title: Livestock production in central Mali. The Macina wool sheep of the Niger inundation zone.
abstract: This paper gives a brief outline of the supposed origins, the known history and the distribution of the Macina sheep. A physical description of the breed is provided, population demography is discussed and traditional systems of management are described and explained. Productivity is assessed in two ways--from the results of a questionnaire survey of traditional owners and analyses of four years' data on a small flock owned by ILCA and managed as closely as possible on traditional lines.
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D007774:Lactation; D008297:Male; D008302:Mali; D008892:Milk / Q000378:metabolism; D012098:Reproduction; D012756:Sheep / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D014329:Tropical Climate; D014935:Wool