Managing goat production for meat quality

NH Casey, EC Webb - Small Ruminant Research, 2010 - Elsevier
Managing goat production for meat quality is a deliberate, active process that reaches from
conception to consumption. The concept of quality in meat is universal, being wholesome …

A review of goat reproduction in East and Horn of Africa

M Rouatbi, A Haile, T Getachew, M Dione, O Zannou… - 2022 - cgspace.cgiar.org
While goats are an important pillar of livestock and agriculture sectors in East and Horn of
Africa, little research is being published and access to unpublished data is very difficult. This …

[HTML][HTML] Breeding goals and selection criteria for intensive and semi-intensive dairy goat system in Brazil

FB Lopes, A de los Reyes Borjas, MC da Silva… - Small Ruminant …, 2012 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to identify traits of socio-economic relevance for intensive and
semi-intensive dairy goat production system, to derive economic weights for the breeding …

Breeding systems for genetic improvement of dairy goats in smallholder production systems in Kenya

AA Amayi, TO Okeno, MG Gicheha, AK Kahi - Small Ruminant Research, 2016 - Elsevier
A deterministic simulation model was used to test the hypothesis that utilization of untested
juvenile bucks could be an alternative to old buck strategy in dissemination of superior …

Improved response to selection in dairy goat breeding programme through reproductive technology and genomic selection in the tropics

DLM Gore, TO Okeno, TK Muasya, JN Mburu - Small Ruminant Research, 2021 - Elsevier
It was reasoned that, incorporating reproductive technologies and genomic selection in the
current dairy goats breeding programme would generate higher response to selection …

Application of risk-rated profit model functions in estimation of economic values for indigenous chicken breeding

TO Okeno, TM Magothe, AK Kahi, KJ Peters - Tropical animal health and …, 2012 - Springer
The economic values for productive (egg number, average daily gain, live weight, and
mature weight) and functional (fertility, hatchability, broodiness, survival rate, feed intake …

Breeding goals for the Kenya Dual Purpose goat. I. Model development and application to smallholder production systems

RC Bett, IS Kosgey, BO Bebe, AK Kahi - Tropical animal health and …, 2007 - Springer
A deterministic model was developed and applied to evaluate biological and economic
variables that characterize smallholder production systems utilizing the Kenya Dual Purpose …

Performance of dairy goat genotypes in different production systems in Kenya

RW Waineina, K Ngeno, TO Okeno… - Tanzania Journal of …, 2021 - ajol.info
Dairy goat population in Kenya is estimated to be 175,000 heads which mainly consist of
exotic breeds such as Toggenburg, Anglo-Nubian, German Alpines, Saanen, Boer and their …

Genetic diversity and population structure among goat genotypes in Kenya

RW Waineina, K Ngeno, TO Otieno, ED Ilatsia - bioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
Population structure and relationship information among goats is critical for genetic
improvement, utilization and conservation. This study explored population structure and …

Analysis of structure, conduct and performance of small ruminant stock market participants of Isiolo–Nairobi trading market, Kenya

CO Onyango - 2013 - ir-library.egerton.ac.ke
The growing population in develo** countries has necessitated a shift in preference for
indigenous food. Small ruminant meat being one of the preferred indigenous products has …