Publications by authors named "Mary Gichure"
Article Synopsis
- The study looked at how keeping donkeys helps small farmers in Kenya and what problems they face.
- It found that donkeys help earn money through transporting goods and providing manure for crops, but they also face issues like theft and diseases.
- The information gathered can help people in charge make better decisions to improve the health and care of donkeys for these farmers.
The study aimed to assess the phenotypic characteristics of donkeys and their suitability for work. Data were collected on age, sex, coat color, height at withers, body length, and heart girth from 360 randomly sampled donkeys raised in a highland agroecological system in Kenya between the months of June and September 2018. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and ANOVA with the sex of the donkey and age group treated as sources of variation.
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