Browsing Research Articles (Animal and Wildlife Sciences) by Author "Cloete, S.W.P."

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The effects of divergent selection for reproduction and sex on quantitative and qualitative slaughter traits in Merinos

Cloete, S.W.P.; Naude, C.S.; Cloete, J.J.E.; Scholtz, A.J.; Kruger, A.C.M.; Visser, Carina (Elsevier, 2021-09)

The impact of selection of sheep for reproduction on meat traits are not evident, while genetic parameters for meat traits is absent for South African pure breeds. Quantitative and qualitative meat traits were therefore ...
Genomic technologies for food security : a review of challenges and opportunities in Southern Africa

Van Marle-Koster, Este; Visser, Carina; Makgahlela, Mahlako; Cloete, S.W.P. (Elsevier, 2015-10)

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region includes 15 member states which all face growing population numbers and a possible protein shortage within the next 20 years. Although these countries have a wealth ...
Returns on investment in sheep and goat breeding in South Africa

Schoeman, S.J.; Cloete, S.W.P.; Olivier, J.J. (Elsevier, 2010)

The small stock industry in South Africa is of crucial importance as 80% of the agricultural land is unsuitable for intensive agricultural production. The contribution of 19 resource sheep flocks and goat herds towards ...

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