Genetic and environmental trends in a large commercial jersey herd in the Central Rift Valley, Kenya

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 108-116

  Musani, S K ^a   Mayer, M ^b  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; KENYA; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCTION; SECRETION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; KENYA; LACTATION; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031134021     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02632330     Document Type: Article

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