Sheep-goat hybrid born under natural conditions

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 141-145

  Mine, O M ^a   Kedikilwe, K ^b   Ndebele, R T ^a   Nsoso, S J ^a  

^a BOTSWANA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE   (Botswana)

^b Department of Animal Production   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Cloning; Goat; Hybrid; Interspecific; Nuclear transfer; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; BOTSWANA; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; GOAT; HYBRID; INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION; KARYOTYPE; MORPHOLOGY; SHEEP;

EID: 0034096995     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(99)00146-7     Document Type: Article

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