Study on live weight, carcass weight and dressing percentage of Issa camels in Ethiopia

Revue de Medecine Veterinaire

Volumn 153, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 713-716

  Abebe, W ^a   Getinet, A M ^b   Mekonnen, H M ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Barymetry; Carcass weight; Dressing percentage; Ethiopia; Issa camel; Live weight

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAMEL; CARCASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEIGHT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; SHOULDER; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; THORAX;

CAMELIDAE;

EID: 0036876370     PISSN: 00351555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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