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Table 2 Description of the main livestock breeds in the four study areas

From: Mobility and livestock mortality in communally used pastoral areas: the impact of the 2005-2006 drought on livestock mortality in Maasailand

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Cattle

Sheep

Goats

Amboseli

Maasai Zebu

Blackhead Somali, Red Maasai

Mixed: Galla, Small E. African

Kitengela

Boran, Sahiwal crosses, Maasai Zebu

Dorper, mixed Dorper × Red Maasai

Mixed: Galla, Small E.African

Mara

Maasai Zebu

Red Maasai

Mixed: Small E. African, Maasai

Simanjiro

Maasai Zebu

Red Maasai, Blackhead Somali

Mixed: Small E. African, Maasai