Dominance, libido and serving capacity of Garole rams under semi-arid region of Rajasthan

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 773-775

  Maurya, V P ^a   Mittal, J P ^a   Naqvi, S M K ^a   Joshi, A ^a  

^a CENTRAL SHEEP AND WOOL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Garole; Semi arid climate; Sexual behaviour; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033480298     PISSN: 03678318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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