Optimal village breeding schemes under smallholder sheep farming systems

Livestock Science

Volumn 124, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 82-88

  Gizaw, Solomon ^a,b   Komen, Hans ^b   van Arendonk, Johan A M ^b  

^a Debre Berhan Agricultural Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genetic gain; Inbreeding rate; Sheep; Smallholder farmers; Village breeding scheme

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67349085014     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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