Relationship between body condition score, metabolic profile, milk yield and milk composition in goats browsing a Mediterranean shrubland

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 267-273

  Cabiddu, A ^a   Branca, A ^a   Decandia, M ^a   Pes, A ^b   Santucci, P M ^c   Masoero, F ^d   Calamari, L ^d  

^a Ist Zootecnico Caseario Sardegna   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SARDEGNA   (Italy)

^c 20250   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

BCS; Goat; Mediterranean shrubland; Metabolic profile; Milk

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032747899     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00076-7     Document Type: Article

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