Karakul. Gift from the Arid Land Namibia 1907-2007, table of content, by Brenda Bravenboer

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Table of content: Karakul. Gift from the Arid Land Namibia 1907-2007, by Brenda Bravenboer

Glossary
Foreword: Minister of Agriculture, Water and Forestry
Preface: Chairman of the Karakul Board and Karakul Breeders Society
Author's Note and Acknowledgments
Karakul Board of Namibia - Vision and Mission
Origin of Karakul Sheep
Distinguishing Sheep from Sheep
Buchara Karakul
Karakul in Afghanistan
Import of Karakul to Germany
100 Years of Karakul Farming in Germany
Stock Farming in SWA
The Black-headed Persian
Afrikaner sheep
South West Africa Placed under German Protection
Stock Farming in German SWA 1906-1907
The Import of Karakul Sheep to SWA - 1907
Ideal Karakul Habitat
Karakul Build and Physical Features
Head
Neck and forequarters
Mid-piece
Hindquarters
Tail
Docking
The Pros and Cons of Docking
Castration
Legs
Hair covering (Wool)
Life-span
The Eco-Lamb
Natural Birth
Culling Procedure
Cleaving and skinning
Traceability
Washing of pelts
Splaying of pelts
Drying
Storage
Physiological Features
Herd Instinct and Grazing Habits
Environment
Adaptability
Fertility
Lambing percentage
Gestation period
Puberty
Weaning age
Reproduction age
Birth weight
Normal adult weightGestation Period and Birth Weight of Karakul Lambs
The Occurrence of Lethal and other Congenital Defects
Sub-lethal factor in grey Karakul sheep
Sub-vital factor in white Karakul sheep
Colours
Black
Grey
Brown
Sur (Brown)
White
Spotted Karakul (White stains or markings in purebred black Karakul)
The Inheritance of the Colour White in White Karakul
The Inheritance of grey and brown colours
Other Karakul Products
Karakul hair (wool)
Lamb carcases
Mutton production
Classification as Persian Lamb
Characteristics of Persian Lamb
Different Curl Types
Watered Silk (WS)
Shallow Curl (VL)
Developed Shallow Curl (0V)
Pipe Curl (PK)
Pelts and Colour
Karakul Breeding Methods
Breeding purebred Karakul flocks
Upgrading
Karakul in German SWA 1908 to 1910
German Government Guidelines with regard to the Karakul - 1910
Karakul Imported 1911 to 1914
Distribution of Karakul Sheep in German SWA - 1913
East
North
North-west
Central
South
The Government Stud and the Provision of Rams
First Pelts from German SWA Sold in Leipzig 1913
Animal Clinics
Diseases
Pulpy kidney (Enterotoxaemia)
Clinical symptoms
Post-mortem
Pasteurella (contagious pneumonia)
Clinical Symptoms
Treatment
Sheep Scab
Treatment
Brucellosis (ram disease)
Clinical Symptoms
Prophylaxis
Blue Tongue
Clinical Symptoms
Foot-rot
Treatment
Internal parasites (worms)
Treatment
The Sheepfly [Oestrus ovis (nasal/head worms)]
Treatment
External parasites
Ticks
Poisonous Plants
Geigeria ornativa
Bietou - Prussic acid (HCN, Cyanide Poisoning)
Stimulating and Inhibiting Factors in German SWA 1907 to 1915
The First World War
Karakul Farming during and after the First World War - 1915 to 1927
The Government Stud
Export of Karakul to SA - 1916 and their return to SWA - 1924
Thompson's Observations
Photographing Lambs for Record Purposes
Economics in SWA after the First World War
Establishment of the SWA Karakul Breeders' Society - 6 June 1919
Post-War Depression 1919 to 1922
Government Stud: Relocation from Otjituesu to Neudamm
Karakul Farming - 1920s
House Thorer
House Thorer's'Share Flocks'
International Marketing of Karakul Pelts
SWA Karakul Zentrale
Official Recognition as Persian Lamb - SWA Persianer
House Thorer and the Import of Purebred Karakul Breeding Stock -1920 to 1950
Offer from House Thorer to Purchase Karakul Sheep on behalf of the SWAA
KBS - Karakul Stud-book - 1925
High Grade Register - 1936
Karakul Performance Register - 1936
Basic Register/Appendix Register - 1952
South African Stud Book (sic)
First Karakul Registrations in SA Stud Book
Ordinance 11 of 1932
Registration of the Government Stud
KBS 1927
Stock Farming in SWA - Late 1920s
Wool sheep (Merinos)
Slaughter sheep (mutton production)
Meat export 1921 to 1928
Drought 1928 to 1933
World Depression 1929 to 1932
The Start of Breeding White Karakul
Breeding of the First Brown Karakul
Breeding of the First Grey Karakul
Georg Geronimus
Number of Purebred Studs - 1937
Controversy between the KBS and the SWAA regarding Breeding Policy at Neudamm
Establishment of the Karakul Industry Advisory Board of SWA
House Thorer - Involvement and Expansion
Swartkobus
Duwisib and Naudaus
Gross-Nabas
Haribes
Voigtsgrund
Pelt Export to Germany within the Boundaries of the Wool Agreement
Foreign Exchange
Shortage of Karakul Rams
Export Ban of Karakul to the Union
Statistics of Karakul Sheep in SA
Karakul in SWA, SA, Afghanistan and Russia
Reasons for the Second World War
Karakul Farming during the Second World War - 1939 to 1945
The Effect of the War on the Thorer Undertakings in SWA
The Drought Years and Overgrazing - 1930s and 1940s
Flock Numbers
Stock Numbers -1939 to 1948
Rainfall in 1946 - reflecting the percentage of Karakul versus cattle
Education and Training
Research Stations - 1907 to 1957
Neudamm
Omatjenne
Gellap-Ost
Kalahari Research Station
Government Stud: Colour Breeding
Further Development of Karakul Farming in South Africa
The Livestock and Meat Industries Control Board
SA Karakul Industry Committee
Karakul Farming on a Sound Basis and Sustained Development of the Industry - 1927 to 1957
The Long-Term Agricultural Policy Commission of 1948
Breeding
Local and International Politics
The Contract Migrant Labourer System
Veterinary Cordon Fence and Control Posts
Foot-and-Mouth Control Areas - 1994
Shepherds - Ovambo Labour on Karakul Farms
Jackal-Proof Fencing
Camp system
Neudamm Agricultural CollegeKarakul Research as from 1949 on Research Stations in Namibia and South Africa
(Experiments and Investigations)
Milk-stomach (abomasuni)
Karakul Farming and the importance of Flock Management
Shearing
Dipping
Karakul Stud Breeding in SWA Late 1950s
Upgrading
50 Years of Karakul Farming in SWA
New Offices of the KBS - 1957
Distribution of Livestock in SWA - 1964
Average rainfall map
Karakul Guidance Courses
New Monetary System in the RSA
Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Windhoek Agricultural Show Karakul Pavilion
The KBS during the 1960s
Change in the breeding trend
Karakul Sheep and Pelt Production in SWA - 1963
Livestock Census - 1963
The Term 'Galjak' - Resolution by the KBS
Visits to Farmers by a Breeding Inspector
Pelt Quality
Karakul Farming during the 1960s
Colour Breeding
Analysis of the Breeding Structure of the Karakul in SWA
KBS Board Activities 1969 - 1970
Amalgamation of the SAKBS with the SWAKBS
Autonomy
Swakara Trade Mark 1966
International Marketing by the Karakul Industry Advisory Board
Establishment of a New Karakul Board
First International Karakul Symposium - Vienna
World Distribution of Karakul
The Karakul Industry in Afghanistan
KBS 50th Anniversary Celebration - 1969 swakara Fashion Festival
Largest Private Karakul Stud in Southern Africa
Activities of the KBS and Karakul Pelt Production during the 1970s
Second International Karakul Symposium - Romania
Distribution of Karakul in the World - 1961
Karakul Producing Countries
Soviet Union
Afghanistan
SWA and SA
Romania, Argentina and Angola
Local and International Politics - 1970s
S-Hair Research Project and the S-Hair Committee of the KBS 1973-1974
The S-Hair-Committee Research Projects - 1974
Bleaching
Dried lamb carcases
Bacterial damage
Abrasion (durability)
KBS Advice to Farmers
Establishment of a New Association
The Establishment of the Karakul Board of South West Africa
SWA Karakul Board
The International Karakul Secretariat
International Symposium on Hair Quality of swakara Pelts -1979
The Golden Era of swakara Production and Marketing
Overview of International Pelt Marketing -1930 to 1980
The International Fur Market during the 1970s
The International Fur Trade during the 1980s
Investigation of the Marketing Situation of swakara and the Battelle Report -1981
Action by the Karakul Board of SWA
Rationalization of the Karakul Marketing System - 1982
The Boards
Co-operatives
Price Protection Scheme
Auxiliary (Subsidy) Scheme for the Karakul Industry
Production
Promotion
Change in Consumer Behaviour
Quality Control
Contingency Account
Karakul Farming in 1982
Meat Production and Karakul Farming
World distribution of Karakul
Russia
Afghanistan
SWA and SA
Local Promotion of the Karakul Industry
Activities of the KBS during the 1980s
KBS Norms Committee
Rationalization of the KBS -1982
Computerisation of the KBS -1987
Change in the Fur Trade in the 1980s
Auction houses
Relocation of Auctions from London to Frankfurt
Agra Pelt Centre
Frankfurt Karakul Sales (FKS)
Local Economy
International Promotion of swakara
ColourInternational Politics 1989-1990
Financing of Organized Agriculture
Export of Karakul Breeding Stock
Parting of the Ways
The Road to Namibian Independence - 1965 to 1990
Independence
Karakul Board Initiative after Independence - 1990
Desperate Times for Karakul Farmers - 1990
Application for Financial Support under the Stabex System
Market Analysis - late 1980s
Anti-Fur Campaign
Analyses of swakara Auctions
Pedigree Registrations 1990-1991
Co-operation with Other Karakul Producers
Ram Progeny Testing
Hardap Karakul Centre - Karakul
Ram Progeny Testing
Kalahari Research Station
Rebuilding the Karakul Industry - 1990s
The Karakul Board of Namibia - Value Adding
International Marketing Company (Pty) Ltd (IMCO)
Karakul Pelts
Assistance from the EEC
IMCO's Participation in International Shows - 1995 to 1999
Frankfurt Fur & Fashion Fair
The Management of IMCO - findings and recommendations
IMCO activities
'Gesellschaft fur Pelzabsatzförderung GmbH'
End of the IKS (Established 1978)
Pick-ye-meat
Karakul wool
Shearing
Legislation: Marketing of Karakul Pelts and Wool - 1980
Wool sorting unit in SWA
Termination of Wool Agreement with the SA Wool Board
Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
The Weaving Industry in Namibia
Human Resources
Shearing courses
Weaving Enterprises in Namibia
General production process (of all Namibian weavers)
Existing Karakul Weavers in Namibia - 2006
Sustainable Animal Production in the South of Namibia
The environment and potential of small stock production
Production and reproduction achievements
Requirements for future sustainable systems
Natural grazing
Rainfall
Soil
Temperature and evaporation
Sustainable stocking
Needs and management practice of the community
Risk management and strategic decisions
Stock types
Biomass stocking
Karakul farming with the biomass concept and material life
Pelt/Mutton Price Ratio (N$)
Pelts/Ram Price Ratio (N$)
Management Practices
Feeding
Pelt prices
Flock health
Selection goals
Diversification
Quality Control Pamphlet
swakara Pamphlet - 2001
Wiebke and Gerhard Mill
Namibia's Karakul Flock Numbers
Overseas visitors
Visit by Members of the EEC to Communal Areas - 1990
Special Projects of the Karakul Board of Namibia in the Southern Communal Areas - 19
Communal Pelt Producers' Ram Project
Kameelrivier Upgrading Project
Reintroduction of Karakul Sheep in the Kunene-South Area
DEUTSCHES PELZ INSTITUT (DPI)
International Fur Trade Federation
Consultancy Mission to Afghanistan
Mission to Uzbekistan - 2004
Best Linear Unbiased Predictions
Genetic Material
Fertility Analysis of Karakul Flocks
Selection
Computerized Fertility Index
KBS Annual Events
Norms Committee
Lamb Description Courses
KBS of SA dissolved
Agricultural Shows
Further Rationalisation of the Karakul Industry- 1998 to 2003
Political Uncertainty - Land Ownership
Labour Management
Stud Breeding in the Namibian Context - 1994
Namibian Stud Breeders'Association (NSBA)
Services Rendered by the KBS to the NSBA
Pelt Characteristics
Sorting of Pelts
Sorting GuideThe swakara Classification System
The swakara alphabet - a brief history of the swakara assortment
The inherited system
New classification system
Quality evaluation
Pre-auction inspection
swakara auctions
Buyers at auctions
Tender basis (white and brown pelts)
Pelts prices and the producer
Final financial statement to producers
Preparation of Pelts for Finished Garments
Fur Fashion Fairs
Damaged Pelts
The swakara Product Guide
Code of Practice (COP) for the Care and Handling of Karakul Sheep in Namibia
Karakul Farming -The First Seven Years of the 21st Century
Gellap-Ost
swakara Auction in Copenhagen
Chairman of the Karakul Industry Advisory Board - 1939 to 1966
Chairman of the Karakul Board of Southern Africa
Chairmen of the Karakul Board of Namibia
Golden Lamb Awards
Chairman of the KBS
Honorary Chairman of the KBS
Honorary Members of the KBS
Managers/Secretaries of the KBS
Tables
Karakul Flock Numbers in Namibia - 1907 to 2005
KBS Ram Auctions - 1962 to 2005
Karakul Registered with the KBS -
Membership of the KBS
Karakul Pelts Exported - 1924 to 2006
Value of Karakul Wool Produced and Exported
Karakul Board of Namibia Special Projects
Rams Project
Ewe Project
Mink Skin Sales
Donors
References
swakara Centenary Tour to Copenhagen
Karakul Breeders' Society and Karakul Board of Namibia contact details

This is the table of content of 'Karakul. Gift from the Arid Land Namibia 1907-2007', by Brenda Bravenboer.

Title: Karakul
Subtitle: Gift from the Arid Land Namibia 1907-2007
Author: Brenda Bravenboer
Advisor: Berndt von Kunow
Publisher: Karakul Board of Namibia; Karakul Breeders' Society of Namibia
Windhoek, Namibia 2007
ISBN 9789991668895 / ISBN 978-99916-68-89-5
Soft cover, 17 x 24 cm, 400 pages, 550 colour and bw-photographs, tables and sketches

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