Articles | Volume 58, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-58-251-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-58-251-2015
Original study
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10 Jul 2015
Original study |  | 10 Jul 2015

Breeding criteria and willingness to pay for improved Azawak zebu sires in Niger

S. Siddo, N. Moula, I. Hamadou, M. Issa, H. Marichatou, P. Leroy, and N. Antoine-Moussiaux

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