March 2012

Reproductive performance of crossbred dairy cows under smallholder condition in Ethiopia

  A study was carried out to assess the reproductive performance of crossbred dairy cows under smallholder conditions in Asella town, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia. A total of sixty crossbred dairy cow farmers that owned 3 to 5 cows were interviewed using a structured questionnaire to collect information on age at first service, age at first calving, days open and calving...

Author(s): Hunduma Dinka

March 2012

Improving dairy production in Bangladesh: Application of integrated agriculture and ecohealth concepts

  This work investigates the management and veterinary health interventions for dairy cattle in an integrated agricultural system practiced by 1,500 poor villagers living in 300 households in the Jamuna River Chars (Bogra, Jamalpur and Sirajganj Districts) of Bangladesh. The average production after one lactation for indigenous cattle was 2.53 L/cow/day (229 day lactation) and for cross-bred cattle was 7.72...

Author(s): David C. Hall, Md. Golam Shah Alam and Shankar K. Raha