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| | 4. Non-traditional production systems |
 | | Ranching systems consist of labour-extensive enterprises specializing in one or more livestock species and producing mainly live animals for slaughter (for meat, skins and hides), but also for wool and milk. |
 | | Breeding bulls are not important in this system and represent less than 1 percent of the total herd. |
 | | In the same study, cattle herd structures comprised 35 percent cows, 33 percent heifers, 18 percent immature bulls, 8 percent breeding bulls, 5 percent steers and 1 percent non-breeding bulls, with a mean of 3.6 head of cattle per household (Ngategize, 1989). |
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