Indigenous sheep resources of Ethiopia: Types, production systems and farmers preferences
Ethiopia has a diverse sheep population, numbering 23.6 million, in parallel with its diverse ecology, production systems and communities. A comprehensive phenotypic and genetic characterization of Ethiopian sheep populations was initiated in 2005 to provide a nationwide framework for the management...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge University Press
2008
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70952 |
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