The place of Sanga cattle in dairy production in Uganda.
A survey was carried out on milk production and reproductive performance of dairy cattle: 24 farms, with a total of 900 animals and distributed in four agro-ecological zones, were visited every 15 days over 18 months. Cows were fed on natural pastures as the only source of feed, and animal performance was dependent on the season and exhibited a dramatic drop in dry spells. Numeric productivity indices integrating productive performance for settler's, multipurpose, crop-livestock integrated and modern farms were 0.56, 0.74, 0.69 and 0.63, respectively. Milk productivity was higher on modem farms (6.7 L/cow per day) than in the other systems, and higher with Holstein-Friesian cows (7.7 L/cow per day) than with indigenous cattle (1.8 L/cow per day) or crossbred animals (3.7 L/cow per day). This paper speculates on the opportunity to improve the genetic potential of indigenous cattle, concomitantly with the efforts to adapt exotic cattle to a mountainous equatorial environment.
Grimaud
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Makerere University, PO Box 7212, Kampala, Uganda. grimaud@cirad.fr
Mpairwe
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Chalimbaud
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Messad
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Faye
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D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000254:growth & development*; D003612:Dairying / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation; D008297:Male; D008892:Milk / Q000378:metabolism*; D012098:Reproduction; D012621:Seasons; D014454:Uganda
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