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jogojogo:
Its normal but send them a mail too

Having similar issue, what email can be used? Also how do one know which office is processing the Visa?

Cynk:
i got medical request last week wednesday and responded immediately via webform because i have upfront medicals. i resent the webforms on friday when i hear nothing and then on monday, yet it has not been updated. any explanation gurus?

Did you get an update on your medical for this?

Reno which Nigerian University has 20% of its graduates in professional employment? If you had the interest of Nigeria at heart why did you run back to the US after GEJ lost the election? Why couldn't you start at least a snail farm in your village or plant cassava to help Nigerian youths you claimed to be advising the dumb GEJ on?

Adeosun is not an economic make up artist like Ngozi. She is concerned about the figures not IMF ratings, Most won't like her because of how she is going about her job but Ngozi would be worse off with the lack of funds she's exposed to.
We are in recession but she is paying salaries, Ngozi with all the abundance was owing salaries.

Reno, my friend Isaac Adams was your special adviser on youth development and entrepreneurship, we both graduated from Kaduna Polytechnic, if Polytechnic graduates are dull like you claim and you had one as your adviser for your core job, then you are the dumbest shit ever known to man, come back to Naija if you care or leave us to mend the tire you punctured. Ole!!!!

GOM2016:
@profgordons, my teacher am only considering my payback period ooo . on the issue of structure, what are the necessity to put in place before the herds. thank you.

Sincerely, that's a difficult question to answer. The variables involved in Dairy structures are much. Here is a link, read every page: http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/t1265e/t1270e04.htm

Cheers.

GOM2016:
Good evening my teachers in the house, is it possible to enhance maturity in heifers, as in bringing it forward?

Lol, sounds like an impossible thing but it is a yes and no answer. You can improve on the maturity time of your heifer with proper food and management. Actually, the reason why the foreign breed are what they are is because of proper food and good herd management over none less than 50 to 100years. There is no other means to make a 1year old heifer become 2yrs than to wait. And am beginning to suspect you want to start making quick profit. You better throw your money on gambling instead. Dairy farming requires patience and planning, with best practice, you may not make your first profit until after 4 to 5years. Any body who tells you otherwise is lying. Besides, don't make a mistake of getting herds first, it is structure first then build your herd. I'll bet all my Dollars if you succeed any other way.

[quote author=felixzo1 post=44728638]please sent another email, I get a lot of emails, yours will be hiding somewhere, I will forward his number and name to you, you can ask him any question regarding AI[/quote

felixzo1:
on the average the first estrus cycle in our local breeds is observe between 39 to 45 months.( above 3 years) one of the limiting factors affecting cattle production is the late maturity of our local breeds. developed foreign breeds have their first calf by 24 to 30 months . estrus is observed around 15 months.feeding is a serious factor for early maturity especially in foreign cows(Bos Taurus) than local breeds ( Bos indicus) . one of the unique things about our local cows is despite the nomadic life style for herdsmen, they have high fertility and can withstand long trekking ,drought and food shortages. on local breeds for dairy , gudali has a genetic potential for higher milk yields than white fulani. under experimental condition s gudali has out performed white fulani by 2 litres daily, gudali produces 5 litres when well fed,with grasses, water and concentrates (2kg)while white fulani gave 3 litres under same feeding conditions

@Felix, I think the sample size for the comparison you used was really small and thereby not reliable for a conclusion. There is no need to reinvent the wheel, there's been a lot of research on the two breeds already and for dairy purpose, you just have to put your money on the White Fulani. I can share this FAO document extract with you:

Estimates of cumulative mortality rate of White Fulani cattle at one year of age, both on-farm
and on-station, are presented in table 4. The White Fulani is less tolerant to trypanosomiasis than
the N'Dama (Roberts and Gray, 1973b; Hill and Esuruoso, 1976) but is more tolerant than the
Gudali and other zebu types (Faulkner and Brown, 1953; Faulkner and Epstein, 1957). Ross et
al. (1959) have suggested the existence of a genetic basis for the resistance of White Fulani cattle
to intestinal helminths as well. The White Fulani cattle have also been reported to be more
resistant to dermatophilosis than the Muturu and N'Dama breeds (Amakiri, 1974; Nwufoh and
Amakiri, 1981).
Studies of anatomical and physiological features related to heat tolerance mechanisms (table
5) show that the White Fulani is more heat tolerant than the N'Dama and the Gudali in Nigeria
(e.g. Amakiri and Mordi, 1975). This is reflected in their low respiration rate and heat tolerance
index. The White Fulani also exhibited less panting and salivation under heat stress (Buvanendran
et al., 1992). The White Fulani have a.tendency to sweat much more profusely than the Gudali,
N'Dama, the Muturu and Holstein Friesians when exposed to similar high ambient temperatures
(e.g. Amakiri and Mordi, 1975; Amakiri and Onwuka, 1980). Indeed, the White Fulani has been
reported to be the least stressed breed in the hot climates of Nigeria (Igono and Aliu, 1982).

8.3.2 Female reproduction
The reproductive performance of White Fulani females is presented in table 8. Age at first
calving as low as 25.4 months (e.g. Knudsen and Sohael, 1970; Roberts and Gray, 1973a) and
calving interval as short as 360 days (e.g. Knudsen and Sohael, 1970; Pullan, 1979) have been
reported on station. In contrast, extreme figures of 73 months and 810 days, respectively, have
been reported by Pullan (1979, 1980), among others, under traditional management.
Supplementation has been shown to reduce age at first calving from 73 months to about 40
months in village herds (Pullan, 1979; Synge, 1980; Otchere, 1986a). Calving rate, which has
been defined as a percentage of the number of calves dropped to the number of cows mated in a
year, ranged from 53% to 90% under statiori conditions. In coiztrast, calving rate which was
inuch lower in village herds ranged from 38o/o in unsupplemented t:ûditioinal systems to 72%
in supplemented village systems (e.g. Synge, 1980; Otchere, 1986a).

8.4 Milk production
The range in milk yield and lactation length of the Gudali (table 7) indicates substantial
variation in these traits. These figures point to the opportunity for genetic improvement of milk
traits through stringent selection. It is apparent from the limited data that the dairy qualities of
Adamawa Gudali are inferior to those of Sokoto Gudali and that, in general, the Gudali is a
relatively poor milker compared to the White Fulani and the other important zebu breeds in the
region.
Information was generally lacking on the milk composition of the Gudali. The only available
figures for milk butterfat for the Sokoto Gudali was in the range of 5.4 to 6.5o/o (Faulkner and
Epstein, 1957; Payne, 1970; Epstein, 1971; Ngere, 1985a).

felixzo1:
I will give you a contact of someone in NVRI Vom, he is very resourceful, he has done insemination for Intergrated Dairies Vom in the past and has done sexed insemination for Nagari farms.

That will be great, thanks. I sent an email to your gmail earlier, it should be easy for you to identify.

Thank you.

felixzo1:
firstly about the AI go to NAPRi Zaria to their ruminant section, you will be able to get a competent person to synchronize your cows and insiminate them. the price is N15000 for both services but since it is a government facility you could get it cheaper

Many Thanks Bro, I've been there before. I think I'll have to meet someone else the next time I visit.. Their staffs' attitude was somewhat unpleasant and no one seemed to know much about anything. Also is any Nigerian Vet Coy selling sexed semen? Am interested in knowing how Maple got his and what the success rates were for the heifers or cows per service.

GOM2016:
Professionals in the house, at what age do heifers usually get pregnant? what breed of Nigerian cow is best for diary stock?

There is no fixed age actually, most times body weight is used as this is a variable function of age and management practices of which feeding plays a key role. Also some breeds are slower to develop. Generally speaking, this would be greater than 2.5years in any known pure breed in Nigeria. As for the breed of choice, the white fulani wins it. It matures earlier, good fertility, highly drought and disease resistant. It's udder conformity is not bad as well. I hope this helps. My advice is for you to learn as much as possible before investing. Commercial Dairy is not like raising commercial chickens.

Maple:
Nice photos. That Friesian bull looks indeed scary. Only a Fleckvieh bull can beat that looks.

BTW, I did inseminated my Brown swiss and AFS crossbreeds with semen from one of those sacary looking friesian bull, they're about 4 months pregnant now. I used sexed jersey Bull semen to inseminate my Simmental & Ayshire crossbreed heifers to minimize birth complications, besides the Jersey is acute breed. As for my Friesian cross, I chose Fleckvieh semen.

Hi Maple, I live in Kaduna, where did you get the AI provider? Would it be possible to meet when ever am in Abj? I do have some WF Heifers.