Technical Publications - Livestock

Livestock

Small Ruminants 

Goats

Asiedu F H, Fearon A L and Seaton J M. 2002. Characterisation of feeding systems of goat farmers in the central region of Jamaica. CARDI Review 1, 4-15

Asiedu F H. 2001. Nutrition and feeding of goats. IN: Goat production handbook. Jamaica: The Ministry of Agriculture and Goat Breeders Society of Jamaica, pp.22-48.

Fearon A A and Miller D. 2001. Breeds and breeding. IN: Goat production handbook. Jamaica: The Ministry of Agriculture and Goat Breeders Society of Jamaica, pp.6-10.

Fearon A A and Miller D. 2001. Developing a model for goat production. IN: Goat production handbook. Jamaica: The Ministry of Agriculture and Goat Breeders Society of Jamaica, pp.55-57.

Fearon A A. 2001. History of goats in Jamaica. IN: Goat production handbook. Jamaica: The Ministry of Agriculture and Goat Breeders Society of Jamaica, pp.1-3.

Fearon A A and Miller D. 2001. Selection. IN: Goat production handbook. Jamaica: The Ministry of Agriculture and Goat Breeders Society of Jamaica, pp.4-5.

Miller D, Mcdonald D and Asiedu F H. 2005. The effect of mulberry leaf meal on the growth performance of weaner goats in Jamaica. CARDI Review 5, 5-11

Sheep

Caribbean Sheep Production & Marketing Project. Technical reports in the series:
St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago: Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute, 1997

  • Farming systems & farm management
  • Feed & feeding systems
  • Hair Sheep manual
  • Marketing
  • Review of literature of Barbados Blackbelly sheep: its history and performance characteristics
  • Social gender

Feeds/Forages

Asiedu F H, Mcdonald D and Seaton J M. 2003. Observations on non-dormant alfalfa cultivars at two locations in Jamaica. CARDI Review 3, 1-8

Williams D, Asiedu F H, Fearon A and Barnes R. 2007. Comparative yield of varieties of Mucuna pruriens grown on trellises on reclaimed bauxite land. CARDI Review 6, 3-16