Draught Animal News No.14, (May 1991)


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Research and Development Projects

Europe
Germany: Methodological experiments on the suitability of heart rate as a parameter for characterising the draught potential of oxen (M. Rometsch and K. Becker
Germany/Mali: New studies on the use of blood parameters in testing the performance of draught oxen- preliminary results (J. Zanzinger, M. Traoré and K. Becker)
UK. Burkina Faso: The effects of yoke, direction of working and driver (D.H. O'Neill)
Africa
Malawi: The introduction of draught animal power use in LWADD (F.K. Jere)
Nigeria: Industrial training attachment to ILCA, Sub-humid zone, to study animal traction methods (Mohammed Idris)
South America
Columbia/UK: The Columbian Harvest (J.K. Dijkman and I. Campbell)
Asia
India: Mild exercise induced by physiological changes in cows (S.P. Bhatnagar an dR.C. Upadhyay)

Forthcoming Events

The Launch of the Eastern and Southern Africa Animal Traction Network International Conference on Draught Animal Power and Human Energy Systems to be held at the Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal International Seminar on Livestock and Feed Development in the Tropics,Malang, Indonesia, 21-25 Oct. 1991

Implements and Instruments

<>Development of an animal loading car (T.C. Thakur and Bhagwan Singh)

Short Notes and News

Colloquium on Donkeys, Mules and Hoses in Tropical Agricultural Development, 3-6 Sept. 1990 CARTMAN, India

Book Reviews

Draught Animal: Efficiency Limiting Factors (Dr. R.C. Upadhyay, ed.)

Letters to the Editor

Which angle of pull? (Frank Inns) Angle of pull for hitches (Ralph D. Wright) Melapo Development Project (Chris Wylam)

General Articles

Draught animal research and development in Bangladesh - animal feed resources , Dr. M. Saadullah

Recent Publications


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