Author: Miodrag Ristic
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401190348
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Most of the future increase in livestock production is expected to occur in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Cattle are the most numerous of the ruminant species in the tropics and provide the largest quantity of animal food products. More than one-third of the world's cattle are found in the tropics. Disease is the major factor which prohibits full utilization of these regions for cattle production. Various infectious and transmissible viral, rick ettsial, bacterial, and particularly protozoan and helminthic diseases, are widespread in the tropics and exert a heavy toll on the existing cattle industry there. This uncontrolled disease situation also discourages investment in cattle industries by private and government sectors. In Africa alone, it is estimated that 125 million head of cattle could be accommodated in the tropical rainbelt if the disease and other animal husbandry factors could be resolved. The potential of efficient cattle production under more favorable conditions prompted various international agencies to establish a multi million dollar International Laboratory for Research in Animal Diseases (ILRAD) in Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. In South America, principal sites for raising cattle are shifting to the savannah lands because the more fertile soils are being used for crop produc tion, however, in the savannahs also, disease remains the most powerful deterrent in implementing the cattle industry.
Diseases of Cattle in the Tropics
Author: Miodrag Ristic
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401190348
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Most of the future increase in livestock production is expected to occur in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Cattle are the most numerous of the ruminant species in the tropics and provide the largest quantity of animal food products. More than one-third of the world's cattle are found in the tropics. Disease is the major factor which prohibits full utilization of these regions for cattle production. Various infectious and transmissible viral, rick ettsial, bacterial, and particularly protozoan and helminthic diseases, are widespread in the tropics and exert a heavy toll on the existing cattle industry there. This uncontrolled disease situation also discourages investment in cattle industries by private and government sectors. In Africa alone, it is estimated that 125 million head of cattle could be accommodated in the tropical rainbelt if the disease and other animal husbandry factors could be resolved. The potential of efficient cattle production under more favorable conditions prompted various international agencies to establish a multi million dollar International Laboratory for Research in Animal Diseases (ILRAD) in Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. In South America, principal sites for raising cattle are shifting to the savannah lands because the more fertile soils are being used for crop produc tion, however, in the savannahs also, disease remains the most powerful deterrent in implementing the cattle industry.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401190348
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Most of the future increase in livestock production is expected to occur in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Cattle are the most numerous of the ruminant species in the tropics and provide the largest quantity of animal food products. More than one-third of the world's cattle are found in the tropics. Disease is the major factor which prohibits full utilization of these regions for cattle production. Various infectious and transmissible viral, rick ettsial, bacterial, and particularly protozoan and helminthic diseases, are widespread in the tropics and exert a heavy toll on the existing cattle industry there. This uncontrolled disease situation also discourages investment in cattle industries by private and government sectors. In Africa alone, it is estimated that 125 million head of cattle could be accommodated in the tropical rainbelt if the disease and other animal husbandry factors could be resolved. The potential of efficient cattle production under more favorable conditions prompted various international agencies to establish a multi million dollar International Laboratory for Research in Animal Diseases (ILRAD) in Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. In South America, principal sites for raising cattle are shifting to the savannah lands because the more fertile soils are being used for crop produc tion, however, in the savannahs also, disease remains the most powerful deterrent in implementing the cattle industry.
Tropical Dairy Farming
Author: John Moran
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643091238
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This manual is designed for use by dairy production advisors working in tropical areas, especially in South-East Asia. It aims to increase the productivity of small holder dairy farmers in the humid tropics by improving the feeding management of their livestock.
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643091238
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This manual is designed for use by dairy production advisors working in tropical areas, especially in South-East Asia. It aims to increase the productivity of small holder dairy farmers in the humid tropics by improving the feeding management of their livestock.
Tropical Dairy Breed
Author: Simeon Olawumi
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN: 9783659244506
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Tropical breeds of cattle have such unique and outstanding characteristics as hardiness, heat-tolerance and adaptability to hot environment; their low productivity notwithstanding. White Fulani cattle, one of the indigenous dairy cattle in Nigeria is unique in the sense that the breed is resistant to Trypanosomiasis, a killer disease prevalent in the humid Tropics. It is a dual-purpose breed and is tolerant to hostile weather conditions. The present data revealed that the breed recorded low calf birth weight and poor milk production due principally to its low genetic potentials and an unfavourable rearing environmental conditions. Possible intervention programmes include mating with improved exotic dairy breeds, improvement of the environment and provision of high quality feeds and supplemental diets throughout the year. These findings should be especially relevant for future research by Geneticists and Animal Breeders for the development of dairy breeds suitable for this country. The breed therefore, occupies an important position for the evolution of a more productive and profitable dairy type in the Tropics.
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN: 9783659244506
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Tropical breeds of cattle have such unique and outstanding characteristics as hardiness, heat-tolerance and adaptability to hot environment; their low productivity notwithstanding. White Fulani cattle, one of the indigenous dairy cattle in Nigeria is unique in the sense that the breed is resistant to Trypanosomiasis, a killer disease prevalent in the humid Tropics. It is a dual-purpose breed and is tolerant to hostile weather conditions. The present data revealed that the breed recorded low calf birth weight and poor milk production due principally to its low genetic potentials and an unfavourable rearing environmental conditions. Possible intervention programmes include mating with improved exotic dairy breeds, improvement of the environment and provision of high quality feeds and supplemental diets throughout the year. These findings should be especially relevant for future research by Geneticists and Animal Breeders for the development of dairy breeds suitable for this country. The breed therefore, occupies an important position for the evolution of a more productive and profitable dairy type in the Tropics.
Milk Production in the Tropics
Author: Anne Chamberlain
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Crossbreeding Bos Indicus and Bos Taurus for Milk Production in the Tropics
Author: E. P. Cunningham
Publisher: Bernan Press(PA)
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher: Bernan Press(PA)
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Breeding for Milk Production in Tropical Cattle
Author: Commonwealth Bureau of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Dairy Cattle Breeding in the Humid Tropics
Author: FAO Expert Group on Dairy Cattle Breeding in the Humid Tropics (1979 ; Chairman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Breeding for Milk Production in Tropical Cattle
Author: Pararajasingham Mahadevan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Feeding Dairy Cows in the Tropics
Author: Andrew Speedy
Publisher: Bernan Press(PA)
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher: Bernan Press(PA)
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Beef 2007-08
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beef cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Beef cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description