Feasibility of pedigree recording and genetic selection in village sheep flocks of smallholder farmers
Pedigree recording and genetic selection in village flocks of smallholder farmers have been deemed infeasible by researchers and development workers. This is mainly due to the difficulty of sire identification under uncontrolled village breeding practices. A cooperative village sheep-breeding scheme...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Springer
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/67379 |
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