Incidence and heritability of black wool spots in romney sheep

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-70

  Enns, R M ^a   Nicoll, G B ^a  

^a Landcorp Farming Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Heritability; Pigmentation; Romney; Wool

Indexed keywords

SHEEP; WOOL;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036100547     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2002.9513494     Document Type: Article

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