The performance of the Small East African goats and their Saanen crosses in Malawi
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The performance of the Small East African goats and their Saanen crosses in Malawi
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Creator |
Karua, S.K.
Banda, J.W. |
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GOATS
BREEDS MALAWI ANIMAL PERFORMANCE CROSSBREDS LITTER SIZE MILK YIELD GROWTH RATE BIRTH WEIGHT |
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Description |
The performance of randomly selected Malawian local goats and their Saanen crosses was compared. The average litter size at kidding was 1.35 and 1.52, respectively. Birth weights, 12-week weights and weaning weights at 17 weeks were respectively 2.2 kg (SE = 0.12 kg), 8.2 kg (SE=0.41 kg) and 10.7 kg (SE = 0.62 kg) for the local goats and 2.31 kg (SE=0.40 kg), 11.4 kg (SE = 1.59 kg) and 19.2 kg (SE = 2.39 kg) for the Saanen crosses (P
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Date |
2016-02-08T09:03:22Z
2016-02-08T09:03:22Z 1994 |
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Conference Paper
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Identifier |
92-9053-284-X
http://hdl.handle.net/10568/70857 |
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Language |
en
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