Performance analysis of the Florina (Pelagonia) sheep for lamb production and growth

Zivocisna Vyroba

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 391-397

  Ploumi, K ^a,c   Christodoulou, V ^a   Vainas, E ^a   Giouzelyannis, A ^a   Katanos, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b TEI   (Greece)

^c Institute of Reproduction and AI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fertility; Lamb growth; Lamb production; Prolificacy; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007291010     PISSN: 00444847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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