Genetic Study of Dairy Cattle and Buffalo Bulls Based on Growth, Milk Production and Reproductive Traits

Subject Areas : Camel

A. Pal ¹ ( Dairy Cattle Breeding Division, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India )
P.N. Chatterjee ² ( Dairy Cattle Nutrition Division, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India )
A.K. Chakravarty ³ ( Dairy Cattle Breeding Division, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, 132001, India )

Received: 2011-06-14 Accepted : 2011-10-13 Published : 2012-09-01

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