Influence of Production Circumstances and Economic Evaluation Criteria on Economic Comparison of Breeds and Breed Crosses

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2271-2279

  Kahi, A K ^a   Kosgey, I S ^b   Cardoso, V L ^c   Van Arendonk, J A M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c INSTITUTO DE ZOOTECNIA   (Brazil)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crossbreeding; Dairy cattle; Economic evaluation criteria; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; CROSS BREEDING; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; DAIRYING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0032132596     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75807-2     Document Type: Article

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