Wool production and feed intake in unmated and mated border leicester × romney crossbred ewes shorn in july or november

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 427-437

  Parker, W J ^a   Morris, S T ^a   McCutcheon, S N ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Border Leicester Romney; Ewenutrition; Ewes; Feed intake; Pre lamb shearing; Pregnancy; Rearingrank; Wool growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000305531     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1991.10417687     Document Type: Article

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