A breeding goal to improve the welfare of sheep

Animal Welfare

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 391-406

  Scobie, D R ^a   Bray, A R ^a   O'Connell, D ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Dags; Fleece cover; Flystrike; Tail length

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012142144     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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