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1. Production performance of sheep and goat breeds at a farm in a semi-arid region of Namibia

Author

Pricilla Mbiri, Utjiuasane Nguarambuka, Alaster Samkange, Alec S. Bishi, Frank Chitate, Oscar Madzingira, Borden Mushonga, and Erick Kandiwa

Subjects
Male, Litter (animal), Farms, Litter Size, 040301 veterinary sciences, Offspring, Birth weight, Weaning, Breeding, Biology, 0403 veterinary science, Animal science, Food Animals, Pregnancy, Animals, Birth Weight, Animal Husbandry, Retrospective Studies, Sheep, Goats, Dorper sheep, Domestic sheep reproduction, Parturition, 0402 animal and dairy science, 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences, Namibia, 040201 dairy & animal science, Breed, Boer goat, Female, Animal Science and Zoology, Seasons
Abstract

This study retrospectively investigated the effect of breed and season on the lambing/kidding dynamics, growth performance, neonatal viability, and weaning dynamics of sheep (Damara, Dorper, and Swakara) and goats (Boer goat and Kalahari Red) at a farm in the Khomas Region of Namibia between 2004 and 2015. Litter size was dependent on breed (X2(12, N = 3388) = 796, p

Published
2020

2. Applicability of teeth examination as a tool for age estimation in a semi-arid cattle production environment in Namibia

Author

Pricilla Mbiri, Alaster Samkange, Oscar Madzingira, Borden Mushonga, Erick Kandiwa, and Immanuel Shinexuugi

Subjects
Male, Development environment, Farms, 040301 veterinary sciences, Beef cattle, 0403 veterinary science, Animal science, Food Animals, Animals, Medicine, Dairy cattle, Teething, business.industry, Significant difference, 0402 animal and dairy science, 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences, medicine.disease, Namibia, 040201 dairy & animal science, Age estimation, Positive relationship, Cattle, Female, Animal Science and Zoology, Age Determination by Teeth, business
Abstract

Regression analysis was used to evaluate teeth examination as a tool for estimating age in beef and dairy cattle at Neudamm farm, Namibia, in 2018. There was a significant difference in age (months) between the overall mean actual age (M=60, SD=4.57) and the mean estimated age (M=57, SD=4.52 months) in beef cattle; t(74) = 3.61, p

Published
2019

3. Bovine rumen impaction caused by ingestion of Gonometa postica cocoons in eastern-central Namibia

Author

Magrecia Hausiku, Pricilla Mbiri, Borden Mushonga, Alaster Samkange, Erick Kandiwa, and Erdwin N. Muradzikwa

Subjects
Male, Rumen, animal structures, Stomach Diseases, Cattle Diseases, Case Report, Gonometa postica, Moths, Eating, Animal science, gonometa postica, namibia, Ingestion, Weaning, Animals, Rumen Impaction, rumen impaction, cocoons, lcsh:Veterinary medicine, General Veterinary, biology, Impaction, bovine, digestive, oral, and skin physiology, Rumen impaction, Bovine, General Medicine, biology.organism_classification, Namibia, Cocoons, lcsh:SF600-1100, Cattle, Female
Abstract

Cases of rumen impaction caused by ingestion of Gonometa postica cocoons occurred at a farm in eastern-central Namibia. Ten animals died on the farm over the previous 5 months. Rumenotomies were successfully performed on three affected animals. The authors were of the opinion that the affected animals ingested the cocoons around the time of weaning, which then resulted in tangled masses that gradually stretched and enlarged because of entrapment of ingesta, eventually causing impaction of the rumen in the young adult animals. These are the first reported cases of ruminal impaction attributable to G. postica cocoon ingestion in Namibia.

Published
2019

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