N'dama

dc.contributor.authorEls, Heleen C.
dc.contributor.emailheleen.els@up.ac.zaen
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-17T08:28:01Z
dc.date.available2010-03-17T08:28:01Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionThe colour slides have been scanned with a HP ScanJet 5590 scanner; 24-bit true colour, 600 dpi, saved in JPEG-format. Downscaling was done with Adobe Photoshop.en
dc.descriptionPhoto 1: Original scanned document size: (w)83.96 x (h)53.34 cm. Final web-ready size: (w)7.62 x(h)4.84 cm, 47.39 kb, 150 ppi. Estimated download time: 18 sec. @ 28.8 kbps. Photo 2: Original scanned document size: (w)85.23 x (h)54.61 cm. Final web-ready size: (w)7.62 x(h)4.88 cm, 46.14 kb, 150 ppi. Estimated download time: 17 sec. @ 28.8 kbps.en
dc.description.abstractCOUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Originated from cattle which accompanied Berber migrants from southern Morocco. Centre of development of present day N'Dama is central Guinea, reared by the Fulani population since they came from the Sahara in 1534.en
dc.description.abstractSIZE: Dwarf to miniature.en
dc.description.abstractCOLOUR: Mostly white with dark extremities or light fawn to light bay with a light coloured muzzle. Also get brown, black, red and red with black heads.en
dc.description.abstractPURPOSE: Beef/work/dairy.en
dc.description.abstractADDITIONAL INFORMATION: North and west African taurine breed. Found in the belt parallel to the equator from Atlantic coast in Senegal and Guinea to the Borgou district in northern Dahomey. Small humpless cattle with lyre shaped horns in cows and crescent shaped horns in the bulls. Good resistance to trypanosomiasis.en
dc.identifier.citationFelius, M 1995, ‘Cattle breeds: an encyclopedia’, Misset, Doetinchem, pp.518-521.en
dc.identifier.citationJoshi, NR, McLaughlin, EA & Phillips RW 1957, ‘Types and breeds of African cattle’, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, pp.118-130.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/13503
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCopyright © Heleen Els, Department of Production Animal Studies. Provided for educational purposes only.en
dc.subjectCattle breedsen
dc.subject.lcshLivestock breeds -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshCattle breeds -- South Africaen
dc.titleN'damaen
dc.title.alternativeFouta Djallonen
dc.title.alternativeFouta Jallonen
dc.title.alternativeFouta Malinkeen
dc.title.alternativeFouta Longhornen
dc.title.alternativeFutaen
dc.title.alternativeMalinkeen
dc.title.alternativeMadingoen
dc.title.alternativeN'Dama Petiteen
dc.title.alternativeN'Dama Grandeen
dc.title.alternativeGuinean N'Damaen
dc.title.alternativeGambian N'Damaen
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