In the humid tropical environment of West Africa, thewest African Dwarf is the adapted goat breed.

The Organizing Committeeħ FOREWORD The goat, perhaps the first animal tobe domesticated, occupies an important place in the rural economy of the humid tropics as a sourceof meat. This conference would not have been possible without the generous support received from the Netherlands Ministry for Development Cooperation (DPO/OT), the International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA), the West African Milk Company, the Agricultural University Wageningen and the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Hadzi 174 Listof participants 179Ħ Acknowledgements We would like to thank all the participants for their contributions to the workshop. Alimi Livestock and farming systems insouth-east Paul A.Francis Would Javangoatand sheephousesbeuseful in? -170 RuthM.Gatenby and SriWening Handayani Rôleetproductivité de lachèvreautogo - Y.N. Huijsman Theprospect of large scale commercial dwarf goat 154 production insouth-western - T. Taiwo Isthere scope for intensive dwarf goatproduction in 145 thehumid tropics?the Ifeexperience -H.G. Amegëeĥ Production characteristics of aherd ofwestafrican 140 dwarf goatsatubiaja, Bendel State, - I.F. Chiboka, B.SomadeandG.Montsma PerformancesderéproductiondelachèvreDjallonké 137 au Togo -Y. Green, N.J.Green and M.H.Hillyer Reproduction of WestAfrican dwarf goats - a summary 125 ofresearchwork at Ile-Ife, - O.

Olubunml The injection sitereaction and antibody response in 117 sheepandgoatsfollowing theuseof multivalent clostridialvaccines - K.L. Adebowale Thenutritivevalueof grassensiled withcassavapeel 101 andpoultry excreta forgoats - G.C.Okekeand U.I.Oji Herd-health problems in West African dwarf goatsraised 107 inconfinement inthehumid tropics - O.B. Amegée NutritivevalueofEchinochloa pyramidalis usingwest 96 African dwarfgoats -E.A. Adediran Composition delacarcasse delachèvredjallonké en 92 periode terminale - Y. Codjo et C.Sekpe The effectsofbrowse supplementation onthe productivity 83 of WestAfrican dwarf sheepover two reproductive cycles - L.Reynolds and S.O. Tolkamp 67 Effetd'apports complémentaires de légumineuses 76 fourragèresoude sous-produitagro-industriel sur lesperformances zootechniques dechevreaux nains d'afrique del'ouestentretenus surpâturage naturel - F.Nouwakpo, A.B. Alhassan Feed intake regulation and small ruminants - B. Jansen Studiesonuntreated crop residue utilization inred 62 Sokoto (Maradi) goats - W.S. Fielding Nutritional studieswithwestafrican dwarf goats inthe 51 humid tropics - A.A.Ademosun,H.G.Bosmanand H.J. Francis Productivity of the WestAfrican dwarf goat in atemperate38 environment: small is beautiful -G.Montsma Research relevancy insmallruminant systems in Africa - 44 D. Printed in the NetherlandsĤ CONTENTS Acknowledgements 7 Foreword 8 Keynote address: 'Goatproduction inthehumid tropics - 11 actual andpotential contribution to agricultural development' - M.Upton Appropriate management systemsforthe WestAfrican 21 dwarf goat inthehumid tropics - A.A.Ademosun A strategy for improving goatproductivity undervillage 29 production systems inthehumid tropics - L. Bosman (Eds) Pudoc Wageningen 1988ģ CIP-data Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag ISBN NUGI 835 Ê Centre for Agricultural Publishing and Documentation, Wageningen, 1988 No part of this publication, apart form bibliographic data and brief quotations embodied in critical reviews, may be reproduced, re-recorded or published in any form, including print, photocopy, microfilm, eletronic or electromagnetic record without written permission from the publisher Pudoc, P.O. 2 Goat production in thehumid tropics Proceedings of a workshop at the University of Ife, lle-lfe, July 1987 O.B.

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