Introduction of East Friesian dairy sheep into the Norwegian sheep population

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-98

  Larsgard, Anne Guro ^a   Standal, Nils ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

East Friesian; Growth; Maternal ability; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY WEIGHT; CROSSING; FEMALE FERTILITY; GROWTH; LIVEWEIGHT GAIN; NORWAY; SHEEP; SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033010280     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(98)00198-9     Document Type: Article

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