Genetic parameters for litter size at birth and kidding interval in the West African Dwarf goats

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 261-265

  Odubote, I K ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Goats; Heritability; Kidding interval; Litter size

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003395394     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-4488(95)00786-5     Document Type: Article

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