Habimana, V*., EkineDzivenu, C. C., Nguluma, A. S*., Nziku, Z. C., Morota, G., Chenyambuga, S. W*., and Mrode, R. Genes and models for estimating genetic parameters for heat tolerance in dairy cattle. Frontiers in Genetics, 14, 299. *From the Department of Animal, Aquaculture, and Range Sciences at Sokoine University of Agriculture. Dairy cattle are highly […]
Dr. Dawson David Maleko From Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences in this page, drivers for population loss, reasons for conservation, and possible approaches toward sustainable conservation of the endangered populations of the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) are reviewed. L. pictus populations face several threats, including habitat loss and degradation, persecution by human beings, […]
Climate change is affecting pastoral communities in a way that they are forced to destroy the environment and severe range lands degradation. In some cases, Pastoralists are forced to enter the forest reserves during dry seasons to search for pasture and water. This tendency has negatively affected the environment and conservation initiatives. Despite of high […]
Dr. Cyrus Rumisha et al (2023) From Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences The queen mackerel Scomberomorus plurilineatus has long been an important source of dietary animal protein, household income, and employment to coastal communities in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region. Yet, since their market value has increased in recent years, they are […]
By Dr. Muumin et al. (2023) From the Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences Photosynthesis and respiration exert strong opposing effects on dissolved gases in earthen ponds. During daylight this provides oxygen to the water while removing carbon dioxide. At night, fish, plankton, and sediment respiration consumes the available O2 and produces CO2. This leads […]
Researchers headed by a team at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have devised a new way to turn cancer cells into potent anticancer agents. Scientists in the lab of Khalid Shah, PhD, developed a cell therapy approach to eliminate established tumors and induce long-term immunity, training the immune system so that it can prevent cancer from […]
Seeds and feeds are among the most important inputs required for sustainable aquaculture industry development in any country worldwide. However, the value chain analysis of seeds and feeds in most developing countries including Tanzania has not been mapped, and the key actors are not identified and characterized. To address this knowledge gap, we mapped the […]
Dr. Reimer Christian (Facilitator): The Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences (DAARS) in collaboration with the Institute of Farm Animal Genetics of the Federal Research Institute in Germany, is cordially inviting you to a public lecture that to be held on Monday 19th December 2022 at DAARS Postgraduate Lecture Room, from 10:00 am to […]
By Shija et. al. (2022) From the Department of Animal, Aquaculture and Range Sciences The ability of smallholder dairy farming systems (SHDFS) to achieve desirable lactation-curve characteristics is constrained or reduced by environmental stresses. Under stressful production environments in the tropics, the better lactation-curve characteristics in smallholder dairy farms are a result of improved dairy […]
By Jacob Mosenda Education writer/journalist with The Citizen Mwananchi Communication Limited SUA’s vision of being a leading university in the provision of quality knowledge, skills and innovations in agriculture and allied sciences was yet again actualised on the main campus (Edward Moringe) situated 3km south of Morogoro Municipality. With the mission to undertake training, research in […]