Practicalities of sustaining a goat-crossbreeding programme in eastern Ethiopia
Crossbreeding of goats in traditional subsistence flocks had been promoted in selected villages of eastern Ethiopian highlands as a means to quick genetic progress based on the thesis that crossbreeding can increase the net contribution of goats. Observations on flock dynamics patterns of smallholde...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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2002
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/32896 |
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