Prediction of total body tissue weights in Scottish Blackface ewes using computed tomography scanning

Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-197

  Lambe, N R ^a   Young, M J ^b   McLean, K A ^c   Conington, J ^c   Simm, G ^c  

^a Hill and Mountain Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body composition; Computed tomography; Ewes

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0038054731     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800053443     Document Type: Article

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