Fit for purpose - the right animal in the right place

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1081-1090

  Wilson, R Trevor ^a  

^a Bartridge Partners   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Crossbreeding; Domestic animal genetic resources; Production systems; Single purpose breeds

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BREEDING; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70350345506     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9274-7     Document Type: Article

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