The adaptation of hill lambs to housing conditions

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 331-339

  Goddard, P J ^a   Fawcett, A R ^a   MacDonald, A J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human animal relationships; Sheep housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031870394     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(97)00147-0     Document Type: Article

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