Dairy goat breeding in Malawi: gestation length, birth weights and growth of the indigenous Malawi goats and their Saanen crosses
Some Malawi local goats were mated to Saanen bucks and others to local bucks under the same management at the Bunda College farm. Gestation length, birthweights, weaning weight, weight gain per day and weights at one year were observed and compared.The average gestation length of local dams sired by...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | Inglés |
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1992
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70828 |
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