Survival of Red Maasai, Dorper and crossbred lambs in the sub-humid tropics

Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-17

  Nguti, R ^a   Janssen, P ^b   Rowlands, G J ^c   Audho, J O ^c   Baker, R L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Mortality; Sheep; Survival analysis; Tropical Africa

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037312149     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800053261     Document Type: Article

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