Milk recording and herd registration in Ethiopia: An essential step towards genetic improvement for milk production
Genetic improvement for productive traits in livestock, particularly in cattle, has been very slow and insignificant in the country. One of the main reasons for this is lack of well-organized and usable recorded information on the performance of both the indigenous and crossbreds with exotic genotyp...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Ethiopian Society of Animal Production
2000
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/50852 |
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