Productivity of Boran cattle maintained with chemoprophylaxis under high tsetse challenge at Mkwaja ranch in Tanzania. 1. Ranch organization and animal health management

Studies the productivity of Zebu cattle at Mkwaja ranch in Tanzania, upgraded by the importation of Boran bulls and semen from Kenya and maintained under the successful trypanocidal drug strategy; discusses the proper management of acaricides and anthelmintics, as well as bacterial and viral vaccines to keep the major infectious diseases on the ranch under control.