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Genetic evaluation of breeding strategies for improvement of dairy cattle in Kenya.
Tropical animal health and production - 1 Aug 2010
Okeno Tobias O, Kosgey Isaac S, Kahi Alexander K
Abstract excerpt
A deterministic approach was used to compare breeding strategies utilizing local and imported semen for improvement of dairy cattle in Kenya. The local selection programs considered were a closed progeny testing scheme (CPT) and a young bull system progeny of local bulls (PLB). The continuous semen importation (CSI) and young bull system progeny of imported bulls (PIB) were the strategies based on imports. The...
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