The livestock sector is socially, culturally and politically very significant. It accounts for 40%
of the world's agriculture Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It employs 1.3 billion people, and …

Coat colour contributes to physiological adaptation in mammals and mediates response to
thermal stress. Twenty-four adult West African Dwarf sheep of both sexes and with different …

Heat tolerance attributes of extensively reared West African Dwarf goats as influenced by
some qualitative traits and non-genetic factors was studied on-farm. The qualitative traits of …

Simple Summary Selection of animal breeds that are adapted to extreme climatic conditions
may help to sustain livestock production in the face of climate change. We measured the …

A study was carried out at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Farm, Bauchi (February-
May, 2002) to investigate the effect of frequency of ejaculation (once, twice and thrice per …

Abstract The Arabia (Arbia) goat is the main indigenous population in Algeria. As the
productive potential of this goat is unknown, the study aims to evaluate its growth …

Climate change negatively influences the productive and reproductive abilities of goats.
There is a need to understand the relationship between heat stress and genes that may aid …

Trypanosomosis remains a major challenge to livestock production in much of tropical Sub-
Saharan Africa, while diagnosis and treatment still depend on inefficient parasitological …

ABSTRACT With 178 West African Dwarf sheep aged 1 to 3 years, a study was conducted to
investigate the effects of coat colour genes on body measurements, heat tolerance traits and …

The present study was carried out at Sakha Animal Production Experimental Station
belonging to Animal Production Research Institute. The experiment was conducted under …