Trends of cattle genetic improvement programs in Ethiopia: Challenges and opportunities

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Chebo, Chencha ^a   Alemayehu, Kefyalew ^b  

^a WOLLO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Crossbreeding; Exotic genes; Zebu

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS INDICUS;

EID: 84863870969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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