Reproductive performances of dairy cows in smallholder production system in Selalle, Central Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 333-342

  Lobago, F ^a,b   Bekana, M ^b   Gustafsson, H ^c   Kindahl, H ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Ethiopia Selalle; Reproductive performance; Smallholder

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PUERPERAL DISORDER; REPRODUCTION; SUCKLING; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33745930524     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-006-4328-1     Document Type: Article

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