Environmental effects on growth traits and fleece weights in Baluchi sheep

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 455-465

  Yazdi, M H ^a   Eftekhari Shahroudi, F ^b   Hejazi, M ^c   Liljedahl, L E ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^c Faculty of Agriculture   (Iran)

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EID: 0032265560     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.1998.tb00367.x     Document Type: Article

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