Adaptation to various environments and resistance to disease of the improved Boer goat

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 179-187

  Erasmus, J A ^a  

^a Free State Department of Agriculture   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Improved Boer goat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034055220     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(99)00162-5     Document Type: Article

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