Flushing with soybean meal can improve reproductive performances in lactating Sarda ewes on a mature pasture

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 157-165

  Molle, G ^a   Landau, S ^b   Branca, A ^a   Sitzia, M ^a   Fois, N ^a   Ligios, S ^a   Casu, S ^a  

^a Ist Zootecnico Caseario Sardegna   (Italy)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Grazing management; Nutrition; Ovulation; Reproduction; Sheep

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SARDA;

EID: 0011578216     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4488(96)00950-9     Document Type: Article

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