Indigenous livestock as the backbone of African animal agriculture: The importance of adaptive attributes and potential for their exploitation
This paper summarises the adaptive traits of indigenous livestock breeds, presents a case for their improvement and outlines possible utilization strategies. Though the adaptive attributes of indigenous breeds of other species recognised, the discussion concentrates mainly on cattle. The discussion...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | Inglés |
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South African Society of Animal Science
1994
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50719 |
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