Potential economic benefits from improving ewe nutrition to optimise lifetime wool production and quality in South-west Victoria

Wool Technology and Sheep Breeding

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 503-509

  Thompson, A N ^a   Young, J M ^b  

^a Hamilton Research Institute   (Australia)

^b Farming Systems Analysis Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lifetime wool production; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS; VICTORIA;

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; WOOL INDUSTRY;

EID: 0037000642     PISSN: 00437875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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