Comparison of five crossbreeding types involving Timahdit, D'man and improved terminal sire breeds of sheep: Ewe reproduction, lamb survival and growth performance

Animal Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 435-441

  El Fadili, M ^a,b   Michaux, C ^b   Detilleux, J ^b   Leroy, P L ^b  

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crossbreeding; D'man; Growth; Reproduction; Sheep; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034359772     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800055351     Document Type: Article

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