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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... sick animal . Since it is also believed that members of the Rengumo clan can cause this disease when annoyed by others , girls of this clan are called upon to bless the sick animal with water and milk . 7 . Ndiss ( infectious hepatitis ) ...
... sick animal . Since it is also believed that members of the Rengumo clan can cause this disease when annoyed by others , girls of this clan are called upon to bless the sick animal with water and milk . 7 . Ndiss ( infectious hepatitis ) ...
Page 224
... sick animal has a temperature , swollen glands and pancreas ( rajeji ) and is listless . Treatment : The sick animal is bled . Gum arabic is chewed and placed in the sick animal's mouth . The cattle boma is fumigated with smoke from ...
... sick animal has a temperature , swollen glands and pancreas ( rajeji ) and is listless . Treatment : The sick animal is bled . Gum arabic is chewed and placed in the sick animal's mouth . The cattle boma is fumigated with smoke from ...
Page 225
... sick animal is branded around the neck . 13. Simpire day Symptoms : Joints swell and the animal limps . Treatment : The animal is branded around the swollen parts . 14 . Sombesa ( Contagious bovine pleuro - pneumonia ) Suptoms : The sick ...
... sick animal is branded around the neck . 13. Simpire day Symptoms : Joints swell and the animal limps . Treatment : The animal is branded around the swollen parts . 14 . Sombesa ( Contagious bovine pleuro - pneumonia ) Suptoms : The sick ...
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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