Screening Village N'Dama Cows in the Gambia with Respect to Milk Yield

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-174

  Jaitner, J ^a,c   Corr, N ^a   Njie, M ^a   Dempfle, L ^b  

^a International Trypanotolerance Centre Gambia   (Gambia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breed; Cows; Milk off take; Productivity; Selection

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; MILK; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SECRETION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; MILK; PARITY; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; DAMA;

EID: 0442298591     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TROP.0000012101.26523.d9     Document Type: Article

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