Seasonal changes in body composition of growing Merino sheep

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-180

  Ball, A J ^a   Thompson, J M ^a   Pleasants, A B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Body composition; Growth; Seasonality; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010436008     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(96)00028-0     Document Type: Article

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