Milk goats: Improvement through a breeding program

Regan, W

Milk goats: Improvement through a breeding program

Author

W. M. Regan

Author Affiliations

W. M. Regan is Professor of Animal Husbandry, and Animal Husbandman in the Experiment Station, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 2(1):4-16. DOI:10.3733/ca.v002n01p4. January 1948.

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Abstract

The objective of the breeder of milk goats should be, not to produce better animals than we have to Jay, but to reproduce the most useful that we have—uniformly and at will.

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