Lifetime yield and herd life for crosses of Friesian strains in Poland

Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Zarnecki, A ^a   Norman, H D ^b   Jamrozik, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossbreeding; Friesian; Herd life; Lifetime performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007035557     PISSN: 12301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22358/jafs/69500/1997     Document Type: Article

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