Reproductive performance of crossbred dairy cows in Eastern Lowlands of Ethiopia

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Mureda, Emebet ^a   Zeleke, Zeleke Mekuriaw ^b  

^a Agricultural College   (Ethiopia)

^b BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Crossbred cows; Production system; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOS INDICUS; FRIESIA;

EID: 36448939790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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