Economic evaluation of crossbreeding for dairy production in a pasture based production system in Kenya
- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Livestock Production Science
- Vol. 65 (1-2) , 167-184
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0301-6226(99)00154-2
Abstract
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