The use of nutritional management after weaning for the production of heavier lamb carcasses from Greek dairy breeds

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 279-289

  Zygoyiannis, D ^a   Katsaounis, N ^a   Stamataris, C ^a   Arsenos, G ^b   Tsaras, L ^a   Doney, J ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033033610     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(98)00173-0     Document Type: Article

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