Growth of Spanish, BoerxAngora and BoerxSpanish goat kids fed milk replacer

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 189-194

  Luo, J ^a   Sahlu, T ^a   Cameron, M ^a   Goetsch, A L ^a  

^a LANGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boer crossbred; Growth; Spanish goat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034101361     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(99)00163-7     Document Type: Article

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