Sustainable management of globally significant endemic ruminant livestock in West Africa: Estimates of livestock demographic parameters in MaliILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD) |
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12 month study 9 animals abortion rate age class Age-by-sex structure age1 annual parturition rates Average annual rate baseline surveys better than average born in herd Bougouni cattle cattle herds confidence intervals indicated demographic parameters estimated endemic ruminant livestock exits exits recorded expected annually fecundity rates females F Figure genetic improvement goat herds goats herd/flock household instantaneous hazard rate intake rates standard Kita lack of feed last 12 months Lesnoff livestock demographic parameters Mali Messad month study period N'Dama natural death number of animals number of parturitions offtake and intake Otte and Chilonda overall mortality rate overall rate Parity in relation Participatory Rural Appraisal perception of 12 project interventions prolificacy and fecundity prolificacy rate purchase/barter rate of parturition rates for female rates standard errors sale/barter Senegal sheep and goats sheep flocks slaughter stillbirth rate sub-Saharan Africa survey sample total number trypanosomiasis West Africa West African Dwarf worse than average Yanfolia