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Animal Health Vol 1: General principles
Archie Hunter
This book is a valuable guide for anyone involved with maintaining and establishing the health of animals in tropical and sub-tropical countries. It should be read in conjunction with Volume 2.
ISBN 0333612027, (Macmillan), 1996, 167pp, £7.50,

Animal Health Vol 2: Specific Diseases
Archie Hunter
Volume 2 deals with maintaining and establishing the health of animals in tropical and sub-tropical countries. All the important diseases are covered including infectious and contagious diseases, helminth infections, diseases transmitted by arthropods and others. Useful for all those who want to obtain basic knowledge about specific animal diseases, it should be read in conjunction with Volume 1.
ISBN 0333573609, (Macmillan), 1994, 214pp, £7.00,

Animal Healthcare Training: Nepal's animal health care improvement training programme
John Young
Since 1981, hundreds of Nepalese villagers have been taught basic animal health care techniques after the introduction of a training scheme. Ten years later an evaluation was conducted to determine whether there was a continuing need for the courses and to assess their effectiveness. This book describes the course structure, content and approach, and presents the finding of the evaluation, offering an insight into a programme which could usefully be replicated in other rural areas all over the world.
ISBN 1853392456, (ITP), 1994, 64pp, £7.95,

Backyard Rabbit Farming in the Tropics: Agrodok 20
CTA
ISBN 9072746112, (Agromisa), 1990, 64pp, £5.95,

Beekeeping in the Tropics: Agrodok 32
CTA
ISBN 9072746139, (Agromisa), 1991, 83pp, £5.95,

Camels
R.Trevor Wilson
This book is a valuable guide for anyone involved in the management and care of camels. All aspects pf the camel are covered, starting with its origins, domestication, worldwide distribution and population. Chapters on different types and breeds, production systems, anatomy and physiology, reproduction, management, nutrition and health are followed by its various uses, in particular transport and milk production. The text is presented in a clear and easy-to-read style, and is illustrated throughout with many diagrams and photographs.
ISBN 0333600835, (Macmillan), 1998, 134pp, £7.50,

Confidently Used Ethnoveterinary Knowledge in Samburu: Book 1
ISBN 9966960678, (IT Kenya), 1997, , £13.50,

Confidently Used Ethnoveterinary Knowledge in Samburu: Book 2
ISBN 9966960686, (IT Kenya), 1997, , £13.50,

Donkeys
D Fielding
Donkeys is a valuable guide for anyone involved with using or breeding these animals. The authors claim to achieve a better appreciation of the benefits of using the donkey in the tropics - as a draught animal, as a pack animal and for riding. The book covers donkey physiology, nutirition and feeding, breeding husbandry and management. It emphasises the use of the donkey as a work animal with details of harnessing and equipment. Health and diseass and care of the donkey are also explained. Macmillan/CTA joint publication. Published in the Tropical Agriculturalist series.
ISBN 0333627504, (Macmillan), 1998, 118pp, £7.00,

Environmentally Sound Small-scale Livestock Projects
Linda Jacobs
A manual designed for development assistance workers and others who are planning or managing small-scale livestock projects. It stresses ecological principles that relate to environmentally sound livestock management practices.
ISBN 086619245X, (VITA), 1986, 150pp, £9.95,

Ethnoveterinary Research and Development
Edited by Constance M. McCorkle, Evelyn Mathias and Tjaart W. Schillhorn van Veen
This highly interdisciplinary and international volume provides a critico-analytic overview over the many facets and findings of ethnoveterinary research and development. From sociocultural, political-economic, and environmental as well as biomedical viewpoints, the book presents reviews and case studies of traditional veterinary knowledge and practice, along with historical perspectives, theoretical discussions and research methodologies. The 23 chapters span 10 major species of animal domesticates raised by more than 80 ethnic groups in nearly 40 nations of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, covering nearly 100 diseases and more than 300 medicinal plants and other traditional materia medica. The volume is designed to provide researchers, development professionals, and policymakers working in agricultural and rural development with insights, ideas and approaches to the subject, plus its practical applications in agriculture, environment, human health, and still other sectors.(Published in the IT Studies in Indigenous Knowledge and Development series).
ISBN 1853393266, (ITP), 1996, 450pp, £19.95,

Forage Husbandry
Wolfgang Bayer and Ann Waters-Bayer
A valuable guide for anyone concerned with the management or production of forage, especially by the smallholder farmers and pastoralists in the tropics and subtropics. It covers the principles of forage husbandry,as well as the functions of different types of forage resources and their integration into the wider farming systems. Chapters include the assessment and management of existing livestock and forage systems, the management of natural forage, the use of forage as an auxiliary product from cultivated land, cultivated forages, conservation and supplementation of forage, adn reserach and development in forage husbandry. A list of important species of forage grass, legumes, trees and shrubs is included in the appendices.
ISBN 0333668561, (Macmillan), 1998, 198pp, £7.00,

Goat Keeping in the Tropics: Agrodok 7
CTA
ISBN 9072746392, (Agromisa), 1991, 70pp, £5.95,

The Golden Insect
Stephen Adjare
This handbook on tropical beekeeping for beginners is based on first hand Ghanaian experience.
ISBN 0946688605, (ITP), 1984, 112pp, £9.95,

Hatching Eggs by Hens or in an Incubator: Agrodok 34
CTA
ISBN 9072746147, (Agromisa), 1990, 39pp, £5.95,

Improving Goat Production in the Tropics
Christie Peacock
Written both for livestock specialists and for development workers who have not been formally trained in animal production, this book explains the theory of goat-keeping using practical, step-by-step guidelines. It also takes into account the social, economic, and organizational context in which the technology has to function.
ISBN 0855982691, (Oxfam), 1996, 387pp, £14.95,

Livestock Production Systems
R.Trevor Wilson
Examines how individual species of domestic livestock can be integrated into the whole concept of sustainable agriculture in the tropics. A wide range of different case studies from tropical countries provides practical models for livestock husbandry. All types of livestock are covered including buffalo, camels and poultry.
ISBN 0333600126, (Macmillan), 1995, 141pp, £7.50,

Living with Uncertainty: New directions in pastoral development in Africa
Edited by Ian Scoones
The last few years have seen a major rethinking of some of the hallowed assumptions of range ecology and range management practice. This book examines the management of policy implications of this new ecological thinking for pastoral development in dryland areas. With examples drawn from all over Africa, the contributors examine the consequences of living with uncertainty for pastoral development planning, range and fodder management, drought responses, livestock marketing, resource tenure, institutional development and pastoral administration.
ISBN 1853392359, (ITP), 1994, 208pp, £9.95,

Microlivestock: Little-known small animals with a promising economic future
BOSTID
Discusses the promise of small breeds and species of livestock for rural communities. Identifies over 40 species, including miniature breeds of cattle, sheep, goats and pigs, eight types of poultry, rabbits, guinea pigs, deer, iguanas and bees.
ISBN 030904295X, (BOSTID), 1991, 450pp, £14.95,

Pastoral Development Planning: Oxfam development guidelines number 9
Julian Prior
Despite all the efforts of development agencies, pastoral communities in Africa are no less vulnerable to drought and famine than they were 40 years ago. The author argues that the solution is social development of the pastoral communities.
ISBN 0855982047, (Oxfam), 1994, 152pp, £8.95,

Pig Husbandry in the Tropics: Agrodok 1
CTA
ISBN 9072746015, (Agromisa), 1984, 52pp, £5.95,

Pigs
David Holness
Covers in detail the characteristics and requirements of pigs, and how to raise and produce them in a variety of tropical zones and farming systems. Breeds, breeding, health, nutrition, housing, slaughtering and processing are all included.
ISBN 0333523083, (Macmillan), 1991, 150pp, £7.00,

Poultry
Anthony Smith
Covers in detail the characteristics and requirements of this livestock group and how to raise and produce poultry in a variety of tropical zones and farming systems. Topics include breeds, breeding, diseases, parasites, slaughtering and processing.
ISBN 0333523067, (Macmillan), 1993, 218pp, £7.50,

Small-scale Poultry Production in the Tropics: Agrodok 4
CTA
ISBN 9072746589, (Agromisa), 1995, 80pp, £5.95,

Village Animal Healthcare: A community-based approach to livestock development in Kenya
Dr. Barbara Grandin, with Ramesh Thampy and John Young
In many developing countries access to veterinary services is a particular problem in rural areas, and poor farmers suffer significant losses due to preventable livestock diseases. This book describes three Intermediate Technology programmes built from local knowledge.
ISBN 1853390925, (ITP), 1991, 64pp, £9.95,

Where There is No Vet
Bill Forse
ISBN 0855984090, (Oxfam), 1999, , £14.95,