Relationships between udder and milking traits in Murciano-Granadina dairy goats

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-179

  Peris, S ^a   Caja, G ^a   Such, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Milk flow rate; Murciano Granadina dairy goat; Udder morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032796881     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(99)00017-6     Document Type: Article

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