Reproductive performance of dairy cattle at Asella livestock farm, Arsi, Ethiopia. I: Indigenous cows versus their F1 crosses

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 267-280

  Negussie, E ^a   Brannang E ^b   Banjaw, K ^c   Rottmann, O J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

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EID: 0032379489     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.1998.tb00348.x     Document Type: Article

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