Out-of-season lambing of Finnish Landrace ewes

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-272

  Sormunen Cristian, Riitta ^a   Suvela, Maarit ^b  

^a ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b PO Box 97   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accelerated lambing; Annual lambing; Lambing season; Litter size; Productivity; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032999120     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(98)00140-0     Document Type: Article

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