Identification systems and selection criteria for small ruminants among pastoralist communities in northern Kenya: prospects for a breeding programme

Citation:

2010. Identification systems and selection criteria for small ruminants among pastoralist communities in northern Kenya: prospects for a breeding programme. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 42, p.1487–1492.

Abstract:

{Data on animal identification systems and selection criteria for sheep and goats were collected from the Rendille and Gabra communities in northern Kenya. These were then analysed through computation of indices, which represented a weighted average of all rankings of a particular trait or identification system. The three most important records kept were castration (indexþinspace}=þinspace