Milk yield and lactation length of Ghana Sanga and its crosses with the Friesian Raised under agropastoral system

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-356

  Darfour Oduro, K A ^a   Sottie, E T ^a   Hagan, B A ^a   Okantah, S A ^a  

^a Animal Research Institute Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cattle; Friesian Sanga cattle; Ghana; Lactation length; Milk yield; Sanga cattle

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; FRIESIA; SANGA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GHANA; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GHANA; LACTATION; MILK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951633568     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9425-5     Document Type: Article

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