Economic values for traits in breeding objectives for sheep in the tropics: impact of tangible and intangible benefits
- 30 June 2004
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Livestock Production Science
- Vol. 88 (1-2), 143-160
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livprodsci.2003.07.013
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