Determinants of breeders’ participation to an indigenous cattle breeding program

The use of indigenous cattle in terminal cross-breeding to improve beef cattle production in Sub-Saharan Africa

The role indigenous livestock can play in Africa’s Livestock Revolution is not always recognized. In many parts of Africa pure breeding with indigenous breeds is the only viable production strategy because of adverse climatic and nutritional conditions. However, there are scenarios where the higher demands of exotic breeds and their cross-breds can be met. This article discusses the possibility...

Nb_HetEx: a program to estimate the effective number of breeders.

The program "Nb_HetEx" estimates the effective number of breeders (N(b)) that produced the sampled progeny based on genotype counts contained in that sample. When the number of breeders is very small, there is an excess of heterozygotes in their progeny: the smaller the number of breeders, the larger the heterozygote excess. The Nb_HetEx program also estimates N(e) through the temporal method.

Cultural dimensions of Indigenous participation

Breeding and Genetics: Dairy Cattle Breeding I

Humans obtain a number of products from animals. These include food, clothing, medical materials, companionship and research knowledge to name a few. A valued ethic contends that it is inappropriate for one to treat another as a means to an end. In short, it is wrong to treat another as simply a product. Historically, non-human beings have not been included as “others” and thus their treatment ...

Determinants of employment and labour force participation: a cohort analysis of indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, 1986–96

s or Summaries of all CAEPR Discussion Papers can be found at the following World Wide Web address: http://online.edu.au/caepr/ As with all CAEPR publications, the views expressed in this Discussion Paper are those of the author(s) and do not reflect an official CAEPR position. Professor Jon Altman Director, CAEPR The Australian National University August 1999 DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 186 III C E N...