A preliminary evaluation of growth and carcass traits in Alpine and Boer goat crosses

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-232

  Goonewardene, L A ^a   Day, P A ^a   Patrick, N ^b   Scheer, H D ^a   Patrick, D ^b   Suleiman, A ^a  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b Box 49 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpine; Boer; Carcass; Crossbreeding; Growth; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032377596     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A97-041     Document Type: Article

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