Litter size, lambing interval and lamb mortality of Salz, Rasa Aragonesa, Romanov and F1 ewes on accelerated lambing management

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-172

  Maria G A ^a   Ascaso, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accelerated management; Lamb mortality; Lambing interval; Litter size; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032941545     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(98)00176-X     Document Type: Article

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