Environmental influences on preweaning mortality and reproductive performance of Red Sokoto does

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-165

  Awemu, E M ^a   Nwakalor, L N ^a   Abubakar, B Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Environmental influences; Goats; Reproduction; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032836595     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(99)00058-9     Document Type: Article

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