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Making land management more sustainable: experience implementing a new methodological framework in Botswana.
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2011-09-14)
It is increasingly recognised that tackling land degradation through more sustainable land management depends on incorporating multiple perspectives by using a variety of methods at multiple scales, including the perspectives ...
Growth Performance of Guinea Fowl Fed Diets Containing Yellow Maize, Millet and White Sorghum as Energy Sources and Raised under Intensive System
(Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2013)
This study investigated growth performance of guinea fowl fed diets containing 3 cereal grains as energy sources in comparison to commercial broiler diets. Birds were raised under intensive system from 3 to 16 weeks of ...
Anaplasmainfection prevalence in beef and dairy cattle in the south eastregion of Botswana
(Elsevier, 2017-12-26)
Infection of cattle by the tick-borne intra-erythrocytic bacteria of the genusAnaplasmaoccurs worldwide.Nevertheless, prevalence rates in specific regions are still required to inform cattle farming management deci-sions. ...
Effect of Imbrasia belina (Westwood) or Vigna subterranea (L) Verde or Tylosema esculentum (Burchell) Schreiber as protein sources in diets fed to Tswana hens on egg quality
(Integrity Research Journals, 2018-12-12)
A 90 days study was conducted to compare the effects of feeding Tswana hens reared under intensive system and fed diets formulated from Imbrasia belina (Westwood), Vigna subterranea (L) Verde and Tylosema esculentum ...
A survey on rabbit production in the city of Gaborone, Botswana
(Intergrity Research Journals, 2019-05-30)
This study was conducted to provide information on rabbit production in 20 operations in the City of Gaborone, Botswana. Data were collected from individual rabbit breeders and educational institutions (5) using a structured ...
A retrospective study of the prevalence of bovine fasciolosis at major abattoirs in Botswana
(AOSIS, 2016-06-13)
A retrospective study covering a period of ten years (2001–2010) was conducted using postmortem meat inspection records of the Department of Veterinary Services in Gaborone to determine the prevalence of bovine fasciolosis ...
Influence of stocking density on growth performance of family chicks reared up to 18 weeks of age in under an intensive system
(International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 2014)
The objective of the study was to evaluate the influence of stocking density on growth performance of family chicks reared up to 18 weeks of age under intensive system. A total of 248 day old chicks were randomly assigned ...
First-time detection of bovine viral diarrhoea virus, BVDV-1, in cattle in Botswana
(AOSIS [Commercial Publisher], 2019-01-01)
Infectious diseases are serious constraints for improving livestock productivity. Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) is a virus causing grave economic losses throughout the cattle producing world. Infection is often not ...
GASTRO-INTESTINAL NEMATODES OF GOATS REARED UNDER COMMUNAL SMALL SCALE FARMING CONDITIONS IN BOTSWANA
(Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa, 2015)
The study was carried out in goats reared under communal small scale farming conditions near Gaborone, Botswana, to evaluate two sample preparation methods for McMaster egg counting technique, determine worm egg counts ...
Identification of Anaplasma marginale proteins specifically upregulated during colonization of the tick vector
(American Society for Microbiology, 2010-07-10)
The transition between infection of the mammalian host and colonization of an arthropod vector is required for the ongoing transmission of a broad array of pathogens, from viruses to protozoa. Understanding how this ...