Article
Genetic aspects of control of anaemia development in trypanotolerant N'Dama cattle.
Acta tropica - 1 Feb 1991
Trail J C, d'Ieteren G D, Maille J C, Yangari G
Abstract excerpt
148 one-year-old N'Dama cattle, progeny of 29 sires, were exposed for 92 days to a medium natural tsetse-trypanosome challenge in Gabon, Central Africa. Matching health and performance data were recorded on 11 occasions. Average packed red cell volume percent (PCV) and lowest PCV reached during the period were evaluated as measures of ability to control the development of anaemia. Attempts were made to...
Topics
- Anemia
- Animals
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Cattle Diseases
- Female
- Hematocrit
- Least-Squares Analysis
- Male
- Phenotype
- Prevalence
- Trypanosomiasis, African
