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- Evaluating the impact of heat stress as measured by temperature-humidity index (THI) on test-day milk yield of small holder dairy cattle in a sub-Sahara African climate. Livestock Science. 242:104314. 2020
- 302 Phenomics and its potential impact on livestock development in low income countries: Innovative applications of emerging related digital technology. Journal of Animal Science. 98:27-27. 2020
- Joint genetic analysis for dairy cattle performance across countries in sub-Saharan Africa. South African Journal of Animal Science. 50:507-520. 2020
- Phenomics and its potential impact on livestock development in low-income countries: innovative applications of emerging related digital technology.. Animal Frontiers. 10:6-11. 2020
- Current situations of animal data recording, dairy improvement infrastructure, human capacity and strategic issues affecting dairy production in sub-Saharan Africa. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 51:1699-1705. 2019
- Assessing actors in rural markets of sheep and goats in the Nyando Basin of Western Kenya: a key to improving productivity from smallholder farms. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 50:1871-1879. 2018
- Purebreeding of Red Maasai and crossbreeding with Dorper sheep in different environments in Kenya. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics. 134:531-544. 2017
- Improving smallholder dairy farming in Africa 2017
- Live weight, conformation, carcass traits and economic values of ram lambs of Red Maasai and Dorper sheep and their crosses.. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 49:121-129. 2017
- Use of livestock resources for food security in the light of climate change 2017
- Short communication: Genomic selection in a crossbred cattle population using data from the Dairy Genetics East Africa Project. Journal of Dairy Science. 99:7308-7312. 2016
- Participatory definition of breeding objectives for sheep breeds under pastoral systems—the case of Red Maasai and Dorper sheep in Kenya. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 48:9-20. 2016
- Sustainable milk and beef production in Nicaragua: actions and opportunities for an inclusive value chain 2016
- A novel use of high density SNP assays to optimize choice of different crossbred dairy cattle genotypes in smallholder systems in East Africa 2014
- Use of high density SNP genotypes to determine the breed composition of cross bred dairy cattle in smallholder farms: Assessment of reproductive and health performance 2014
- Animal genetic resources for improved productivity under harsh environmental conditions 2012
- Stochastic simulation model of Ankole pastoral production system: Model development and evaluation. Ecological Modelling. 222:3692-3700. 2011
- Practical crossbreeding for improved livelihoods in developing countries: The FARM Africa goat project☆. Livestock Science. 136:38-44. 2011
- Pro-poor animal improvement and breeding — What can science do? ☆. Livestock Science. 136:15-28. 2011
- Direct and maternal (co)variance components and genetic parameters for growth and reproductive traits in the Boran cattle in Kenya.. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 41:741-748. 2009
- Performance of Toggenburg dairy goats in smallholder production systems of the eastern highlands of Kenya. Small Ruminant Research. 83:7-13. 2009
- Genetic evaluation of growth of Kenya Boran cattle using random regression models.. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 39:493-505. 2007
- Genetic parameters for weaning weight of Kenyan Boran cattle accounting for direct-maternal genetic covariances. South African Journal of Animal Science. 36:275-281. 2006
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