Phenotypic and genetic parameters of birth weight and weaning weight of rabbits born from unilaterally ovariectomized and intact does

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-167

  Argente, M J ^a   Santacreu, M A ^a   Climent, A ^a   Blasco, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birth weight and weaning weight; Heritability; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032991963     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(98)00166-3     Document Type: Article

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