Review: Sustainability of crossbreeding in developing countries; definitely not like crossing a meadow…

Crossbreeding, considering either terminal or rotational crossing, synthetic breed creation or breed replacement, is often promoted as an efficient strategy to increase farmers’ income through the improvement of productivity of local livestock in developing countries. Sustainability of crossbreeding...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: G. Leroy, R. Baumung, P. Boettcher, B. Scherf, I. Hoffmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173111500213X