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Includes bibliographical references (pages 15-16). |
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Abstract: This paper is based largely on Dr. Talbot's years of research on ungulates in East and Central Africa and dramatically illustrates the potential for scientific game cropping in this vast area of Africa and other areas of the world. Land managers frequently overlook the fact that indigenous wild animals, having evolved with the environment, may be far more efficient at utilizing plants and converting them to protein than domestic livestock. Conditions of much of the land area of the earth are unfavorable for the production of domestic livestock, while in some areas species of wild ungulates thrive. These animals are superior to livestock in terms of biomass, carrying capacity, productivity, live weight gains, use of plant life, drought resistance, and diseases and parasites. There is some evidence that wild ungulates can be domesticated, with the potential for scientific management with resulting great improvement in the economy and general well-being of the people is evident. |
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Online version: Talbot, Lee M. (Lee Merriam). Wild animals as a source of food (OCoLC)1014021497 |
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HathiTrust Digital Library, Full view http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/2086069.html |