The development of the Dorper, its nutrition and a perspective of the grazing ruminant on veld

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 103-117

  De Waal, H O ^a   Combrinck, W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Breed development; Diet selection; Production; Reproduction; Rumen variables; Voluntary feed intake

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034110275     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(99)00155-8     Document Type: Article

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