Optimising sampling techniques and estimating sampling variance of fleece quality attributes in alpacas

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-64

  Aylan Parker, J ^a   McGregor, B A ^a  

^a VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpaca fibre marketing; Alpaca selection; Coefficient of variation; Fibre diameter; Medullated fibre; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LAMA PACOS;

EID: 0036236073     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(02)00038-X     Document Type: Article

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