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The status of maize stover utilization as feed for livestock in Kiambu and Thika districts of Kenya: Constraints and opportunities

  • 2011
  • Issue: 1
  • Volume: 4
M. Syomiti, M. Wanyoike, R.G. Wahome & J.K.N. Kuria Page: 8 - 13

Maize stover is an important feed resource in smallholder crop/livestock production systems. A situation analysis survey was undertaken in four administrative divisions, namely Kiambu and Githuguri in the Kiambu district and Gatanga and Kamwangi in the Thika district as representatives…

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The analysis of breeding structure in the modern context

  • 2011
  • Issue: 1
  • Volume: 4
Charl Hunlun Page: 14 - 21

The analysis of the breeding structure of a livestock breed is generally considered as “old” technology and was, generally, cumbersome to achieve. The advent of modern computerised animal recording databases and faster and more powerful computers have made this kind…

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