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Conservation and utilisation of the Sahiwal cattle in Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2011

W.B. Muhuyi ,
I. Lokwaleput  and
S.N. Ole Sinkeet
W.B. Muhuyi
Affiliation:
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, National Animal Husbandry Research Centre Naivasha P. O. Box 25, Naivasha, Kenya
I. Lokwaleput
Affiliation:
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, National Animal Husbandry Research Centre Naivasha P. O. Box 25, Naivasha, Kenya
S.N. Ole Sinkeet
Affiliation:
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, National Animal Husbandry Research Centre Naivasha P. O. Box 25, Naivasha, Kenya
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Summary

Sahiwal cattle are indigenous to Pakistan and India, and were imported to Kenya in 1930s and 1940s. The breed has been developed as a dual-purpose breed and is utilised in smallholder farming systems, beef and dairy ranching in marginal areas of Kenya which form 80% of the country. Conservation efforts include keeping of Sahiwal herds on state farms, individual ranches and the establishment of the Sahiwal semen bank at the Central Artificial Insemination Station at Kabete near Nairobi. Breeding of the Sahiwal has been promoted by the formation of the Sahiwal Breeders Society which has established breed standards for registration of Sahiwal cattle with the Kenya Stud Book.

Resumen

La raza bovina Sahiwal es originaria de Pakistan e India y fue importada en Kenya en los años 1930 y 1940. La raza se ha desarrollado como raza mixta y viene utilizada en pequeñas explotaciones de carne y leche en zonas marginales de Kenya, que representan un 80% del país. Los esfuerzos de conservación incluyen mantener los rebaños de Sahiwal en explotaciones estatales, en ranchos privados y establecer un banco de semen de Sahiwal en la Estación Central de Inseminación Artificial de Kabete, cerca de Nairobi. La mejora de la raza Sahiwal ha sido promovida a través de la creación de la Sociedad de Mejoradores de Sahiwal, que ha establecido los estándares de raza para la registración de la raza Sahiwal en el libro de registro de razas de Kenya.

Keywords

Herd managementCharacteristicsBreeding planPerformance production systems
Type
Research Articles
Information
Animal Genetic Resources/Resources génétiques animales/Recursos genéticos animales , Volume 26 , April 1999 , pp. 35 - 44
Copyright
Copyright © Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 1999

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