián Ramírez Toro, Jaime Alberto Mesa R, Divier Antonio Agudelo Gomez, Diana Maria Bolivar Vergara and Mario Fernando Cerón-Muñoz

  10. Quality evaluation of honey produced in Gomma Woreda of South Western Ethiopia; C Kinati, T Tolemariam and K Debele

  11. Marketing, handling and physical quality of raw marketed milk in Tanga region of Tanzania; L Schooman and E S Swai

  12. Predicting the body mass of goats from body measurements; M Mahieu , M Navès and R Arquet

  13. Changes in plant species composition and diversity along a grazing gradient from livestock watering point in Allaidege rangeland of North-eastern Ethiopia rangelands; Asheber Tegegn, Lisanwork Nigatu and Amaha Kassahun

  14. Evaluation of options for improving hatchability in indigenous free-range chickens in Eastern Uganda; H Kirunda and N Muwereza

  15. Abundance, size and mortality of land snails of the Banco National Park (Côte d'Ivoire): impact of the soil granulometry and chemical content; J D Mèmèl, M Karamoko, A Otchoumou and D K Kouassi (In French)

  16. Comparison of mathematical models to describe lactation curves in Saanen and Alpine goats; R R Noguera, D R Ortiz and L S Marin (In Spanish)

  17. Evaluation of litter traits in Sudanese rabbits; K M Elamin and I A Yousif

  18. Effects of intercropping cereal-legume on biomass and grain yield in the savannah zone; P T Birteeb, W Addah, N Jakper and A Addo-Kwafo

  19. Climate variability and dry season ruminant livestock feeding strategies in Southeastern Kenya; Aphaxard J N Ndathi, Moses M Nyangito, Nashon K R Musimba and Barnabas N Mitaru

  20. Performance of mixed crop-livestock production system: the Data Envelopment approach; Hassen Beshir Hussien

  21. Food security and economic importance of family poultry (chicken) husbandry program in Artibonite and South departments of Haiti; V P Nchinda, O Thieme, P Ankers, V Crespi and S Ariste


Short communications

  1. Evaluation of ginger (Zingiber officinale) as a feed additive in broiler diets; A A Mohammed and M Yusuf


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