Production and Health Parameters of N’Dama Village Cattle in Relation to Parasitism in the Guinea Savannah of Côte d’Ivoire
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In contrast with the more arid savannah areas of West Africa, the central Guinea savannah (or V-Baoulé) of Côte d’Ivoire does not suffer from important forage shortage during the dry season. Since the 1970s the Ivorian government has made considerable efforts to increase local cattle-breeding activities in the area, which is suitable for trypanotolerant livestock production. Trypanosomosis control programs have been run since the 1970s (SODEPRA and later on various local and international NGOs). In this area the tsetse fly pressure is variable and rather low, 0-2.2 flies per trap per day (LANADA, 1998).
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