Ankole Cattle: One of Africa's Disappearing Livestock Breeds?

Daniel Semambo, Director of Uganda's National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and Data Bank, outlines the issues facing many developing countries as they try to improve their livestock productivity (largely by cross-breeding their native stock with higher-producing exotic breeds) while at the same time they try to stem losses of their native livestock breeds and genes.Hardy Ankole cattle have been part of farming in East Africa for generations. As farmers in Uganda and other countries increasingly cross-breed the Ankole with exotic, less disease and drought-resistant animals, fewer and fewer pure-bred Ankole remain.Daniel Semambo in this film makes the case for conserving this and other important animal genetic resources of Africa.

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Beautiful. I wonder if you can tell their age by the horns

[@MrDuopG]

How much for price? For US dollar

[@mcwisekk6608]

From 900 dollars and above

[@mcwisekk6608]

@NA Phiri Yeah they are not expensive

[@jacobzaranyika9334]

Majestic but what is going on?

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Learn more about this and much more about Livestock in Africa at the African Livestock Conference and Exhibition (ALiCE2014) in June 18th - 20th 2014 in Kampala, Uganda. Visit www.livestockafrica.com for more details and registration

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What incredible looking animals! I’m sure they must be protected from poachers too because of those impressive horns.

[@NoondaniGoatanddairyFarm]

Good

[@jacobzaranyika9334]

International Livestock Research Institution:
Thank you for your contribution, but what is this sudden obsessive feed of content about cows. My feed has just gone nuts with cows. Cows cows everywhere.

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Great work in progress, only share with me your contact

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Millions of rands walking around

[@nkosimoyo6966]

not really its actually quite cheap

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i want this cows to sell to south african rich

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Cousins of fulanj

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wanna marry my wife wt ankole

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Oyooooooooo

[@Ryan-vc4lr]

omg did that guy just drink the unpasteurized milk?🤮

[@mthabisithusi3793]

Yeah, it’s pretty much harmless buddy

[@Ryan-vc4lr]

@@mthabisithusi3793 Maybe harmless but for sure disgusting.

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@@Ryan-vc4lr 🤣🤣