Reproductive performance and herd life of dairy cattle at Asella livestock farm, Arsi, Ethiopia. II: Crossbreds with 50, 75 and 87.5% European inheritance

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-234

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

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Awassa College of Agriculture   (Ethiopia)

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EID: 0347038907     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0388.1999.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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