Comparison of production systems and selection criteria of Ankole cattle by breeders in Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 38, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 571-581

  Wurzinger, M ^a   Ndumu, D ^a,b,e   Baumung, R ^a   Drucker, A ^c,d   Okeyo, A M ^e   Semambo, D K ^b   Byamungu, N ^f   Solkner J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Data Bank   (Uganda)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Ankole cattle; Production system; Selection criteria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BURUNDI; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; RWANDA; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BURUNDI; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; DAIRYING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALE; MILK; RWANDA; TANZANIA; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33845617547     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-006-4426-0     Document Type: Article

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