Usefulness of subjective ovine milk scores: I. Associations with range ewe characteristics and lamb production

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 811-818

  Snowder, G D ^a,d   Knight, A D ^a   Van Vleck, L D ^b   Bromley, C M ^c   Kellom, T R ^a  

^a USDA ARS US Sheep Experiment Station   (United States)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d Box 2010 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ewes; Growth; Lactation; Lambs; Management; Milk

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WEANING;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; LACTATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MILK; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WEANING;

EID: 0035319893     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.794811x     Document Type: Article

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