1. GROUP NO; 02
S/N NAME OF STUDENT
01 PASCHAL DAVID NJUGU
02 NGOLOKE VERONICA
03 ELIESKIA ESTER FADHILI
04 CHEYO ZABIHU A
05 MTAITA BARAKA JOEL
06 KISINZA EMMANUEL
07 MJEURI KAJENTAH TARIMO
08 ALEX ERIC
09 MSIGWA JOHN
1O BUNDALA ANDREW
11 EMMANUEL LONGONI
12 PANGANI DAMIAN BEATUS
13 MNOSI MOSES FRANCIS
14 NYANJALI WILSON MICHAEL
15 DEUS FELICIAN
16 KIHONGOSI LAURENCE W
17 ANTHONY DANIEL M
18 MADATA JERRY
2. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BOS TAURUS AND INDICUS
BOS TAURUS BOS INDICUS
No hump Hump present in thoracic or cervico-thoracic region
Rounded ear held at right angles to the head Long drooping ears which are pointed
Head short and wide Long and comparatively long head
Skin held tightly to body dewlap ,umbilical fold and
brisket small
Skin very loose, often falling away from folds. Dewlap,
umbilical fold and brisket very extensively developed
Skin relatively thick, average thickness 7-8mm Skin relatively thin thin, average thickness 5-6mm
Large amount of subcutaneous fat, especially in
mature animal
Relatively small amount subcutaneous fat, at all stage
Back line straight or relatively straight Back line high at the shoulder, low behind hump, high over
pin bones, sloping down markedly over tail bud.
Hip bones wide and outstanding Hip bones narrow and angular
Thoracic rib well sprung away from body Thoracic rib poorly sprung, forming an angle with the
vertebral column
Udder long, with a flat sole ,well suspended between
and behind the hind leg
Udder more rounded with a curved sole, poorly suspended
and carried in front of ,rather than between the hind legs
Hair fibres non medullated ,so that they are held
limply on the skin surface
Hair fibres usually medullated so that they tend to more
erect and away from the skin
Legs short. Animal moving slow Legs longer. Animal faster moving
Skin and hair attractive to most cattle ticks Skin and hair much less attractive to cattle ticks
Fast maturing. Fully mouth at or before 4 years Slow maturing. Fully mouth rarely before 5 ½ years
Reference
Adopted from C.C Webster and P.N Wilson Agriculture in the tropics and Longman
