Crossbreeding for dairy production in the lowland tropics of Kenya: I. Estimation of individual crossbreeding effects on milk production and reproductive traits and on cow live weight

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-54

  Kahi, A K ^a   Thorpe, W ^b   Nitter, G ^a   Baker, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cow live weight; Crossbreeding; Crossbreeding parameters; Dairy cattle; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034052021     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00120-7     Document Type: Article

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