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Baker R.L. (1998). Genetic resistance to endoparasites in sheep and goats. A review of genetic resistance to gastrointestinal nematode parasites in sheep and goats in the tropics and evidence for resistance in some sheep and goat breeds in sub-humid coastal Kenya. FAO/UNEP Animal Genetic Resources Information. 24:13-30. 

Baker R.L., Mwamachi D.M., Audho J.O., Aduda E.O. and Thorpe W. (1999). Genetic resistance to gasto-intestinal

  • nematode parasites in Red Maasai, Dorper and Red Maasai X Dorper ewes in the sub-humid tropics. Animal Science (UK). 69(2):335-344. 
  • Baker R.L., Mugambi J.M., Audho J.O., Carles A.B. and Thorpe W. (2002). Comparison of Red Maasai and Dorper sheep for resistance to gastro-intestinal nematode parasites: productivity and efficiency in a humid and a semi-arid environment in Kenya. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris (France). Proceedings of the 7th world congress on genetics applied to livestock production. pp. 639-642.
  • Chemitei V.C.C. (1978). The sheep and goat production at various Research Stations in Kenya. Sheep and Goat Development Project, Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya. Technical Note No. 21. pp. 16. 
  • DAGRIS, 2005: dagris
  • abc.net 
  • The Organic Farmer’s Training leaflet No. 21
  • Wiener, Gerald (1994): Animal Breeding. The Tropical Agriculturist, Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburg. Macmillan Publishers Limited, Between Towns Road, Oxford OX4 3PP. A Macmillan/CTA publication.

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