Open AccessCrossbreeding Holstein-Friesian with Ethiopian Boran cattle in a tropical highland environment: preliminary estimates of additive and heterotic effects on milk production traits
Author(s) -
S. Demeke,
F.W.C. Neser,
S.J. Schoeman,
G.J. Erasmus,
J. B. van Wyk,
A. Gebrewolde
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
south african journal of animal science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 2221-4062
pISSN - 0375-1589
DOI - 10.4314/sajas.v30i4.3897
Subject(s) - crossbreed , milk production , biology , zoology , heterotic string theory , agronomy , mathematics , mathematical physics
Extracted from text ... Crossbreeding Holstein-Friesian with Ethiopian Boran cattle in a tropical highlandenvironment: preliminary estimates of additive and heterotic effects on milkproduction traitsS. Demeke 1# , F.W.C. Neser 1 , S.J. Schoeman 2 , G.J. Erasmus 1 , J.B.Van Wyk 1 , and A. Gebrewolde 31 Department of Animal Science, University of the Orange Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, Republic of SouthAfrica; 2 Department of Animal Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag XI, 7602 Matieland, Republic of SouthAfrica; 3 Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organization, P.O.Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia# e-mail: sendros@landbou.uovs.ac.zaIntroductionThe Boran cattle breed is a zebu type that originated in the ..
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