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William Thorpe
Affiliation : International Livestock Research Institute
- 19Publications (affiliation in Kenya)
Research profile
William Thorpe has 19 indexed publications (1995–2010). Their work appears mainly in “Livestock Production Science”, “Animal Science” and “Agricultural Systems”. Their most cited article, “Smallholder dairy systems in the Kenya highlands: breed preferences and breeding practices” (2003), has been cited 141 times. 2 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in Netherlands, Mexico, Ethiopia, Bangladesh.
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Create my free profile Add my publicationsPublications (19)
- Livelihoods and agro-ecological gradients: A meso-level analysis in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India
- Crop–livestock interactions along agro-ecological gradients: a meso-level analysis in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India
- Genotype by environment interactions for productivity and resistance to gastro-intestinal nematode parasites in Red Maasai and Dorper sheep
- Smallholder dairy systems in the Kenya highlands: breed preferences and breeding practices
- Smallholder dairy systems in the Kenya highlands: cattle population dynamics under increasing intensification
- Resistance and resilience to gastro-intestinal nematode parasites and relationships with productivity of Red Maasai, Dorper and Red Maasai ✕ Dorper crossbred lambs in the sub-humid tropics
- Characterisation of germplasm accessions of Napier grass (pennisetum purpureum and P. purpureum×P. glaucum Hybrids) and comparison with farm clones using RAPD
- A longitudinal study of disease incidence and case-fatality risks on small-holder dairy farms in coastal Kenya
- Crossbreeding for dairy production in the lowland tropics of Kenya
- Crossbreeding for dairy production in the lowland tropics of Kenya
- Economic evaluation of crossbreeding for dairy production in a pasture based production system in Kenya
- Genetic resistance to gastro-intestinal nematode parasites in Red Maasai, Dorper and Red Maasai X Dorper ewes in the sub-humid tropics
- Assessment of natural Ixodid tick infestations in sheep
- Resistance of Galla and Small East African goats in the sub-humid tropics to gastrointestinal nematode infections and the peri-parturient rise in faecal egg counts
- Dairy co-operatives and policy reform in Kenya: effects of livestock service and milk market liberalisation
- Supplementation with Gliricidia sepium and Leucaena leucocephala on voluntary food intake, digestibility, rumen fermentation and live weight of crossbred steers offered Zea mays stover
- The effects of supplementation with Gliricidia sepium or Leucaena leucocephala forage on intake, digestion and live-weight gains of Bos taurus × Bos indicus steers offered napier grass
- Sources of genetic variation for milk production in a crossbred herd in the tropics
- Estimation of individual and maternal additive genetic and heterotic effects for preweaning traits of crosses of Ayrshire, Brown Swiss and Sahiwal cattle in the lowland tropics of Kenya
Publication venues
- Livestock Production Science × 7
- Animal Science × 5
- Agricultural Systems × 1
- Environment Development and Sustainability × 1
- Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution × 1
- Preventive Veterinary Medicine × 1
Publications per year
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- 20091
- 20041
- 20034
- 20011
- 20003
- 19992
- 19982
- 19971
- 19962
Collaborations
Partner institutions : Kenya Agricultural Research Institute · Egerton University · Wageningen University & Research · Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo · International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Co-authors’ countries : Netherlands · Mexico · Ethiopia · Bangladesh
Co-authors
- R.Leyden Baker
- James Audho
- G. John Rowlands
- E.O. Aduda
- D.M. Mwamachi
- R. W. Muinga
- Matthew B. Kenyanjui
- D. Njubi
- Alexander Kigunzu Kahi
- Bockline Omedo Bebe
- Alan J. Teale
- S.H. Maloo
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