Effects on fertility and litter traits under accelerated lambing scheme in crossbreeding between Finnsheep and an Alpine sheep breed

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-50

  Bittante, G ^a   Gallo, L ^a   Carnier, P ^a   Cassandro, M ^a   Mantovani, R ^a   Pastore, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crossbreeding; Ewe production; Finnsheep; Litter traits; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004546521     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-4488(95)00812-8     Document Type: Article

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