Genetic and phenotypic relationships between milk production and body weight in Chios sheep and Damascus goats

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 81-87

  Mavrogenis, A P ^a   Papachristoforou, C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Genetics; Goat; Mating weight; Milk yield; Relationships; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033669837     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(00)00187-1     Document Type: Article

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