Lifetime Lamb and Wool Production of Targhee or Finn-Dorset-Targhee Ewes Managed as Farm or Range Flock: I. Average Annual Ewe Performance

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1757-1764

  Iman, N Y ^a,b   Slyter, A L ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ewes; Management; Productivity; Sheep; Systems; Wool

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; WOOL;

AGING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; WOOL;

EID: 0030208414     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7481757x     Document Type: Article

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