Milk yield and reproductive performance of Friesian cows under Sudan tropical conditions

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-164

  Gader, Amani Z Abdel ^a   Ahmed, Mohamed Khair A ^a   Musa, Lutfi M A ^a   Peters, Kurt J ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Holstein Friesian cattle; Milk yield; Reproduction performance; Sudan

Indexed keywords

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 34247223584     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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