Livestock Production Systems: Getting the Most Out of Exotic Beef Breeds in Botswana

• beef animals
• in terms of producing the best out of exotic vs indegenous beef animals under local conditions
• how to get the best out of the exotics
• adaptability
• adaptation
• habituation
• comfort zones, thermal curve
• environmental modification and control
• facilities suitable for provision of optimised conditions
• beef feedlotting requires air movement and temperature regulation, sheds with high ceiling/roofing sturcture
• Indegenous breeds e.g tswana and thuli cows and the tropical Brahman are not as great at beef production in comparison to the European breeds. they do not spen as much on evironmental,.
• please try get out of the kitchen
• genetic modification to enable copiyng with the environment