The relative wool contamination potential of Awassi and black Merino sheep when penned together with white Merinos

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 519-528

  Hatcher, S ^a   Foulds, R A ^b   Lightfoot, R J ^b   Purvis, I W ^c  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b Pastoral Research Laboratories ^*  (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREED; CONTAMINATION; FLEECE; MERINO WOOL; WOOL FIBER;

EID: 0032754396     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA98049     Document Type: Article

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