Evaluation of the efficiency of alternative selection schemes and breeding objectives in dairy sheep of Greece

Animal Science

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 453-461

  Kominakis, A ^a   Nitter, G ^b   Fewson, D ^b   Rogdakis, E ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding programmes; Dairying; Greece; Selection programme; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040830753     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800016064     Document Type: Review

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