Smallholder goat breeding and flock management practices in the central rift valley of Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 999-1006

  Kebede, Tesfaye ^a   Haile, Aynalem ^b   Dadi, Hailu ^c  

^a Adami Tulu Agricultural Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breeding objectives; Flock composition; Rate of inbreeding; Selection criteria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; GOAT; INBREEDING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; DAIRYING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOATS; INBREEDING; MALE;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 84860633215     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-0033-9     Document Type: Article

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