Purebreeding of Red Maasai and crossbreeding with Dorper sheep in different environments in Kenya
The aim of this article was to study opportunities for improvement of the indigenous and threatened Red Maasai sheep (RM) in Kenya, by comparing purebreeding with crossbreeding with Dorper sheep (D) as a terminal breed, in two different environments (Env. A and a harsher Env. B), assuming different...
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Wiley
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89912 |
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