Publications by authors named "Barbara Rischkowsky"

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Genetic Evaluation of Reproductive Traits of Ethiopian Sheep Breeds Under Community-Based Breeding Programmes.
Shanbel Besufkad, Tesfaye Getachew, Zelalem Abate, Shenkute Goshme, Kebede Habtegiorgis, Barbara Rischkowsky

J Anim Breed Genet· January 2026

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Genetic evaluation of growth rate and efficiency-related traits in Menz sheep.
Asfaw Bisrat, Shanbel Besufkad, Aschalew Abebe, Shenkute Goshme, Ayele Abebe, Barbara Rischkowsky

PLoS One· December 2025

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Estimation of Genetic Parameters for Deviation in Age at Market Weight and Deviation in Weight at Market Age in Menz Sheep.
Zeleke Tesema Wondie, Shanbel Besufkad, Aschalew Abebe, Shenkute Goshme, Asfaw Bisrat, Barbara Rischkowsky

J Anim Breed Genet· October 2025

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A contextual ICT model to explain adoption of mobile applications in developing countries: A case study of Tunisia.
Boubaker Dhehibi, Mohamed Zied Dhraief, Aymen Frija, Hassen Ouerghemmi, Barbara Rischkowsky

PLoS One· October 2023

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Using the community-based breeding program (CBBP) model as a collaborative platform to develop the African Goat Improvement Network-Image collection protocol (AGIN-ICP) with mobile technology for data collection and management of livestock phenotypes.
M Jennifer Woodward-Greene, Jason M Kinser, Heather J Huson, Tad S Sonstegard, Johann Soelkner, Barbara A Rischkowsky

Front Genet· September 2023

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The African Goat Improvement Network: a scientific group empowering smallholder farmers.
Curtis P Van Tassell, Benjamin D Rosen, M Jennifer Woodward-Greene, Jeffrey T Silverstein, Heather J Huson, Barbara A Rischkowsky

Front Genet· August 2023

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Going to scale-From community-based to population-wide genetic improvement and commercialized sheep meat supply in Ethiopia.
Joaquin Mueller, Aynalem Haile, Tesfaye Getachew, Bruno Santos, Mourad Rekik, Barbara Rischkowsky

Front Genet· March 2023

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How to succeed in implementing community-based breeding programs: Lessons from the field in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Aynalem Haile, Tesfaye Getachew, Mourad Rekik, Ayele Abebe, Zelalem Abate, Barbara Rischkowsky

Front Genet· March 2023

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Genomic analysis of 10 years of artificial selection in community-based breeding programs in two Ethiopian indigenous sheep breeds.
Emna Rekik, Abulgasim M Ahbara, Zelalem Abate, Shenkute Goshme, Tesfaye Getachew, Barbara Rischkowsky

Anim Genet· June 2022

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Genome variation in tick infestation and cryptic divergence in Tunisian indigenous sheep.
Abulgasim M Ahbara, Médiha Khamassi Khbou, Rihab Rhomdhane, Limam Sassi, Mohamed Gharbi, Barbara Rischkowsky

BMC Genomics· February 2022

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Three easy fixes for sire use can enhance genetic progress in community-based breeding programmes.
Joaquín P Mueller, Tesfaye Getachew, Mourad Rekik, Barbara Rischkowsky, Zelalem Abate

J Anim Breed Genet· November 2021

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Optimizing near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy to Predict Nutritional Quality of Chickpea Straw for Livestock Feeding.
Tena Alemu, Jane Wamatu, Adugna Tolera, Mohammed Beyan, Million Eshete, Barbara Rischkowsky

Animals (Basel)· November 2021

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Ethiopian indigenous goats offer insights into past and recent demographic dynamics and local adaptation in sub-Saharan African goats.
Getinet M Tarekegn, Negar Khayatzadeh, Bin Liu, Sarah Osama, Aynalem Haile, Barbara Rischkowsky

Evol Appl· July 2021

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Welfare Impact of Community-Based Veterinary and Breeding Services on Small Ruminant Keepers.
Girma Tesfahun Kassie, Woinishet Asnake, Aynalem Haile, Tesfaye Getachew Mengistu, Solomon Gizaw, Barbara Rischkowsky

Front Vet Sci· July 2021

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Phenology and phylogeny of Hyalomma spp. ticks infesting one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) in the Tunisian Saharan bioclimatic zone.
Khawla Elati, Faten Bouaicha, Mokhtar Dhibi, Boubaker Ben Smida, Moez Mhadhbi, Barbara Rischkowsky

Parasite· May 2021

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Coat color alterations over the years and their association with growth performances in the Menz sheep central nucleus and community-based breeding programs.
Tesfaye Getachew, Ayele Abebe, Solomon Gizaw, Barbara Rischkowsky, Asfaw Bisrat

Trop Anim Health Prod· November 2020

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Individual variability among autochthonous sheep in Northern Tunisia to infection by abomasum nematodes and Babesia/Theileria parasites.
Mariem Rouatbi, Rihab Romdhane, Faten Bouaicha, Rahma Saddem, Limam Sassi, Barbara Rischkowsky

Vet Med Sci· November 2020

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Estimates of genetic parameters and trends for reproduction traits in Bonga sheep, Ethiopia.
Asrat Tera, Tesfaye Getachew, Aberra Melesse, Mourad Rekik, Barbara Rischkowsky

Trop Anim Health Prod· November 2020

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Increased number of large non-atretic follicles and co-dominance effects account for high litter sizes in Bonga sheep.
Asrat Tera Dolebo, Aberra Melesse, Cristian Porcu, Tesfaye Getachew, Aynalem Haile, Barbara Rischkowsky

Anim Sci J· October 2020

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Genome-wide scans identify known and novel regions associated with prolificacy and reproduction traits in a sub-Saharan African indigenous sheep (Ovis aries).
Asrat Tera Dolebo, Negar Khayatzadeh, Aberra Melesse, David Wragg, Mourad Rekik, Barbara Rischkowsky

Mamm Genome· December 2019

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Community-based breeding programmes are a viable solution for Ethiopian small ruminant genetic improvement but require public and private investments.
Aynalem Haile, Solomon Gizaw, Tesfaye Getachew, Joaquín P Mueller, Peter Amer, Barbara Rischkowsky

J Anim Breed Genet· September 2019

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Effects of feeding different varieties of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) straws with concentrate supplement on feed intake, digestibility, body weight gain and carcass characteristics of Arsi-Bale sheep.
Teklu Wegi, Adugna Tolera, Jane Wamatu, Getachew Animut, Barbara Rischkowsky

Asian-Australas J Anim Sci· August 2018

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Genomic footprints of dryland stress adaptation in Egyptian fat-tail sheep and their divergence from East African and western Asia cohorts.
Joram M Mwacharo, Eui-Soo Kim, Ahmed R Elbeltagy, Adel M Aboul-Naga, Barbara A Rischkowsky

Sci Rep· December 2017

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Integrating straw yield and quality into multi-dimensional improvement of lentil (Lens culinaris).
Ashraf Alkhtib, Jane Wamatu, T Tolemariam Ejeta, Barbara Rischkowsky

J Sci Food Agric· September 2017

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Identifying highly informative genetic markers for quantification of ancestry proportions in crossbred sheep populations: implications for choosing optimum levels of admixture.
Tesfaye Getachew, Heather J Huson, Maria Wurzinger, Jörg Burgstaller, Solomon Gizaw, Barbara Rischkowsky

BMC Genet· August 2017

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