Changes in liveweight, body condition and scrotal circumference and their relationships with sexual activity and flock fertility in Ethiopian Horro rams over a 3-cycle joining period

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-121

  Gizaw, Solomon ^a,c   Thwaites, C J ^b  

^a Bako Agricultural Research Centre   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c Sheno Agricultural Research Centre   (Ethiopia)

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EID: 0030807351     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859696003978     Document Type: Article

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