Pastoralists' indigenous selection criteria and other breeding practices of the long-horned Ankole cattle in Uganda

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 557-565

  Kugonza, Donald Rugira ^a   Nabasirye, Margaret ^a   Hanotte, Olivier ^b,c   Mpairwe, Denis ^a   Okeyo, A Mwai ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ankole cattle; Ranking index; Selection and culling criteria; Trait preference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UGANDA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MALE; MILK; QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA;

BOS;

EID: 84856745113     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9935-9     Document Type: Article

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