Breed characteristics of Changthangi pashmina goat

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-102

  Misra, R K ^a,b   Singh, B ^a   Jain, V K ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON GOATS   (India)

^b NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cashmere; Changthangi; Goat; Kashmir; Pashmina

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002001689     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4488(97)00033-3     Document Type: Article

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