Merino wool contamination from rearing of Damara crossbred lambs

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 725-731

  Fleet, M R ^a   Turk, J A ^a   Cottell, M A ^a   Keynes, G N ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

BREED; CONTAMINATION; FIBER MEDULLA; MERINO WOOL;

EID: 0034830570     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA00150     Document Type: Article

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