Performance and limitation of two dairy production systems in the North western Ethiopian highlands

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1143-1150

  Ayenew, Yitaye Alemayehu ^a,c   Wurzinger, Maria ^a,d   Tegegne, Azage ^b   Zollitsch, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c Andassa Livestock Research Centre   (Ethiopia)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Ethiopia; Milk yield; Production system; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MILK; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTION; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

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EID: 70350347388     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9294-3     Document Type: Article

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