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Analysis of genetic and cultural conservation value of three indigenous Croatian cattle breeds in a local and global context.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Feb 2011
Ramljak J, Ivanković A, Veit-Kensch C E, Förster M, Medugorac I
Abstract excerpt
It is widely accepted that autochthonous cattle breeds can be important genetic resources for unforeseeable environmental conditions in the future. Apart from that, they often represent local culture and tradition and thus assist in the awareness of ethnic identity of a country. In Croatia, there are only three indigenous cattle breeds, Croatian Buša, Slavonian Syrmian Podolian and Istrian Cattle. All of them are...
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