Seasonal effects on puberty and reproductive characteristics of female Chios sheep and Damascus goats born in autumn or in February

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-15

  Papachristoforou, C ^a   Koumas, A ^a   Photiou, C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Chios sheep; Damascus goats; Puberty; Season

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033837265     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(00)00143-7     Document Type: Article

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