Conservation-based breeding program design for genetic improvement in Gumz sheep in the western lowlands of Ethiopia

Conservation-based breeding program design for genetic improvement in Gumz sheep in the western lowlands of Ethiopia

Abstract Background Genetic improvement in livestock in developing countries like Ethiopia remains challenging; selection-based breeding schemes have the potential to provide resource-poor producers with access to improved animals that could ensure increased productivity of animals and hence contrib...

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Main Authors: Y. Dagnew, M. Urge, Y. Tadesse, S. Gizaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Agriculture & Food Security
Subjects:
Conservation
Nucleus breeding
Sheep
Smallholder farmer
Village breeding
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40066-018-0173-5

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