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Documentation of ethnoveterinary practices used in family poultry in Botswana
(Veterinary World, 2012-12-19)
Aim: To document the use of indigenous plants used by family poultry rearers to treat and control diseases and parasites in 15 villages of Botswana.
Materials and Methods: A total of 1000 family poultry rearers in 15 ...
Phenotypic characterization of Tswana chickens based on quantitative traits in Kweneng and Southern Districts, Botswana
(Livestock Research for Rural Development, 2017)
The objective of this study was to characterize both sexes of the naked-neck, dwarf, rumpless, normal-feathered and frizzled strains of Tswana chickens in the Kweneng and Southern districts of Botswana using some quantitative ...
Egg quality characteristics of different varieties of domesticated helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)
(Academic Journals, 2013)
A study was conducted to evaluate external and internal egg quality characteristics of the pearl, lavender, royal purple and white varieties of the helmeted guinea fowl kept intensively at Botswana College of Agriculture. ...
Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) associated with laying chickens at Sebele, Gaborone, Botswana.
(Cambridge University Press, 2007-09-18)
A total of 2083 Culicoides spp. were collected in an ultraviolet light trap hung from the rafters of a laying chicken house at a location in Sebele, giving a mean daily catch of 208.3 biting midges. C. imicola was the most ...
Forage conservation in sub-Saharan Africa: Review ofexperiences, challenges, and opportunities
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2021-11-11)
Forage conservation is an important potential solution to seasonal variation in feed quality and quantity and herder-farmer conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Considerable variations exist in the type of forages conserved ...
Dry matter and crude protein degradability of four parasitic plants (Mistletoes) associated with browse trees in Botswana
(Springer, 2003)
Four parasitic plants (Tapinanthus lugardii, Erianthenum ngamicum, Viscum rotundifoliumand Viscum verrucosum) associated with browse trees in Botswana were evaluated for the degradability of their dry matter (DM) and crude ...
Anaplasma ovisinfection in goat flocks around Gaborone, Botswana
(Springer, 2019-08-13)
Anaplasma is a genus of gram-negative, intracellular bacteria infecting different blood cells in animals. A. ovis infects erythrocytes of sheep and goats, inducing clinical signs that include haemolytic anaemia, icterus ...
Effect of imbrasia belina (westwood), tylosema esculentum (Burchell) schreiber and vigna subterranea (L) verde as protein sources on growth and laying performance of tswana hens raised under intensive production system
(Scientific Journal of Animal Science, 2013-01-27)
A feeding trial was conducted to determine growth and laying performance of indigenous Tswana hens fed diets formulated with four different protein sources consisting of either Tylosema esculentum (Burchell) or Vigna ...
Do indigenous browse trees influence chemical composition and in vitro dry matter digestibility of parasitic plants?
(Elservier, 2004-08-02)
This study examined the influence of nine browse trees on the chemical composition and in vitro dry matter (DM) digestibility (IVDMD) of parasitic plants (Tapinanthus lugardii, Erianthenum ngamicum, Viscum rotundifolium ...
Nuclear Receptor RORα/γ: Exciting Modulators in Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders
(Frontiers Media [Commercial Publisher], 2022-06-21)
Under the influences of modern lifestyle, metabolic syndromes (MetS), including insulin resistance, obesity, and fatty liver, featuring a worldwide chronic disease, greatly raise the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, ...