Population Status And Trends Of African Cattle Breedss

The book includes a clear outline of the history of conservation in Africa, coupled with stories of Africans involved in conservation management. The authors explain the issues around African conservation as well as including their own input and potential solutions. One of the main points presented is that the myth that Africans and wildlife being incompatible must be broken. It is evident that Africans are just as passionate about their wildlife like the rest of the world and the authors try to bring this across to the rest of the world. However, conservationists must make sure that rural people are acknowledged and that they engage in conservation efforts to make sure projects are successful. Due to the age of the book, several issues are more prominent than others, such as habitat loss and overpopulation, and that the solutions to these issues will have changed with the development of technology. Public awareness and the education of issues are now more achievable and effective due to the advancement in communication in the form of social media and the fact many Africans own a mobile phones. The involvement of local communities will always be important in conservation and most of the points brought across in the book about the past will remain relevant. An update or a companion book including discussions of new issues threats

Canadienne Cattle are dairy cattle that originated in Canada and is starting to become more popular in the United States. Canadienne cattle were the main cattle breed up until 1850. The breed developed it’s own official herd book in 1886 when they were almost extinct. The population of the Canadienne was nearly 300,000 head before the book was developed. Today, the breed is not as common, but it still thrives (The Canadienne Cow, 2009).

A 2013 study at Bellumori et al used medical records from the veterinary clinic at UC Davic for more than 27,000 dogs. The purpose of this study was to compare the incidence of 24 genetic disorders in mixed vs purebred dogs.

In African Wild Dog facts, there is usually only one breeding pair, which are the dominant male and female members. It is thought that the African Wild Dog was once found in nearly 40 different countries, but that number is much lower today, at between 10 and 25. Today the African Wild Dog is listed as an endangered species as African Wild Dogs population number have been rapidly decreasing, particularly in recent years. Due to the relatively large size and dominant nature of African Wild Dog and their packs, they have few natural predators within their natural habitats. They are therefore able to go for a long time without needing to drink. The kingdom of the African Wild Dog is

There are so many threatened and endangered animals throughout the world. The first animal, however, that popped into my mind when we first started talking about this research paper was the zebra. I absolutely love zebras. They are so majestic and unique. I’ve always wanted to go to Africa and travel on a safari and take pictures of them up close and personal while they are in their natural habitat. Grevy’s zebras, particularly, are one of the three different species of zebras in the world and they are the largest (AboutGrevy’sZebra). They are beautiful creatures that originally lived in the semi-arid grasslands and savannahs in East Africa. Zebras are well known for their black and white stripes that are as unique as a human fingerprint.

With already major food scarcity issues among many emerging African nations, disease will only further pressure an already dire situation for food security in Africa. Livestock play important roles in farming systems, which provide primarily food and income, which is necessary for food security. Nearly 12 percent of the world

List of the countries of the WHO African Region was acquired from the regional WHO website (Appendix 1). Various databases were searched to obtain the most recent country-specific data on all the variables. Links to data on all indicators is available in Appendix 2.

and Southern Africa ). This species has valuable flesh, but it has particularly low biological

Incidence of heterozygotes for citrullinemia has been estimated at less than 0.5% among U.S. Holsteins cattle.

The nucleotide sequence analysis identified circulation of a single strain on each affected farm (Table 2). Serotype O was detected from 11/15 (73.3%) herds and serotype A was detected from 4/15 (26.7%) herds. The percentage of identity of the characterized O and A strains from the different farms in this investigation were 97.6-100% and 99.5-100%, respectively. We detected serotype O strains only from animals that suffered from the severe clinical form. In contrast, the FMDV serotype A strains were found only in animals that showed the mild clinical form. The phylogenetic tree constructed with serotype O strains placed these newly detected strains in the East Africa 3 (EA-3) topotype (Figure 2). These new serotype O

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported that the livestock sector is the leading cause of reduction of biodiversity .This survey clearly indicates what

Data in the lactation records of Friesian cows intrinsic in Sakha and El-Karada Experimental Farms, Animal Production Research Institute (APRI), Ministry of Agriculture, Kafr-Elsheikh Governorate, Egypt were used in the analysis. Because of excluding some incomplete records and traits limitations (i.e., cows were removed with (1) no measurements on milk traits or with records from 500, d length of lactation; (2) duplicate termination codes and (3) duplicate records, thus; the final total number of records used in the statistical record analyses was 5728 from 2040 Friesian cows sired by 139 bulls over the years from 1979 to 2016. The sires having less than 5 daughters were excluded from the study.

A review by Metaferia, Cherenet, Gelan, Abnet, Tesfay, & Abdi Ali, (2011) shows that livestock production in Ethiopia contributes 16.5% to the GDP and 35.6% of the agricultural GDP and it is where 15% of the total export earnings of the country comes from(CSA, 2013). Borena Zone is also the most famous examples of sustained pastoralist area in Ethiopia and in the world as well (Salih, Dietz, & Ahmad, 2001). Livestock (mainly cattle, sheep, goats and camels) production is the main store of wealth and livelihood for these pastoralists in the area. However, their livelihood is severely affected by prolonged drought, where grazing land and water availability have declined to extremely low levels (FAO, 2017) as many of the arid and semi-arid areas in the region. These, uninsured triggering droughts keep the poor herders in a vicious circle of poverty and holding them back from introducing innovative farming technologies like improved breeds that have high-yield and fertility but typically

They were once fierce hunter in the wild now wanting a belly scratch and doing whatever it takes to please its owner. They have done many things to benefit humans to make lives better and help in today’s society. They are eyes for the blind, search and rescue with their keen nose and ears, and even police K9s with their incredible tracking skills and stamina. However their origin story has been shrouded in mystery and controversy among scientist for years. With the advancement of technology however, they have begun to unravel the story of our most faithful companion. For example “We sequenced the second exon of the canine MHC gene DLA-DRB1 from 128 Asian dogs and compared our data" (Niskanen 1). By being able to look at their genes, and bones like this, scientist discover why humans domesticated them, how they did it, and exactly when and where in history did this domestication take place.

The questionnaire was mailed to the Dean of the Wildlife Institute of India, Dr. V. B. Mathur who is also in-charge of the NBSAP (with Aichi Target implementation strategies by India) to be submitted to the CBD by the 14th of March. The conversation taking place through Skype video and the responses were noted down.