Transfer of contaminant lamb fibres to their dam's fleece, and loss within four weeks of weaning

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 371-378

  Hatcher, S ^a   Lightfoot, R J ^b   Purvis, I W ^c  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b Pastoral Research Laboratories ^*  (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREED; CONTAMINATION; FIBER PROPERTY; MATURITY; SHEARING; WOOL FIBER;

EID: 0033926887     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA98170     Document Type: Article

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