Genetic and phenotypic aspects of the growth curve characteristics in Mehraban Iranian fat-tailed sheep

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-269

  Saeid Bathaei, S ^a   Leroy, Pascal L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Growth curves; Heritabilities; Iran; Mature weight; Mehraban fat tailed sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001112755     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4488(97)00142-9     Document Type: Article

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