The quality of sheep milk: A review

Wool Technology and Sheep Breeding

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 182-220

  Bencini, Roberta ^a   Pulina, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Milk composition; Processing performance; Quality; Sheep milking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007112239     PISSN: 00437875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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