Draught Animal News No.24, (Spring 1996)

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Research and Development Projects

Africa
Niger: Feeding and working strategies for draught oxen in semi-arid zones of Africa. ( A. Fall, R.A. Pearson, P.R. Lawrence and S. Fernandez Rivera)
Sierra Leone/Germany: A comparison of the draught performance oxen and heifers in Northern Sierra Leone. (G.O.Cole and J. Steinbach)
Asia
India-Rajasthan: Investigation of a fatigue index in Indian camels. (A.K.Rai, R. Singh and N.D. Khanna) India-Kerala: Measurements of draught capacity for genetic improvement of draught animals. (C.K. Thomas)

Book Reviews

Studies in Draught Animal Power. (R.J. Petheram and E. Telini, editors)

Letters to the Editor

Sustainable Small-scale Ruminant Production in Semi-arid and Sub-humid Tropical Areas (Proceedings of 8th Intl. Symposium on Ruminant Physiology, 26-3 Sept. 1994). (K. Becker, P.R. Lawrence, and E.R. Ørskov, editors)
Pull Angle and Draught (Frank Inns) Donkey Power (Dr. Peta Jones) Management of Draught Animals (Mohammed Bakri A/Wahab)

Forthcoming Meetings

Tercer Coloquio Internacional Sobre Equidos de Trabajo (Third International Colloquium on Working Equides), México, 1998. Third International Workshop on Animal Locomotion, Saumur, France, 20-22 May 1996. Gearing up for the XXI Century Agriculture, Tumacacori, AZ, USA, 9-22 June 1996.

Meeting Reports

Meeting the Challenges of Animal Traction
  • II International Traction Congress, Cuba, 1996

    • News, Notes, and Networks

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