Calculation of Demographic Parameters in Tropical Livestock Herds A discrete time approach with LASER animal-based monitoring data /

• Main Authors: Lesnoff, Matthieu (Author), Lancelot, Renaud (Author), Moulin, Charles-Henri (Author), Messad, Samir (Author), Juanès, Xavier (Author), Sahut, Christian (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Animal ecology.; Zoology.; Life Sciences.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Animal Ecology.

Ruminant livestock (cattle, small ruminants, and camels) have a determinant economic role in many tropical developing countries. In traditional low-input farming systems, demographic parameters (e.g. reproduction or mortality rates) are important indicators for estimating and modelling herd dynamics...