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and is slightly lower in Lower and Middle Casamance. The calving interval is 16 to 17 months in Middle and Upper Casamance and roughly 19 months in Lower Casamance with 80% of calving taking place in the last six months of the year. The abortion rate is 10 to 20%, which leaves an average calving rate
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breed of beef cattle developed on the Caribbean Island of St. Croix was long thought to originate from crosses between N'Dama cattle, imported in the late 19th century, and Red Poll cattle, but it is actually an admixed breed between a European taurina (Red Poll) and zebu.
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of 56%. Calves are weaned around 12 months and castration, when it occurs, is around three years. Annual mortality rate is 12% overall, with 30% for calves under one year, 15% for one to two-year-olds, 5% for two to three-year-olds, and 2% for adults.
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has shown that the N'Dama is the most resistant breed. In Nigeria, research has shown that N'Dama is up to 2-3x (or 25%) more resistant than
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infested areas of sub Saharan Africa, especially in west and central Africa. International research conducted by
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poses a considerable constraint on livestock agricultural development in
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Index

Ndama
Ndama (disambiguation)

cattle
West Africa
Guinea
Senegal
Guinea-Bissau
the Gambia
Mali
Ivory Coast
Liberia
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
trypanotolerant
tsetse fly
ticks
Haemonchus contortus
Senepol
Casamance
Trypanosomiasis
Tsetse fly
ILRI
Nigeria
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kenya
Nguni cattle
KALRO
Boran cattle
ISBN

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