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Abdulmojeed Yakubu posted a new activity comment

Fri, 26 Aug 2016 12:22:11 +0000

The current state of livestock production in Africa is pathetic despite the huge potential of these animals to sustain the livelihoods of farmers. If phenomics and genomics could help improve livestock production and productivity, then African countries should not put these at the back burner. We should move away from our current crude ways of…[Read more]

In reply to - Karen Marshall – forum organiser wrote a new post, Using genomic information on cattle in Africa Here we are discussing the applications of genomic (or genetic) information on cattle in Africa, both in the near […]

Abdulmojeed Yakubu posted a new activity comment

Wed, 24 Aug 2016 14:32:27 +0000

Certainly, we cannot talk about genomics in isolation. According to a recent report, the demand for high throughput phenotyping may stimulate a migration from conventional laboratory to web-based assessment of performance and behaviour, and this offers the promise of dynamic phenotyping-the iterative refinement of phenotype assays based on prior…[Read more]

Abdulmojeed Yakubu posted a new activity comment

Sat, 20 Aug 2016 09:49:47 +0000

Hello Raph! Please I am highly interested in your proposed goat project. Please do not forget to include Nigeria.

Abdulmojeed Yakubu posted a new activity comment

Fri, 19 Aug 2016 23:54:46 +0000

I only know of the two reports commissioned by AU-IBAR which myself and others helped in validating (TCP/RAF/3403 FAO/AU-IBAR) on animal genetic resources management in Central and West Africa (1. Support to pastoralism for the management and use of AnGRs in West and Central Africa and 2. Livestock identification and recording in Central and West…[Read more]

Abdulmojeed Yakubu posted a new activity comment

Fri, 19 Aug 2016 23:48:16 +0000

I concur with the submission of Kabuni. If we have to make the best use of our natural endowment, then every aspect of livestock breed composition, production, improvement, traceability, health and marketing must be put into consideration.

Abdulmojeed Yakubu posted a new activity comment

Wed, 17 Aug 2016 22:47:25 +0000

Thank you Mick. Funding is the greatest obstacle. Lack of basic molecular equipment and facilities for cutting-edge researches is another while there is dearth of experts in the field of genetics and genomics. Also, inconsistency in livestock policies by successive governments have made some good projects to collapse midway. Good research products…[Read more]

Abdulmojeed Yakubu posted a new activity comment

Wed, 17 Aug 2016 22:29:05 +0000

I think we can leverage on the initiatives of AU-IBAR and exploit the potential of ILRI-BecA to work out modalities for GenBanks and databases for African Livestock species. Through the strong financial backing and political will of African Nations and the support of international funding bodies, we may be able to make a headway.

In reply to - Karen Marshall – forum organiser wrote a new post, Building a genomic reference resource on African cattle Here we will discuss the need and potential for a Genomics Reference Resource for African Cattle – which […]

Abdulmojeed Yakubu posted a new activity comment

Wed, 17 Aug 2016 22:17:38 +0000

I quite agree with the submission of Raph. One of the long-range objectives of the cattle Genome Program is to identify all coding sequences, genes and other functional elements in genomic DNA. Given that physical maps are being rapidly assembled and that the rate of accumulation of large-scale sequence data is increasing, there is a critical…[Read more]

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