Summary
The importance of disease and management factors in relation to the productivity of traditionally managed White Fulani cattle herds on the Jos plateau is described. Disease per se was not considered to be a major factor limiting productivity with the reduction in importance of the major epizootic diseases of rinderpest and contagious bovine pleuropneumonia. Diseases which were considered of some importance were streptothricosis and liver fluke in adult cattle and coccidiosis and possibly parasitic gastro-enteritis in younger animals.
One of the management factors limiting productivity was the keeping of older castrates mostly in the Fulani-owned herds. The most important management practice affecting the productivity of the herds was the provision of dry season supplementation. Only one herd received substantial amounts and its productivity was much greater than that of the other study herds.
Résumé
L'importance de la pathologie et des facteurs d'entretien est décrite en fonction de ses relations avec la productivité du bétail blanc Fulani du plateau de Jos.
La pathologieper se n'a pas été reconnue comme étant un facteur majeur limitant la productivité du fait de la réduction importante des principales épizooties telles que la peste et la péripneumonie bovines. Les maladies qui revêtent quelque importance sont la streptothricose et la douve hépatique chez les bovins adultes, la coccidiose et un possible parasitisme gastro-intestinal chez les jeunes animaux.
Un des facteurs du mode d'élevage limitant la productivité consiste dans le maintien de vieux animaux castrés surtout dans les troupeaux des Peuls. Le plus important des facteurs d'entretien influençant la productivité des troupeaux réside dans une supplémentation de saison sèche. Un seul troupeau seulement a reçu des apports supplémentaires substantiels et sa productivité a été plus importante que celles des autres troupeaux étudiés.
Resumen
Se describe la importancia de enfermedades y prácticas de manejo, sobre la productividad de ganado Blanco Fulani bajo manejo tradicional en la meseta de Jos en Nigeria. Las enfermedadesper se no se consideraron mayores factores limitantes de la productividad, con la reducción de epizootias tales como rinderpest y pleuroneumonía contagiosa bovina.
Las enfermedades de más importancia a juicio del autor fueron la estreptotricosis y la distomoniasis en ganado adulto, y la coccidiosis y posiblemente la gastroenteritis parasitária en animales jovenes.
Una de las prácticas de manejo que limitó la productividad fué la permanencia de animales castrados en los hatos propiedad de los Fulani. La práctica de manejo más importante que mejoró la productividad fué la suplementación del ganado durante la época seca. El hato que recibió cantidades significativas de suplemento, tuvo ganancias mayores que las de los otros hatos en estudio.
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Pullan, N.B. Productivity of White Fulani cattle on the Jos plateau, Nigeria. III. Disease and management factors. Trop Anim Health Prod 12, 77–84 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02242612
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