RO Mosi

TL;DR: The results demonstrated that the Toggenburg goats were able to perform and thrive reasonably well under the low-input farming conditions.

TL;DR: The single ITS and nested ITS based diagnostic assays detected higher numbers of positive cases, and reduced the number of PCR reactions per sample to one and two respectively, compared to the five PCR reactions carried out using the species specific primers, indicating the superiority of the ITS multi-species detection techniques.

TL;DR: When stratification is not possible or when reproductive rates are low, two-breed rotational crossbreeding is an efficient system to exploit additive and nonadditive genetic variation for tropical dairy production.

TL;DR: A study combining highly sensitive and species specific molecular diagnostic methods, and Geographical information system (GIS) for spatial analysis of trypanosome infection patterns, suggests a need to design control strategies that target not just the biological vector tsetse, but also the parasite in cattle in order to clear the possibly mechanically transmitted T. vivax infections.

TL;DR: The high variation as indicated by both large standard errors and low heritabilities of the milk trait indicate that much improvement in this trait could be achieved through improved management, and the negative annual genetic changes in milk yield observed could be due to ineffective breeding strategies both at herd and national level.