Production performance and carcass characteristics of Malpura and Mutton synthetic lambs fed low and high energy rations in a semiarid region of India

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 655-659

  Singh, N P ^a   Sankhyan, S K ^a   Prasad, V S S ^a  

^a CENTRAL SHEEP AND WOOL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Carcass Characteristics; Energy; Feedlot Ration; Lambs; Performance

Indexed keywords

LAMB; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037680791     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2003.655     Document Type: Article

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