Sökning: "behaviour of livestock in Kenya"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 uppsatser innehållade orden behaviour of livestock in Kenya.

  1. 1. Activity patterns and livestock depredation by cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus), leopards (Panthera pardus) and jackals (Canis mesomelas) within Ol Pejeta Conservancy : where, why and when?

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Författare :Nike Nylander; [2017]
    Nyckelord :African cheetah; African leopard; black-backed jackal; Acinonyx jubatus; Canis mesomelas; Panthera pardus; activity patterns; depredation;

    Sammanfattning : The widespread and severe conflict between humans and wildlife is one of the most critical threats for the survival of many wildlife species today. The increasing human population growth have along with habitat loss, fragmentation, prey depletion and persecution led to extensive declines in many large carnivores. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Lejonangrepp på boskap : kartläggning och analysering av riskfaktorer som förebyggande åtgärd

    Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Författare :Maja Widell; [2017]
    Nyckelord :lejon; predation; rovdjurskonflikt; boskap; djurhållning;

    Sammanfattning : Human exploitation of nature has led to fragmentation of lion habitats and degraded abundance of wild prey. Confrontations with livestock becomes more frequent when lions increase their spatial activity in rural areas. When natural prey is scarce, these confrontations often leads to predation and lions being killed in retaliation by farmers. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Foraging behaviour of cattle, sheep and goats on semi-arid pastures in Kenya

    L3-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Författare :Helena Jonsson; [2011]
    Nyckelord :Cattle; Sheep; Goats; Feeding behaviour; Pastoralism;

    Sammanfattning : ABSTRACTThe principal aim of the study was to compare the feeding behaviour of cattle, sheep and goats on pasture and explain any differences between speices. Furthermore, I compared foraging behaviour between dry season and the beginning of the rainy season, in order to see any relationships between weather and behaviour. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Diurnal behaviour of cattle, sheep and goats on semi-arid pastures in Kenya

    L3-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Författare :Ellen Ericson; [2011]
    Nyckelord :behaviour of livestock in Kenya; pastural behaviour; cattle behaviour; sheep behaviour; goat behaviour;

    Sammanfattning : Studien genomfördes i Shompole i södra Kenya. I det här området är invånarna herdar som förlitar sig på kor, får och getter som sin enda inkomstkälla. De föder upp boskap under extensiva förhållanden, med naturligt bete som huvudsaklig födokälla för sina djur. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Impact by bomas on the distribution of spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in the Mara Region, Kenya

    Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Författare :Elin Netti Hirsch; [2009]
    Nyckelord :bomas; hyena; crocuta crocuta; mara; kenya;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to find out if, and in what way the Maasai pastoralists affect the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) through Bomas (Maasai settlement) and keeping of livestock. The study was carried out in the Maasai Mara National Reserve and the adjoining group ranch, Koyake GR, in South-western Kenya. LÄS MER