Lactation performance on-station of F1 crossbred cattle in The Gambia

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Diack, A ^a,b   Sanyang, F B ^a   Munstermann S ^a  

^a International Trypanotolerance Centre Gambia   (Gambia)

^b C/o DIREL ^*  (Senegal)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; F1 crossbreds; Friesian; Jersey; Lactation; N'Dama; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; DAMA;

EID: 28944439157     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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