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Application of radioimmunoassay in improving the reproductive management of smallholder dairy cattle : results from an IAEA regional technical cooperation project in Africa /

This publication was produced under an IAEA Technical Cooperation Project. It details the results obtained by project counterparts from surveys taken and experiments performed in monitoring the reproductive performance of cattle and the application of artificial insemination (AI) in the counterparts...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture
Other Authors: Boettcher, Paul John, Perera, Oswin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Vienna : International Atomic Energy Agency, 2007.
Series:IAEA-TECDOC. 1571.
Subjects:
Dairy cattle > Artificial insemination > Africa.
Radioimmunoassay.
Dairy cattle > Africa > Reproduction.
Table of Contents:
  • Improving the reproductive management of smallholder dairy cattle and the effectiveness of artificial insemination services using an integrated approach : a summary / P.J. Boettcher, B.M.A.O. Perera
  • The use of radioimmunoassay technique for early diagnosis of non-pregnancy and establishment of reproductive performance of cattle in Burkina Faso / D. Kocty/Thiombiano ... [et al.]
  • Improving artificial insemination services for dairy cattle in Ethiopia / E. Zewdie ... [et al.]
  • The use of radioimmunoassay in early diagnosis of non-pregnancy in smallholder dairy herds of Kenya / D. Indetie ... [et al.]
  • Reproductive characteristics of herd dynamics in smallholder dairy farms of Nakuru, Kenya / D. Indetie ... [et al.]
  • Analysis of the cost and benefit of bovine artificial insemination in Senegal / G.J. Sawadogo ... [et al.]
  • Pregnancy diagnosis in dairy cows using milk progesterone determination by radioimmunoassay / A.S. van der Walt ... [et al.]
  • The effect of feeding different levels of protein and energy on the reproductive performance of Sudanese Nubian goats / Y.H.A. Elmansoury ... [et al.]
  • Use of progesterone measurement to monitor artificial insemination, reproductive functions and pregnancy in Tunisian cattle / N. Slimane ... [et al.]
  • Use of milk progesterone measurement to improve dairy cattle production in Zambia through early detection of infertility and non-pregnancy / P.C. Sianangama, A.K. Sichinga
  • List of participants.