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 95
... months and for goats - 5 months . Hence sheep who breed in the April - May rains drop their lambs between July and September and goats their kids between August and October . These are dry months when there is little to suckle . Ewes ...
... months and for goats - 5 months . Hence sheep who breed in the April - May rains drop their lambs between July and September and goats their kids between August and October . These are dry months when there is little to suckle . Ewes ...
Page 113
... months and those in their 4th 6th month of lactation . However , those in - - - 3 their 7th 9th month of lactation produce significantly smaller amounts of milk for human consumption . The milk yields of unsuckled camels were recorded ...
... months and those in their 4th 6th month of lactation . However , those in - - - 3 their 7th 9th month of lactation produce significantly smaller amounts of milk for human consumption . The milk yields of unsuckled camels were recorded ...
Page 222
... months . The gestation period is 9 months . This means that cows that become pregnant during the long rain season drop their calves in the short dry season . Abortion rates vary between 0 and 3 abortions per ten pregnancies . Calf ...
... months . The gestation period is 9 months . This means that cows that become pregnant during the long rain season drop their calves in the short dry season . Abortion rates vary between 0 and 3 abortions per ten pregnancies . Calf ...
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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