The Economics of Pastoralism in Northern Kenya: The Rendille and the GabraUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, 1985 - 268 pages |
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Page 93
... Symptoms : Wounds all over the hooves , animal is lame , anorexia , mouth is affected and emits saliva . Causes : In wet seasons when trampling on infested bomas . Cure : The crushed seeds of certain shrubs are applied to the wounds ...
... Symptoms : Wounds all over the hooves , animal is lame , anorexia , mouth is affected and emits saliva . Causes : In wet seasons when trampling on infested bomas . Cure : The crushed seeds of certain shrubs are applied to the wounds ...
Page 220
... Symptoms : Treatment : Protuberance of the eyes . Branding . 5. Simpiro Symptoms : Restlessness . Treatment : Branding on the neck . 6. Matita Symptoms : Treatment : Hair becomes erect and head swells . Animal is bled . 7 . Sirgo ( T ...
... Symptoms : Treatment : Protuberance of the eyes . Branding . 5. Simpiro Symptoms : Restlessness . Treatment : Branding on the neck . 6. Matita Symptoms : Treatment : Hair becomes erect and head swells . Animal is bled . 7 . Sirgo ( T ...
Page 221
... Symptoms : Sores of the mouth and swelling of the throat . Treatment : The calf is prevented from suckling and is given fat to eat . As a preventive measure the neck is branded . 14 . Matiti Symptoms : Swelling in the head . Difficulty ...
... Symptoms : Sores of the mouth and swelling of the throat . Treatment : The calf is prevented from suckling and is given fat to eat . As a preventive measure the neck is branded . 14 . Matiti Symptoms : Swelling in the head . Difficulty ...
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70 Age Mean age categories age/sex annual areas average Balessa Balessa Ildere Barcho bridewealth brothers camel herding castrates Cattle and smallstock cattle herds Chalbi Desert Chapter clan section cows Damballa Dimtu distance Dololo dry conditions dry season ewes Female herders Figure flocks forr camps Forr smallstock Frequency Gabra goats herd structure herding units Household holdings houses Hurri Hills Indigofera IPAL Kalacha Kargi Kenya kids and lambs KILOMETRES Korr labour lactation LAG BALLAL Lake Turkana livestock main camp Male herders married Marsabit Marsabit District mature milk yields milked and suckled months mothers move NK NK NK North Horr Number of milch off-take old calves pack camels pastoralists Qarsa rains range Rendille reside satellite camps sheep sheep and goats sick animal Siginte slaughtered sold sorio species Standard deviation Symptoms Table town Treatment water points waterholes wet conditions wet seasons young calves young kids zero Total