Genetic parameters for milk yield and litter size in Boutsico dairy sheep

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 525-532

  Kominakis, A ^a,c   Rogdakis, E ^a,c   Koutsotolis, K ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Agricultural Research Station   (Greece)

^c Department of Animal Nutrition   (Greece)

Author keywords

Correlation; Heritability; Litter size; Milk yield; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032245150     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A98-049     Document Type: Article

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