• Are winter rangelands enough to satisfy the nutritional requirements of late‑gestation transhumant goats in Patagonia? 

      Caballero, Veronica Jorgelina; Romero Martinez, Jesus; Borrelli, Laura Beatriz; Castillo, Daniel Alejandro; Mikuc, Juan Pablo; Villar, Maria Laura; Villagra, Edgar Sebastian (Springer, 2022-08-03)
      Transhumant herds graze across two different rangeland types according to the season. Winter rangelands differ from summer rangelands in the amount and quality of available fodder, with the former being the less productive. ...
    • Carcinoma de células escamosas en pequeños rumiantes de la Patagonia argentina 

      Cucullu, Gaspar; Massone, Adriana; Garcia, Juan Agustín; Robles, Carlos Alejandro; Martinez, Agustin (Sociedad de Medicina Veterinaria (SOMEVE) de la Republica Argentina, 2020-04-20)
      Se describen las características clínicas y anatomopatológicas de casos de carcinoma de células escamosas (CCE) en tres pequeños rumiantes, dos ovinos Merino y un caprino Angora en Argentina. Macroscópicamente, los animales ...
    • Community-based sheep breeding programs generated substantial genetic gains and socioeconomic benefit 

      Haile, Aynalem; Getachew, Tesfaye; Mirkena, T.; Duguma, G.; Gizaw, Solomon; Wurzinger, M.; Soelkner, J.; Mwai, O.; Dessie, T.; Abebe, Ayele; Abate, Zelalem; Jembere, T.; Rekik, Mourad; Lobo, R.N.B.; Mwacharo, Joram M.; Terfa, Z.G.; Kassie, G.T.; Mueller, Joaquin Pablo; Rischkowsky, Barbara (Elsevier, 2020)
      Community-based breeding programs (CBBPs) for small ruminants have been suggested as alternatives to centralised, government-controlled breeding schemes which have been implemented in many developing countries. An innovative ...
    • Community-based vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) shearing in the arid Puna of Argentina: Body weight and fiber traits obtained during the chakus 

      Sacchero, Diego Mariano; Quiroga Roger, Juan Alfonso; Romero, Sandra Raquel; Maurino, Maria Julia; Gonzalez, Ezequiel Bernardo (Elsevier, 2022-11)
      In the Argentine Puna, innovation proposals for the production of vicuña fiber represent a strategic opportunity for local communities. However, the development of these proposals, essential for the addition of local value, ...
    • Going to scale—From community-based to population-wide genetic improvement and commercialized sheep meat supply in Ethiopia 

      Mueller, Joaquin Pablo; Haile, Aynalem; Getachew, Tesfaye; Santos, Bruno; Rekik, Mourad; Belay, Berhanu; Solomon, Dawit; Yeheyis, Likawent; Rischkowsky, Barbara (Frontiers Media, 2023-03)
      Community-based breeding programs (CBBPs) have shown, at pilot scale, to be effective and beneficial in achieving genetic progress and in improving livelihoods of smallholder communities. In Ethiopia 134 sheep and goat ...
    • Three easy fixes for sire use can enhance genetic progress in community-based breeding programmes 

      Mueller, Joaquin Pablo; Getachew, Tesfaye; Rekik, Mourad; Rischowsky, Barbara; Abate, Zelalem; Goshme, Shenkute; Wale, Yeshiwas; Haile, Aynalem (Wiley, 2021)
      We analysed options to optimize the use of sires in sheep and goat community-based breeding programmes (CBBP) for three scenarios occurring under field conditions: premature sale of selection candidates, fixed service ...
    • Urolitiasis en pequeños rumiantes 

      Ramirez Soria, María Angélica; Martinez, Agustin; Robles, Carlos Alejandro (Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, 2020-06)
      La urolitiasis es una enfermedad del tracto urinario que afecta a ovinos y caprinos siendo más frecuente en producciones intensivas y semi-intensivas. Clínicamente se caracteriza por depresión, letargia, rechinar de dientes, ...