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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... young kids . However , in dry conditions when milch smallstock of both species have less milk , a high percentage of it is left to young kids and lambs . Hence the statistics show no significant difference in the low milk yields of ...
... young kids . However , in dry conditions when milch smallstock of both species have less milk , a high percentage of it is left to young kids and lambs . Hence the statistics show no significant difference in the low milk yields of ...
Page 230
The Rendille and the Gabra Michael F. O'Leary. young kids do not normally join their mothers in grazing : the camp did not have labour to follow the norm . Instead they grazed the young kids of houses 1 and 6 with the adult flock of ...
The Rendille and the Gabra Michael F. O'Leary. young kids do not normally join their mothers in grazing : the camp did not have labour to follow the norm . Instead they grazed the young kids of houses 1 and 6 with the adult flock of ...
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... young calves to have as much milk as possible . Within the hour and when all the camels have been milked and / or ... kids are allowed to stay with their mothers during the night . Before going to pastures does with young kids are ...
... young calves to have as much milk as possible . Within the hour and when all the camels have been milked and / or ... kids are allowed to stay with their mothers during the night . Before going to pastures does with young kids are ...
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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