Publications (from 2020 onwards)
Alam M.S., Velayudhan S.M., Dey D.K., Adelieme C., Malik P.K., Bhatta R., König S., Schlecht E. 2023. Urbanisation threats to dairy cattle health: Insights from Greater Bengaluru, India. Tropical Animal Health and Production 55, 350. DOI 10.1007/s11250-023-03737-7
Andriamparany J.N., Heritiana J.T., Hänke H., Kunz S., Schlecht E. 2023. Market supply of livestock and animal products in north-eastern Madagascar – the role of the vanilla boom. Scientific African (19), e01526. DOI 10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01526
Bateki C., Wilkes A., Schlecht E. 2023. Accuracy of enteric methane emission models for cattle in sub-Saharan Africa: Status quo and the way forward. Animal Science 101. DOI: 10.1093/jas/skad39
Hoffmann E. M., Schareika N., Dittrich C., Schlecht E., Sauer D., Buerkert A. 2023. Rurbanity: a concept for the interdisciplinary study of rural–urban transformation. SustainabilityScience 18, 1739-1753. DOI 10.1007/s11625-023-01331-2
Ingold M., Ramadhan M.R., Schlecht E. 2023. Digestibility and nitrogen balance of goats on high and low protein rations supplemented with a commercial tannin feed-additive. Archives of Animal Nutrition 77(5), 385-402. DOI 10.1080/1745039X.2023.2277997
Reichenbach M., Mech A., Pinto A., Malik P.K., Bhatta R., König S., Schlecht E. 2023. Differences in enteric methane emissions across four dairy production systems in the urbanizing environment of an Indian megacity. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 7. DOI 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1204218
Schlecht E., Gaßmann M., Altrock U., Thiel A. 2023. Special Issue “Rural–Urban Transformation of Asian Megacities from a Social-Ecological Systems Perspective”. Sustainability 15(8), 6412. DOI 10.3390/su15086412
Velayudhan S.M., Alam S., Yin T., Brügemann K., Buerkert A., Sejian V., Bhatta R., Schlecht E., König S. 2023. Selective sweeps in cattle genomes in response to the influence of urbanization and environmental contamination. Genes 14(11), 2083. DOI 10.3390/genes14112083
Velayudhan S.M., Brügemann K., Shahin A., Yin T., Devaraj C., Sejian V., Bhatta R., Schlecht E., König S. 2023. Molecular, physiological and hematological responses of crossbred dairy cattle in a tropical Savanna climate. Biology 12, 26. DOI 10.3390/biology12010026
Velayudhan S.M., Yin T., Alam S., Brügemann K., Sejian V., Bhatta R., Schlecht E., König S. 2023. Unraveling the genomic association for milk production traits and signatures of selection of cattle in a harsh tropical environment. Biology 12(12), 1483. DOI 10.3390/biology12121483
2022
Provost, J., Rosera, G., Brümmer, B., Schlecht, E. 2022. To sell, not to sell, or to quit: Exploring milk producers' approaches after a supply chain disruption in Northwest Cameroon. World Development 150, 105709. DOI 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.1057092021
Ali A.I.M., Wassie S.E., Joergensen R.G., Korir D., Goopy J.P., Butterbach-Bahl K., Merbold L., Dickhoefer U., Schlecht E. 2021. Feed quality and feeding level effects on faecal composition in East African cattle farming systems. Animals 11(2), 564. DOI 10.3390/ani11020564Alqaisi O., Schlecht E. 2021. Feeding models to optimize dairy feed rations in view of feed availability, feed prices and milk production scenarios. Sustainability 13, 215. DOI 10.3390/su13010215
Amprako L., Karg H., Roessler R., Provost J., Akoto-Danso E.K., Sidibe S., Buerkert A. 2021. Vehicular livestock mobility in West Africa: Seasonal traffic flows of cattle, sheep, and goats across Bamako. Sustainability 13, 171. DOI 10.3390/su13010171
Andriamparany J.N., Hänke H., Schlecht E. 2021. Food security and food quality among vanilla farmers in Madagascar: the role of contract farming and livestock keeping. Food Security. DOI 10.1007/s12571-021-01153-z
Buerkert A., Dix B.A., Al Rahawi M.N., Schlecht E. 2021. Agro-ecological landuse transformation in oasis systems of Al Jabal Al Akhdar, northern Oman. Scientific Reports 11, 7709. DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-85515-9
Dickhoefer U., Ramadhan M.R., Apenburg S., Buerkert A., Schlecht E. 2021. Effects of mild water restriction on nutrient digestion and protein metabolism in desert-adapted goats. Small Ruminant Research 204, 106500. DOI 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2021.106500
Diogo R.V.C., Dossa L.H., Vanvanhossou S.F.U., Abdoulaye B.D., Dosseh K.H., Houinato M., Schlecht E., Buerkert A. 2021. Farmers’ and herders’ perceptions on rangeland management in two agroecological zones of Benin. Land 10(4), 425. DOI 10.3390/land10040425
Mohammed A., Dei H.K., Addah W., Roessler R., Schlecht E. 2021. Nutrient metabolisability of treated false yam (Icacina oliviformis) seed meal for broiler chickens. Ghana Journal of Science, Technology and Development 7(3), 38-47. DOI 10.47881/298.967x
Olufemi A., Susenbeth A., Adeniyi A.J., Amos O.F., Schlecht E. 2021. Feed value of processed and enzyme supplemented cassava peel in growing pigs. Egyptian Journal of Animal Production 58(1), 35-45. 10.21608/ejap.2021.46306.1005
Pinto A., May K., Yin T., Reichenbach M., Malik P.K., Roessler R., Schlecht E., König S. 2021. Gastrointestinal nematode and Eimeria spp. infections in dairy cattle along a rural-urban gradient. Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports 25, 100600. DOI 10.1016/j.vprsr.2021.100600
Pinto A., Yin T., Reichenbach M., Malik P.K., Schlecht E., König S. 2021. Dairy farms in an urbanising environment: Tradeoffs between productivity and animal welfare. In: Hoffmann E., Buerkert A., von Cramon-Taubadel S., Umesh K.B., Pethandlahalli Shivaraj P., Vazhacharickal P.J. (eds). The Rural-Urban Interface. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-79972-4_10
Ramadhan M.R., Schlecht E., Dickhoefer U., Mahgoub O., Joergensen R.G. 2021. Feed digestibility, digesta passage and faecal microbial biomass in desert-adapted goats exposed to milk water restriction. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition 00, 1-12. DOI 10.1111/jpn.13597
Reichenbach M., Pinto A., König S., Bhatta R., Schlecht E. 2021. Dairy production in an urbanizing environment—Typology and linkages in the megacity of Bengaluru, India. PLoS ONE 16(8), e0255791. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0255791
Reichenbach M., Pinto A., Malik P.K., Bhatta R., König S., Schlecht E. 2021. Dairy feed efficiency and urbanization – A system approach in the rural-urban interface of Bengaluru, India. Livestock Science, 253, 104718. DOI 10.1016/j.livsci.2021.104718
Reichenbach M., Pinto A., König S., Bhatta R., Schlecht E. 2021. Dairy Production in an Urbanising Environment: A Social-Ecological Approach to Understand the Case of Bengaluru. In: Hoffmann E., Buerkert A., von Cramon-Taubadel S., Umesh K.B., Pethandlahalli Shivaraj P., Vazhacharickal P.J. (eds). The Rural-Urban Interface. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-79972-4_5
Roessler R., Schlecht E. 2021. Application of the laser methane detector for measurements in freely grazing goats: impact on animals' behaviour and methane emissions. Animal 15(1), 100070. DOI 10.1016/j.animal.2020.100070
2020
Buerkert A., Schlecht, E. 2020. Toward sustainable intensification of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering 7(4), 401-405. DOI 10.15302/J-FASE-2020341Feldt T., Karg H., Kadaouré I., Bessert L., Schlecht E. 2020. Growing struggle over rising demand: how land use change and complex farmer-grazier conflicts impact grazing management in the Western Highlands of Cameroon. Land use Policy 95, 104579. DOI 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104579
Goopy J., Korir D., Pelster D., Ali A., Wassie S., Schlecht E., Butterbach-Bahl K. 2020. Severe below-maintenance feed intake increases methane yield from enteric fermentation in cattle. British Journal of Nutrition, 1-8. DOI 10.1017/S0007114519003350
Houessou S.O., Dossa L.H., Assogba C.A., Diogo R.V.C., Vanvanhossou S.F.U., Schlecht E. 2020. The role of cross-border transhumance in influencing resident herders’ cattle husbandry practices and use of genetic resources. Animal (online); DOI 10.1017/S1751731120001378
Kunz S., Hänke H., Schlecht E. 2020. Income diversification trough animal husbandry for smallholder vanilla farmers in Madagascar. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics 121, 63–75. DOI 10.17170/kobra-202004061143
Mohammed A., Dei H.K., Wesseh A., Roessler R., Schlecht E. 2020. Processed false yam seed meals in broiler chicken diets: effects on feed preference and apparent nutrient digestibility. Tropical Animal Health and Production 52(6), 3621-3629. DOI 10.1007/s11250-020-02399-z
Pinto A., Yin T., Reichenbach M., Bhatta R., Malik P.K., Schlecht E., König S. 2020. Enteric methane emissions of dairy cattle considering breed composition, pasture management, housing conditions and feeding characteristics along a rural-urban gradient in a rising megacity. Agriculture 10(12), 628. DOI 10.3390/agriculture10120628
Pinto A., Yin T., Reichenbach M., Bhatta R., Schlecht E., König S. 2020. Phenotypic dairy cattle trait expressions in dependency of social-ecological characteristics along rural–urban gradients. Sustainability 12(21), 9021. DOI 10.3390/su1221902
Sarambé C., Kaboré M.-L., Zampaligré N., Roessler R., Sangaré M. 2020. Forage biomass availability, species diversity and seasonal variation in grazing behaviour of cattle in the outskirts of Ouagadougou. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics 121(2), 185-194. DOI 10.17170/kobra-202007291510
Schlecht E., Turner M.D., Hülsebusch C.G., Büerkert A. 2020. Managing rangelands without herding? Insights from Africa and beyond. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 4, 549954. DOI 10.3389/fsufs.2020.549954