Reproduction and growth of sheep in Samoa islands

Title
Reproduction and growth of sheep in Samoa islands
Publication Date
2024-07
Author(s)
Areta, Faatoialemanu
Su'a, Zachary
Diarra, Siaka
A C C da Silva, Tiago
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6138-9863
Email: talvesco@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:talvesco
Cowley, Frances
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6475-1503
Email: fcowley@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:fcowley
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australian Association of Animal Sciences
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/61707
Abstract

Sheep were introduced to Samoa in 2004 with only 44 live animals. However, over the last 10 years, the number of households raising sheep has increased from 26 to 249 and the number of registered animals from 153 to 1654 in 2019 (SBS 2009). The current level of productivity and limitations faced by sheep farmers in Samoa are unknown. This study aimed to measure the productive parameters of sheep farms in Samoa to understand these systems better.

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Citation
Proceedings of the 35th Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Animal Sciences and the 20th Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies, v.35, p. 554-554
ISSN
0728-5965
Start page
554
End page
554

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