TAILIEUCHUNG - Breeding strategy to improve Ethiopian Boran cattle for meat and milk production

According to Coppock (1994) under pastoralist management conditions, age at first calving is about four years of age. At Abernossa ranch in Ethiopia, weight and age at puberty in heifers were found to be about 155 kg and 22 months, respectively. Calving rate under a single-sire mating system was also improved to above 80% (Azage 1989), compared to about 45% under pastoral management conditions (Coppock 1994). These results would therefore indicate the improvement that could be achieved through proper selection scheme and better management | Working Paper No. 26 Breeding strategy to improve Ethiopian Boran cattle for meat and milk production Improving Productivity and Market Success of Ethiopian Farmers Breeding strategy to improve Ethiopian Boran cattle for meat and milk production Aynalem Haile Workneh Ayalew Noah Kebede Tadelle Dessie and Azage Tegegne Improving Productivity and Market Success of Ethiopian Farmers project IPMS -International Livestock Research Institute ILRI Addis Ababa Ethiopia Azage Tegegne is corresponding author Authors affiliations Aynalem Haile International Livestock Research Institute ILRI Addis Ababa Ethiopia Workneh Ayalew National Agricultural Research Institute NARI Papua New Guinea Tadelle Dessie ILRI Addis Ababa Ethiopia Noah Kebede Improving Productivity and Market Success IPMS of Ethiopian Farmers Project ILRI Addis Ababa Ethiopia Azage Tegegne IPMS ILRI Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2011 International Livestock Research Institute ILRI This publication is copyrighted by the International Livestock Research Institute ILRI . It is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial-Share Alike Unported License. To view this license visit http licenses by-nc-sa . Unless otherwise noted you are free to copy duplicate or reproduce and distribute display or transmit any part of this publication or portions thereof without permission and to make translations adaptations or other derivative works under the following conditions ATTRIBUTION. The work must be attributed but not in any way that suggests endorsement by ILRI or the author s . NON-COMMERCIAL. This work may not be used for commercial purposes. SHARE ALIKE. If this work is altered transformed or built upon the resulting work must be distributed only under the same or similar license to this one. NOTICE For any reuse or distribution the license terms of this work must be made clear to others. Any of the above conditions can .

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