Comparison of a grazing- with an indoor-system of lamb fattening in Greece

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 245-251

  Zervas, G ^a   Hadjigeorgiou, I ^b   Zabeli, G ^c   Koutsotolis, K ^c   Tziala, C ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Athens   (Greece)

^c National Dairy School of Ioannina   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fattening lambs; Grazing; Indoors; Intake; Production systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032742195     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00073-1     Document Type: Article

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