Goats have a key role in ensuring food security and economic livelihood to smallholder
farmers in rural areas. Women play a vital role in goat rearing, promoting economic …

The purpose of this study is to survey the literature pertinent to some morphological traits
which are related with the production and reproduction of fat-tailed sheep breeds. The fat …

A total of 6440 female sheep from Burkina Faso were scored for seven body measurements
and four qualitative morphological traits. Sampling included the three main environmental …

The aim of this study was to estimate different body measurements and derive prediction
equation for live weight of Jamuna basin sheep using different body measurement. A total of …

The death of Botswana's last founding father, Sir Ketumile Quett Masire, in June 2017,
marked the end of an era. Since the release of the Fourth Edition of Historical Dictionary of …

The population structure of 302 randomly selected West African Dwarf (WAD) and Red
Sokoto (RS) goats was examined using multivariate morphometric analyses. This was to …

The study was conducted to determine the influence of age, hair type and body condition
score on body and testicular measurements, and semen characteristics using 31 Red …

This paper details the population genetic structure of South African indigenous, locally
developed and introduced breeds using microsatellite markers, and the conservation …

Sheep production is one of the most important activities in animal production in tropical
regions. Southern Africa (SA) fat-tailed sheep such as the Afrikaner, Namaqua Afrikaner …

This paper deals with designing a cheap and easy-to-attain method to replace weighing for
estimating the body mass of goats. Several models on the relationship of heart girth (HG) to …