caa a22 4500 465744125 CHVBK 20180323111815.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02243490 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02243490 Productivity of crossbred cattle on smallholder farms in Southern Malawi [Elektronische Daten] [K. Agyemang, L. Nkhonjera] Productivite Du Betail Croise Dans De Petites Fermes Du Sud Du Malawi Summary: A 10-year set of dairy records from a smallholder dairy scheme in the Republic of Malawi was analysed. Environmental and breed effects on the reproductive and productive parameters were evaluated. Age at first calving for 110, 1/2 Friesian and 55, 3/4 Friesian cows were 36·7 and 40·1 months respectively; calving intervals based on 432 and 145 records were 488 and 482 days; total lactation yields on 554 and 227 records were 1,950 and 2,452 kg. Geographical area of operation, parity of cow, year and month of calving and their interactions did not exert a significant influence on reproductive traits but significantly influenced milk production traits. Deficiency in feed supplies was believed to be a possible cause of problems in reproductive performance. Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, 1990 Agyemang K. International Livestock Centre for Africa, PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia aut Nkhonjera L. International Livestock Centre for Africa, PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia aut Tropical Animal Health and Production Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 22/1(1990-03-01), 9-16 0049-4747 22:1<9 1990 22 11250 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02243490 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02243490 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Agyemang K. International Livestock Centre for Africa, PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nkhonjera L. International Livestock Centre for Africa, PO Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Tropical Animal Health and Production Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 22/1(1990-03-01), 9-16 0049-4747 22:1<9 1990 22 11250 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer