Application of the Wood model to lactation curves of Comisana sheep

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-13

  Portolano, B ^b   Spatafora, F ^a   Bono, G ^a   Margiotta, S ^a   Todaro, M ^b   Ortoleva, V ^a   Leto, G ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comisana sheep; Lactation curve; Wood model

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0002559396     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-4488(95)00842-x     Document Type: Article

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