Effect of diet type on performance and metabolic traits of Peruvian local and introduced cow types kept at 200 and 3600 m of altitude

Livestock Science

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-38

  Bartl, K ^a   Gomez C A ^b   Aufdermauer, T ^a   Garcia, M ^a   Kreuzer, M ^a   Hess, H D ^c   Wettstein, H R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

^c AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altitude; Cow types; Milk production; Peru

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 62349126240     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.07.022     Document Type: Article

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