The productivity of Sahel goats and sheep under transhumant management in Northern Burkina Faso
cg.coverage.country | Burkina Faso | |
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | BF | |
cg.coverage.region | Africa | |
cg.coverage.region | Western Africa | |
cg.identifier.url | http://www.au-ibar.org/bulletin-of-animal-health-and-production-in-africa | en |
cg.journal | Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa | en |
cg.species.breed | TORONKE | en |
cg.subject.ilri | SHEEP | en |
cg.subject.ilri | GOATS | en |
cg.subject.ilri | ANIMAL PRODUCTION | en |
dc.contributor.author | Wilson, R.T. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-06-05T12:18:52Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2015-06-05T12:18:52Z | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66984 | |
dc.title | The productivity of Sahel goats and sheep under transhumant management in Northern Burkina Faso | en |
dcterms.abstract | Results of a 2-year study on goats and sheep in northern Burkina Faso are reported. In both goats and sheep, females comprised more than 75% of flock numbers. Intervals between parturitions in goats were 312 days overall but were significantly affected by the season of the previous birth: in sheep the interval was 280 days, this also being affected by season. There were 1.08 kids born per litter in goats and 1.06 lambs in sheep: litter size in sheep differed significantly between seasons and between years of parturition. Kids weighed 12.8 kg at 150 days, there being differences due to season and parity: lambs weighed 14.9 kg, this weight being affected by season, parity and litter size. Seasonal variations in weights of adult female goats and sheep were marked, being about 12% below the overall annual average weight for each age class in June (end of dry season) and 12% above the mean in November (post rains). Annual productivity was 22.1 kg of live young per breeding goat per year, 874 g per kg of breeding goat per year and 2.08 kg per kg metabolic weight of breeding goat per year. The corresponding figures for sheep were 23.8 kg, 806 g and 2.01 g. Season had the most important influence on productivity but this was also affected by parity in sheep. | en |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Wilson, R.T. 1988. The productivity of Sahel goats and sheep under transhumant management in Northern Burkina Faso. Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa 36: 348-355. | en |
dcterms.extent | p. 348-355 | en |
dcterms.issued | 1988 | |
dcterms.language | en | |
dcterms.subject | sheep | en |
dcterms.subject | goats | en |
dcterms.subject | animal production | en |
dcterms.subject | productivity | en |
dcterms.type | Journal Article |