Economic values for traits in breeding objectives for sheep in the tropics: Impact of tangible and intangible benefits
In traditional management systems in the tropics, sheep constitute a source of easily convertible capital for financing purposes and insurance, a means of cultural and ceremonial functions, and a source of prestige, meat, manure and skins. In this study, breeding objectives were derived for an indig...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Elsevier
2004
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/29176 |
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