Differences in reproductive efficiency between female sheep of the Queue Fine de l'Ouest purebreed and their first cross with the D'Man

Animal Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 373-381

  Lassoued, Narjess ^a   Rekik, Mourad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b Ecl Sup d'Agriculture du Kef   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Crossbreeding; D'man; Litter size; Puberty; Queue fine de i'ouest

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035734786     PISSN: 16273583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/animres:2001139     Document Type: Article

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