International Journal of
Livestock Production

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Livest. Prod.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2448
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJLP
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 287

Full Length Research Paper

Improving live body weight gain of local sheep through crossbreeding with high yielding exotic Dorper sheep under smallholder farmers

Weldeyesus Gebreyowhens
  • Weldeyesus Gebreyowhens
  • Tigray Agricultural Research Institute, P.O.Box 492, Ethiopia.
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Mengistu Regesa
  • Mengistu Regesa
  • Mekelle Agricultural Research Center, P.O. Box 258, Tigray, Ethiopia.
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Awet Esifanos
  • Awet Esifanos
  • Mekelle Agricultural Research Center, P.O. Box 258, Tigray, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 20 June 2016
  •  Accepted: 28 September 2016
  •  Published: 31 May 2017

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