The low tse tse challenge in the Accra Plains and consequent breeding prospects

Abstract

Aveyime Cattle Ranch is a breeding station located in the Accra Plains of Ghana. Conformation of West African Shorthorn is improved by crossbreeding with White Fulani Zebu. The Plains benefit from a very dry microclimate, compared to neighbouring areas under similar latitudes. Consequently, tse tse challenge is so low and the incidence of trypanosomosis so reduced that such genetic upgrading becomes realistic. The programme has as to be pursued, as no major modification of the climatic conditions and consequently, of the tse tse repartition should appear.