Breeding objectives, selection criteria and factors influencing them for goat breeds in Jordan

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 8-15

  Tabbaa, Mohammad J ^a   Al Atiyat, Raed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b MUTAH UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Breeding objectives; Farmer survey; Goat breeding; Selection criteria

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 67651163410     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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