Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Author "Baptist, R"
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The actuarial approach to evaluate breeding objectives for tropical livestock.
Baptist, R (University of Nairobi, 1990)This paper emphasises the importance of including fitness traits in the breeding of livestock, and presents a model for determining overall productivity by combining the actuarial approach of population dynamics with the ... -
Productivity assessment with many interacting component traits
Baptist, R; Badamana, M. S (1990) -
A productivity index based on population dynamics and energy flow at the herd or flock level
Baptist, R; Gall, F (University of Nairobi, 1992)Animal products include liveweight, deadweight, milk, wool, work and manure. Feed energy is the most relevant input that can easily be linked to other inputs. A bio-economic productivity index is total output value per ...