Draught Animal News No.26 (June 1997)

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Research and Development Projects

Africa
South Africa: Developments and progress achieved at the Fort Hare Animal Traction Centre, (B. Joubert)
South Africa: Animal Traction Programme, The Nooitgedacht Agricultural Development Centre, (C. Hulun) Kenya: Working with Donkeys in Kenya, emphasising on hoof care (J. Akumonyo)
Asia
Myanmar: Working Elephants for the Timber Industry, (K. U. Mar and S. Win)
Vietnam: Effect of Work and Feed Supplementation on the Performance of Lactating Buffaloes, (N. van Thu, N. van Cu and T.R. Preston) India, Karnal: Physiological Reactions and \Blood Acid-Base Equilibrium in Crossbred Cattle in Response to Treadmill Exercise (A. Aggarwal and R.C. Upadhyay)

Letters to the Editor

Local Remedies - From Burns to Ticks (Paul Miles, R.S.A)
Implements and the Harness of Energy (Ralph Wright, Canada)

New Books

Agriculture Afrcaine et Traction Animale (Gerard le Thiec)
Biotechnology (J. Bunders, B. Haverkort and W. Hiemstra, editors)

Short Notes and News

Cirad-Sar: Projects on Draught Animal Power in Sub-Saharan Africa
Donkey Patrol in Still Bay, South Africa: Donkeys as police transport

Meeting Reports

Lecture Tour, (South Africa, November/December 1996)
Draught Animal Science and Technology Course, (The Gambia, 9-20 December, 1996) Draught Animal Power Workshop, (Harare, 25-27 February, 1997)

Forthcoming Events

Draught Animal Power Course, (South Africa, August/September, 1998)
Third International Colloquium on Working Equines, (México, 5-9 October 1998) Draught Animal Science and Technology Course, (Hanoi, 17-29 November 1997) 10th Arctic Ungulate Conference, (Norway, 9-12 August 1999) Joint Workshop on Nutrition and Exercise Physiology of the Performance Horse, (Rome, 14-16 February 1998)

General Articles

Understanding and Training Cattle, (D. Conroy)
The Utility of the Camel in Augmanying the Dry Land Economy in India (N.D. Khanna)

Recent Publications

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