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Kurt J. Peters
Researcher at Humboldt University of Berlin
Publications - 95
Citations - 2335
Kurt J. Peters is an academic researcher from Humboldt University of Berlin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dairy cattle & Hay. The author has an hindex of 25, co-authored 95 publications receiving 2118 citations. Previous affiliations of Kurt J. Peters include Humboldt State University.
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The influence of technology characteristics on the rate and speed of adoption
TL;DR: In a case study of the Meru district in Kenya, 17 dairy technologies are analyzed with respect to the influence of relative complexity, relative risk and relative investment characteristics on adoption.
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Village chicken production systems in ethiopia: use patterns and performance valuation and chicken products and socio-economic functions of chicken
D Tadelle,Y Alemu,Kurt J. Peters +2 more
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Methane emissions from sheep
A. Pelchen,Kurt J. Peters +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a total of 1137 observations from sheep of different age fed with rations of different composition were collected from the literature to compute regression equations to predict methane emissions from ration descriptive variables.
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Indigenous Chicken Ecotypes in Ethiopia: Growth and Feed Utilization Potentials
TL;DR: Investigation of growth performances and feed utilization potentials of six chicken populations in Ethiopia found that Tilili, Horro, Chefe, Jarso, Tepi, and the Fayoumi breed was used as a reference breed and ecotypes had a significant effect on overall body weight gain per bird and mean body weight gains per bird per day from day old to 12 weeks of age.
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Indigenous chickens in Ethiopia: genetic potential and attempts at improvement
TL;DR: In this article, the role of scavenging chickens in the rural household economy of Ethiopia is discussed. But the authors focus on the role played by scavenging chicken in the poultry production system.