Economic evaluation of crossbreeding for dairy production in a pasture based production system in Kenya

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 167-184

  Kahi, A K ^a,b   Thorpe, W ^c   Nitter, G ^a   Van Arendonk, J A M ^d   Gall, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Crossbreeding; Dairy cattle; Economic evaluation; Lifetime profit; Tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034083965     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00154-2     Document Type: Article

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