The reproductive and milk performance merit of Butana cattle in Sudan

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 445-459

  Musa, Lutfi M A ^a   Ahmed, Mohamed Khair A ^a   Peters, Kurt J ^a   Zumbach, Birgit ^a   Gubartalla, Kamal E A ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Butana cattle; Milk yield; Reproduction performance

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 27644559902     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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