Productivity of Boran cattle and their Friesian crosses at Abernossa Ranch, rift valley of Ethiopia. I. Reproductive performance and pre-weaning mortality

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 239-248

  Haile Mariam, M ^a   Banjaw, K ^a   Gebre Meskel, T ^a,b   Ketema, H ^a,b  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Ethiopia   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSS BREEDING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MORTALITY; PARITY; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0027690266     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02250878     Document Type: Article

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