Lamb and milk production traits of Serrai sheep in Greece

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 289-292

  Ploumi, K ^a   Emmanouilidis, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lactation length; Lamb weight; Litter size; Milk yield; Serrai sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032819361     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(99)00027-9     Document Type: Article

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