Comparison of growth and feed efficiency among rabbit lines selected for different objectives

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-92

  Feki, S ^a   Baselga, M ^a   Bias, E ^a   Cervera, C ^a   Gomez E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Feed conversion; Growth rate; Rabbit; Selection line

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0002743233     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-6226(95)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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