Phenotypic selection on the improvement of growth performance of black bengal kids

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-153

  Husain, S S ^a   Horst, Peter ^a   Islam, A B M Mafizul ^a  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Birth Wt; Kid; Phenotypic; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0030555115     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1996.149     Document Type: Article

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