Noninvasive measurement of body composition of two rabbit populations between 6 and 16 weeks of age by computer tomography

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 383-395

  Romvari R ^a   Szendro Z S ^a   Jensen, J F ^b   Sorensen P ^c   Milisits, G ^a   Bogner, P ^a   Horn, P ^a   Csapo J ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

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EID: 0032333588     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.1998.tb00359.x     Document Type: Article

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