Smallholder experiences with dairy cattle crossbreeding in the tropics: From introduction to impact

Animal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 150-157

  Roschinsky, R ^a   Kluszczynska, M ^a   Solkner J ^a   Puskur, R ^b   Wurzinger, M ^a  

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

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

adoption; crossbreeding; dairy cattle; Ethiopia; farmers' breeding methods

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION; LIVESTOCK; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LIVESTOCK; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84919384035     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731114002079     Document Type: Article

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