The potential of cow traction in the East African highlands
To test the feasibility of the use of dairy cows for draft the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the Institute of Agricultural Research (IAR) in Ethiopia have studied a herd of F1 Friesien x Boran crossbred cows on-station over three years together with on-farm experiments and e...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (ATNESA)
1999
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51201 |
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