caa a22 4500 469127686 CHVBK 20180323133155.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02356951 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02356951 Cattle production systems in the derived Savannah and Southern Guinea Savannah regions of Oyo State, Southern Nigeria [Elektronische Daten] [A. de Jode, L. Reynolds, R. Matthewman] Summary: A single visit questionnaire survey was undertaken on 50 cattle owners in Oyo State, south-western Nigeria. Data were collected n grazing patterns, calving dates, calf mortalities and attitudes to the N'Dama breed and its crosses with Bunaji cattle. All cattle herds had similar grazing patterns, using natural pasture from April to November, crop residues in December, pasture regrowth after burning plus crop residues in January and regrowth and browse in February and March. The conception pattern was unimodal, reaching a peak in July after the new grass growth from the first rains. Calf mortalities were highest between 2 to 4 months of age during the early rainy season, but were significantly lower in mixed N'Dama/Bunaji herds than in the Bunaji herds. Most cattle owners were interested in purchasing N'Dama breeding stock, believing them to be more productive. This is a move away from the traditional pastoralist practice of keeping onlyBos indicus breeds. Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, 1992 de Jode A. Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Easter Bush, EH25 9RG, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland aut Reynolds L. International Livestock Centre for Africa, PO Box 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria aut Matthewman R. Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Easter Bush, EH25 9RG, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland aut Tropical Animal Health and Production Kluwer Academic Publishers 24/2(1992-06-01), 90-96 0049-4747 24:2<90 1992 24 11250 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02356951 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02356951 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Jode A. Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Easter Bush, EH25 9RG, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Reynolds L. International Livestock Centre for Africa, PO Box 5320, Ibadan, Nigeria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Matthewman R. Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Easter Bush, EH25 9RG, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Tropical Animal Health and Production Kluwer Academic Publishers 24/2(1992-06-01), 90-96 0049-4747 24:2<90 1992 24 11250 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer