Pedigree and performance records and maintaining herd books in dairy cattle farming

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Published on May 2025

byInternational Livestock Research Institute

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Gebreyohanes, G., Ekine-Dzivenu, C., Ojango, J. and Mrode, R. 2025. Pedigree and performance records and maintaining herd books in dairy cattle farming. Presentation at the International Dairy Federation Regional Dairy Conference Africa: Sustainable Dairy for a Prosperous Africa, Kigali, Rwanda, 29 May-1 June 2025. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.

Authors

Gebreyohanes, Gebregziabher
Ekine-Dzivenu, Chinyere C.
Ojango, Julie M.K.
Mrode, Raphael A.

animal production
cattle
dairying

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