Genetic tests for estimating dairy breed proportion and parentage assignment in East African crossbred cattle

Background:Smallholder dairy farming in much of the developing world is based on the use of crossbred cows that combine local adaptation traits of indigenous breeds with high milk yield potential of exotic dairy breeds. Pedigree recording is rare in such systems which means that it is impossible to...

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Main Authors: Strucken, E.M., Al-Mamun, H.A., Esquivelzeta-Rabell, C., Gondro, C., Okeyo Mwai, Ally, Gibson, John P.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Springer 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89717

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