Essays about: "pastoral livestock"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words pastoral livestock.

  1. 1. Antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus agalactiae isolates from dairy camels in Kenya

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Emelie Lejon Flodin; [2021]
    Keywords : GBS; Camelus dromedarius; tetracycline resistance; mastitis; milk; pastoralist;

    Abstract : Camels (Camelus dromedarius) are the most valuable livestock species in the arid and semi-arid lands in the Horn of Africa where the majority of the human population adopts a pastoralist lifestyle with extensive animal husbandry. Camels provide an important food source, milk, which is considered to be the most important commodity, and a source of income for the pastoralists. READ MORE

  3. 2. Risk, Resilience and Insurance in Sudanese Pastoralism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Alla Safieldin; [2019]
    Keywords : Climate change adaptation; Disaster risk management; Drought; Index-based livestock insurance; Pastoralism; Risk; Resilience; Sudan; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The nomadic pastoralists of the Sahel are often identified as a group at the frontline of global climate change. Their existence in arid and semi-arid regions and their reliance on seasonal rainfall are among the factors that contribute to their vulnerability to drought and climate shocks. READ MORE

  4. 3. Ruminants, resilience and poverty : assessing the socioeconomic role of small ruminants in the pastoral areas of Northeastern Uganda

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Bruno Sserunkuma Akejo; [2017]
    Keywords : small ruminants; pastoralists; livelihood;

    Abstract : Small ruminants (goats and sheep) are of great importance for the livelihoods of pastoralists, agro-pastoralists, and the small holder poor in rural Uganda. However, their socioeconomic role is often overlooked in the general statistics on rural and household economies. READ MORE

  5. 4. Brucellosis in livestock in and near the Maasai Mara national reserve in Kenya : seroprevalence and possible impact on animal and human welfare

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Sofie Enström; [2017]
    Keywords : infectious diseases; bacteria; brucellosis; zoonosis; livestock; wildlife; Kenya; Africa;

    Abstract : Brucellosis is caused by bacteria from the genus Brucella. The disease occurs worldwide and is of major importance in domestic animals, both for socio-economic reasons and because of the impact on animal and human welfare. READ MORE

  6. 5. Assessment of nematode parasitism and clinical parameters in goats and sheep in Mongolia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Frida Ek Terlecki; [2017]
    Keywords : nematodes; ; Mongolia; ; sheep; ; goats; nematoder; ; Mongoliet; ; får; ; getter;

    Abstract : SUMMARY Haemonchus contortus is one of the most pathogenic gastrointestinal parasites of small ruminants in the world and causes major losses and animal welfare issues in the animal husbandry. In Mongolia, over a third of the population lives as pastoral herders and relies largely on animal husbandry for food, and livestock production plays an important role in the national economy. READ MORE