Draught Animal News No.18, (May 1993)


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Research and Development Projects

Europe
UK: The energy costs of walking in small equids (E.Booth)
Africa
Botswana:Efforts to improve supplementary feeding of draught animals in Botswana (M. Mrema and A. Aganga)
Sudan: Evaluation of animal-drawn plough-seeder (A. Rahana and N. Hussein)
Nigeria: A note on the energy cost of walking of Bunaji Bulls (J.T. Dijkman)
Asia
India:South Indian draught breeds need for conservation (D. Sreekumar and A. Obireddy)
South America
Brazil: Influence of physical exercise on heart rate, rectal temperature and blood biochemistry in Pantanerio horses (R.A.M. Santos Silva)

Forthcoming Events

Draught Animal Research Technology, Nlamey, Niger, 20-30 Sept. 1993 The Role of Working Animals (Equines, Cattle, and Camels) in Agricultural Development , Rabat, Morocco, 17 June 1993 Animals in Sustainable Agriculture: The Global Challenge Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 28 June-2 July 1993 Environmental Control Utilizing Buffalo Production for Human Welfare in the World, São Paulo, Brazil, 27-30 June 1994 TILLERS International 1993 Training Programs

Meeting Reports

Workshop Statement- Human and Draught Animal Power in Crop Production, Harare, Zimbabwe, 18-22 Jan. 1993

Short Notes and News

Animal Power Internships at Howell Living History Farm TILLERS International: Rural Technology Internships

Networks

Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa West African Traction Network

Book Reviews

Los Bueyes- seleccion, entrenamiento, sanidad y nutricion (W.Cordero Quesada and M. Aguilar Cespedes) The Role of Draught Animal Technology in Rural Development (Hertog and Van Huis, ed.)

Letters

Donkey Carts (Dr. R.K. Pillai)

Implements and Instruments

A new rolling cultivator: Evaluation Report (CEEMAT) New shaft drive animal power unit (C.E. Oram)

General Articles

Transport Without Wheels (A. Copland) The Animal Traction Development Organisation (H.S. Ojirot)

Recent Publications


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