Crossbreeding for dairy production in the lowland tropics of Kenya. II. Prediction of performance of alternative crossbreeding strategies

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-63

  Kahi, A K ^a   Nitter, G ^a   Thorpe, W ^b   Gall, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Crossbreeding; Crossbreeding strategy; Dairy cattle; Synthetic breeds; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034052618     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00132-3     Document Type: Article

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